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Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Spy plots in Putin era: A return of Cold War?

Arguably, the least interesting of these revolved around the level of turnout and the extent of Vladimir Putin's...

22 March 2018 12:55 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Move to end persecution

But the definitive ruling that helps stamp out persecution and pushes society more towards equality is something to...

22 March 2018 12:52 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the second phase of budget session, at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. Swaraj says that the 39 bodies exhumed from a mount in Badoosh in Iraq has been identified as those of Indians and will be brought back to India on a special plane.

Deaths in Iraq: Govt callousness exposed

It only now becomes plain that the government had not a shred of evidence to even hint that the missing workers were...

22 March 2018 12:49 AM IST

A person reading the Holy Quran.

Mystic Mantra: Heritage of inclusivity

In today's polarising times, such advocacy of inclusivity and pluralism over religious exclusivism really matters.

21 March 2018 2:07 AM IST

It is the cost involved that is creating a problem for Indias aircraft (civil and combat) acquisition programme for the last four decades. (Photo: PTI)

The perils of fighter price fixing

Huge delays and the resulting rising costs have marred the modernisation programme and timely replenishment of inventory...

21 March 2018 2:06 AM IST

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Netas' conspiracy? Change in FCRA sinister

Using a sub-account of a foreign institutional investor or foreign portfolio investor, one could mask the identity of...

21 March 2018 2:04 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his party will not leave any stone unturned in transforming Tripura. (Photo: AP)

2019 countdown is on: Exit, entry doors open

PM Modi is not any more the mascot of the party and of the government as he had appeared to be in the first three years...

21 March 2018 12:45 AM IST

Denham launched her investigation after weekend reports that Cambridge Analytica improperly used information from more than 50 million Facebook accounts. Facebook has suspended the company from the social network. (Representational Image)

FB data leak is a warning

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is silent after a data harvesting scandal engulfed his social media platform.

21 March 2018 12:43 AM IST

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah (Photo: File)

Smart move by Congress in Karnataka on poll-eve?

In recommending that the Centre accord religious minority status to the politically powerful Lingayat community in...

21 March 2018 12:40 AM IST

Stephen Hawking passes away at 76 (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Sharing happiness

Stephen Hawking's relentless search for the Ultimate is amazing.

20 March 2018 6:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at the International Solar Alliance founding conference in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

How long must IAF wait for its new fighter?

The PM himself pushed the deal through, seemingly oblivious of its tortured historical background.

20 March 2018 5:56 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)

The ex-KGB spymaster who's tamed the West

Mr Putin has outlasted three American Presidents and is likely to stay on even after Mr Trump departs.

20 March 2018 5:52 AM IST