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Manish Tewari
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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari
    US President Donald Trump after his first address to a joint session of Congress in Washington. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Dysfunctional US fuels global anxiety

    In America now a third category of politicos has come and they are called the Trumpies the supporters and followers...

    4 March 2017 5:23 AM IST

    A US judge said the 17-year-old Maine boy should be tried as an adult or a juvenile on charges that he killed his parents. (Photo: Representational)Opinion
    Free speech laws must be made stronger

    Unlike the US, the Indian Constitution does not guarantee the freedom of the press.

    18 Feb 2017 6:20 AM IST

    Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses a Post-Budget press conference in New Delhi on Wendnesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Junk failed models, focus on the 99 per cent

    It does not require rocket science to know the truth of those assertions.

    4 Feb 2017 12:07 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the US Capitol on Friday in Washington, DC, after he was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    With Trump in charge, world faces dilemmas

    Donald Trump has triumphed and now the show must begin in right earnest.

    21 Jan 2017 2:11 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his birthday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    From depressing 2016 to schizophrenic 2017

    2016 was just a baby step in trying to anchor the discourse 90 degrees to the right.

    7 Jan 2017 12:44 AM IST

    Lt. Gen. Bipin Rawat and Air Marshal B.S. DhanoaOpinion
    Supersession: All have right to ask questions

    Whenever it has happened in the past it has left the institution deeply wounded.

    24 Dec 2016 5:08 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he delivers a speech after the awards ceremony of National Awards for Excellence in Journalism, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    A half government

    The first casualty of the past 30 months are India's liberal and creative spaces.

    12 Dec 2016 12:12 AM IST

    Old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes placed in an order that reads BAN in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Note ban: Legality is questionable

    The law permitted withdrawal of a series of banknotes and not the scrapping of an entire denomination.

    2 Dec 2016 12:18 AM IST

    US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Why Trump rubbished party's loyalty oath

    The United States Supreme Court examined this question with regard to the definition and character of political parties.

    12 Nov 2016 4:29 AM IST

    PM: Possible SP may go, but govt safeIndia
    PM: Possible SP may go, but govt safe

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged on Thursday that the possibility exists of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav...

    29 March 2013 12:22 AM IST

    PM: Positives outweigh race with ChinaIndia
    PM: Positives outweigh race with China

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has admitted to an element of competition between India and China at multilateral forums,...

    29 March 2013 12:09 AM IST

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