Wasbir Hussain | Naga peace talks: Untying the knot might be difficult

Twenty-seven years after a landmark ceasefire, and 600 rounds of negotiations later, the peace talks between the rebel National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), or NSCN(I-M), and the Government of India has reached a near tipping point. The NSCN(I-M), like the first Naga insurgent group Naga National Council (NNC), took up arms to achieve a … Read more

Krishnan Srinivasan | Is France likely to implode next, as PM Barnier needs Le Pen to survive?

In the European Parliament elections this year, France’s far-right National Rally (RN) led by Marine le Pen did very well, as expected. In a knee-jerk reaction, President Emmanuel Macron, no longer the “Jupiterian” figure of an executive standing loftily above the fray, decided to call a snap parliamentary election, knowing that the budget deficit would … Read more

OCR’s HIPAA audit program lacked mettle, OIG says

In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General found that OCR was largely ineffective in preventing health information breaches, a new report suggests.  After evaluating OCR’s … Read more

What to know about the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah

A ceasefire deal that went into effect on Wednesday could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, raising hopes and renewing difficult questions in a region gripped by conflict. The U.S.- and France-brokered deal, approved by Israel late Tuesday, calls for an initial two-month halt to fighting … Read more

Congress graph rising across country, says Bhatti

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu on Wednesday said that the Congress graph was on the rise throughout the country and BJP’s downtrend had begun. Responding to questions posed by media persons during an interaction at Gandhi Bhavan here, he said that in the recent elections held in Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand … Read more