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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during preparation for the Facebook Communities Summit, in Chicago. Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz, in the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Can Facebook really twist your vote?

The effect the Channel 4 exposure will have on companies such as Cambridge Analytica is yet to be seen.

24 March 2018 12:07 AM IST

A plaque outside the Ministry of Home Affairs. (Photo: PTI)

Indians in conflict zones: Military diplomacy' vital

Indians by and large are considered peaceful members of any society in which they reside.

24 March 2018 12:06 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath further said, there has not been a single appointment made since 2012 over which an accusing finger has not been raised. (Photo: PTI)

UP sets dangerous precedent

The scuttling of 131 criminal cases against 500-odd persons will create a dangerous precedent.

24 March 2018 12:06 AM IST

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Snub by Maldives as India's clout lessens

President Abdulla Yameen sent special envoys to Beijing, Islamabad and Riyadh to solicit support for his dictatorial...

24 March 2018 12:06 AM IST

God always wants us to triumph over our karmic hurdles because only then will we fulfill the purpose of life, which is to grow into better human beings.

Mystic Mantra: A pilgrimage subdues senses

In terms of the destination, the Kailash and Manasarovar pilgrimage is probably the greatest that one can make.

23 March 2018 2:34 AM IST

Taslima Nasrin with her cat Minu at her New Delhi home (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

India is much safer. Democracy is far more entrenched here... I feel...

I have written to the current West Bengal government, but there has been no response, says Taslima Nasrin.

23 March 2018 2:29 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru (Photo PTI)

India's regional policy: Still meddle and muddle

Afghanistan is no longer the glacis on which the war for India will be fought. Neither are Tibet and Xinjiang buffers...

23 March 2018 2:21 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Will a rising East Wind hit Modi govt in 2019?

The BJP and its allies should have nothing to fear from a debate in the Lok Sabha where they outnumber the Opposition.

23 March 2018 2:16 AM IST

Pakistans army senior officer Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa attends a military exercise in Khairpur Tamiwali, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Gen. Bajwa's doctrine' is really entire Army's view

Violent extremism is certainly not acceptable but the mainstreaming of tamed jihadists is important under the perceived...

23 March 2018 1:21 AM IST

Wilson added that there are cows in a field further from where she lives (Photo: Pexel)

Cow killing verdict welcome

It must be seen if the convicted persons go in appeal with the support, open or tacit, of the multitude of local outfits...

23 March 2018 1:16 AM IST

Mark Zuckerberg

Row over data theft' a diversionary tactic

The political rhetoric over the data scandal enveloping the cloak-and-dagger firm of Cambridge Analytica is essentially...

23 March 2018 1:10 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: AI could be very unhealthy

A man who lives like a robot, howsoever efficient and successful, cannot be called a living person, as life and...

22 March 2018 1:14 AM IST