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

A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)

What if N Korea didn't have nuclear weapons?

North Korea's quest for nuclear weapons capability started in the mid-1960s.

10 Jun 2018 5:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Centenary Celebrations of Patna University, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Is this what we voted for in 2014?

A government that promised eight crore new jobs in four years has not even created eight lakh new employment...

27 May 2018 12:07 AM IST

Ballot: Ten Episodes that Have Shaped Indias Democracy, by Rasheed Kidwai Hachette India, Rs 399

Unravelling the charisma of Indian democracy

These illustrations are only from the introductory chapter of the book.

6 May 2018 6:31 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a house boat at Wuhans East Lake in China. (Photo: PTI)

Time to bite the bullet, not chant bhai-bhai

The first and foremost difference is where do both India and China see themselves in 2040.

29 April 2018 5:28 AM IST

World is more divided than before though its not just because of social media. People were already divided; but all of this is getting exaggerated by social media.

Invasion of privacy is the cost of free Net

Social media applications like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and millions of other websites are only the flora...

15 April 2018 6:11 AM IST

While bathing the destitute beggar, Swamis helpers found an Aadhar card and a fixed deposit receipt of Rs 1.06 crore inside his clothes.

'Tis the season of leaks, peep and squeaks

Oil is a single-use commodity while data can be recycled and reprocessed for fresh purposes and discernments.

1 April 2018 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Modi's achche din over the horizon

Working on the philosophy either you are with us or against us', the BJP-RSS have not left any middle ground.

18 March 2018 12:00 AM IST

US President Donald Trump, addresses a plenary session during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos. (Photo: AP)

Dysfunctionality, drift lingers in Trump's US

Ironically, making sense of all this to the world at large is still the swamp that Mr Trump promised to drain.

7 March 2018 3:09 AM IST

The Army has also submitted photographs of the vehicles damaged in the stone pelting by the unruly mob. (Representational Image)

Govt has no policy to deal with Pakistan

What emerges very clearly is that the NDA/BJP government has no policy towards Pakistan whatsoever.

18 Feb 2018 4:52 AM IST

Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of Narendra Modi-led NDA government presented the Union budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

The great Indian health fudge

The Indian programme in the Budget, that would cover 10 crore families, has an allocation so far of only Rs 2,000 crore.

4 Feb 2018 12:15 AM IST

Supreme Court judges (from left) Justice Kurian Joseph, Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur address the media in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: File/AP)

A democracy in peril

The BJP/RSS has deliberately polarised the media, especially television into us media' and them media'.

21 Jan 2018 1:19 AM IST

China has been stonewalling Indias application to NSG, which regulates the international nuclear commerce, on the ground that India is not a signatory to the NPT. (Photo: File/Representational)

How India lost its neighbourhood

The worst casualty has been our relationship with China. There is an unprecedented Chinese build up taking place in...

7 Jan 2018 12:28 AM IST