By Arun Kejriwal What a dramatic week just went by. It shook the market and then on Friday evening we had the Finance Minister soothing the nerves with balm. The true test would be the…
By K. Yatish Rajawat On August 20, the Supreme Court of India sought the response of the Centre and social media companies to respond on Facebooks plea to shift cases related to linking social media…
By Saeed Naqvi Bollywood stunt artistes would end up with fractured bones if they tried to imitate CBIs field staff scaling the high walls of former Home Minister, P. Chidambarams Jor Bagh bungalow with orders…
By D.C. Pathak It is a matter of deep satisfaction for the people of India that our Intelligence agencies moulded in a non-political work ethos and practising the dictum of ‘working with urgency even when…
By Amit Kapoor & Chirag Yadav By the time Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency on June 26, 1975, Arun Jaitley had already proved himself to be a deft student leader in Delhi University (DU) after…
By Deepti Mathew The Indian economy is passing through a phase of economic slowdown, with the GDP growth registering one of the lowest rates of 5.8 per cent in the last quarter of FY19. The…
By Taponeel Mukherjee The recent decision by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to amend the Companies Act and raise the cap on differential voting rights (DVRs) to 74 per cent has ramifications much beyond…
By Suyash Choudhary The focus of monetary policy is now conclusively on ensuring better transmission. Towards this, for the first time in recent history the RBI has consciously moved liquidity stance to positive. Indeed, the…
By Shubha Singh Prime Minister Narendra Modis two-day visit to Bhutan was aimed at re-engaging with the Himalayan neighbour during his second term in office as part of his ‘neighbourhood first policy. The visit had…
By Lt-Gen Harwant Singh (Retd) The proposal for appointing a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has been doing the rounds since the time of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister and Lord Mountbatten, the…
By Saeed Naqvi It is just as well that the BBC has decided to expand its shortwave radio service in Kashmir to beat the communications blackout. This is not the first time the BBC has…
By Frank F. Islam In his first speech after winning the election for his second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed that “…we have to win ‘sabka vishwas’ (everyones trust).” What will be required to…
By Vinod Mirani With the kind of films that unspool every week, one can conclude that there is a dearth of not only ideas but also direction! A varied kind of films are being made….
By D.C. Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi rightly began his Independence Day address by declaring that the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, approved by the two Houses of Parliament with a two-third majority, had…
By Yajurvindra Singh Before the stroke of midnight to mark India’s 73rd Independence Day, Indian cricket came alive when they won the inaugural tournament for the differently-abled in the Physical Disability Cricket World Cup in…
By Amit Kapoor In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the issue of population explosion in the country and the need to address it. He added education as a means of both…
By Taponeel Mukherjee As India celebrated its 73rd Independence Day, the roadmap for the next phase of growth is of prime importance and much interest across the spectrum. While the details are being debated upon,…
By Yogesh I am at a loss of words to hear about Vidya Sinhas demise, simply shocked beyond words. Till only the other day, I was watching her on the television show, “Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala”….
By H.A. Nazmi A record 200,000 pilgrims from India are going to perform Haj this year, after the third consecutive increase in India’s Haj quota. The decision was announced when Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Get rich schemes – call them what you may – have siphoned off some Rs 7 lakh crore but no one seems to bat an eyelid, laments…
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