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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari

Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)

Media and fascists: Lessons of history

The Fascists believed that this aspect was critical to reshaping their intrinsic internalisation of Fascism in...

15 Sept 2019 12:00 AM IST

Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)

If courts are vigilant, democracy will be safe

Almost any crime that could be described as political opposition to the Nazi regime ended up before them.

1 Sept 2019 12:28 AM IST

Kashmiris walks past paramilitary troops patrolling a street in Srinagar on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

50 shades of grey in 'reintegration' of J&K

The government needed to apply the healing touch rather than alienate the Kashmiris at this juncture.

18 Aug 2019 12:19 AM IST

US special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad (Photo: AP)

How India has been outplayed in Af-Pak

Indians would like to fault the US for dealing with the Taliban arguing that Washington has done a number on India.

4 Aug 2019 1:06 AM IST

The 48-year-old former Naval officer, Kulbhushan Jadhav, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism on April 11, 2017. (Photo: File)

For Pak, Jadhav verdict face-saver, opportunity

The Court notes that the obligation to provide effective review and reconsideration can be carried out in various ways.

21 July 2019 12:18 AM IST

The apex court on September 26 last year had declared the Centres flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but struck down some of its provisions including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions. (Photo: PTI)

Is your Aadhaar data about to be monetised?

It is another matter that even what the Economic Survey is proposing is also a non-sequitor.

7 July 2019 12:14 AM IST

No wonder according to a recent report, most global internet users lack confidence in what they see and read online, with only 8 per cent believing that the bulk of information shared on social media is true, dropping to 4 per cent when it comes from influencers.

The case for regulating social media in India

The time has come to seriously evaluate the role played by social media in spreading disinformation and hate speech in...

23 Jun 2019 1:42 AM IST

Sikhs have been campaigning for quite some time to get the restrictions removed and were pressing the White House to push the changes. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Punjab's secular ethos beat campaign of hate

The constituency is also home to the notable city of Chamkaur Sahib.

9 Jun 2019 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the success of Mission Shakti on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

A-Sat: Amid Modi brag, some key policy queries

The March 27 test does not square up with this position but represents a holistic turnaround.

31 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

Pak needs to act now, smash own terror net

Irrespective of how round one may play out, in any future engagement round one may not be the endgame.

17 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

Did India kill 300 terrorists in Balakot?

Pakistan claimed that it had deliberately targeted open spaces around the military bases to demonstrate its capacity to...

3 March 2019 1:08 AM IST

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

The lingering aftermath of our finest hour in 1971

The Pakistani deep state believes that over a period of four decades this strategy has paid them rich dividends.

17 Feb 2019 1:04 AM IST