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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

Iran's biggest challenge: How to beef up economy

Defeat and deprivation can be dealt with; skilled rulers can use these to build a narrative to lull population into...

9 Jan 2018 12:36 AM IST

A few thousand followers of 20 social organisations across Maharashtra will gather at Shaniwar Wada, Pune, on January 31, 2018, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of defeat of the Peshwas army by the then British Indian Armys Mahar regiment in the battle of Bhima Koregaon. (Photo: YouTube)

Caste factor resurfaces, but has limitations too

The Peshwas were not a major power at the beginning of the 19th century. Their glory ended with the Third Battle of...

9 Jan 2018 12:36 AM IST

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran: Are cracks appearing?

Iran's economy has done reasonably well since the sanctions were lifted in 2015 but unemployment remains high.

9 Jan 2018 12:35 AM IST

Aadhaar wallet app is the first government run wallet app for money transfers that enables digitisation of money and prevents theft or fraud.

Protect Aadhaar data: Make it a top priority

At least 1,400 complaints have also been registered with UIDAI over duplicate entries, bribery, and a variety of related...

9 Jan 2018 12:35 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Swami Rama Tirtha and his secret law

Talking on the phenomenon of happiness and contentment, Osho introduced a certain law that only some mystics have known.

8 Jan 2018 2:26 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)

We live in a dystopian world

Our New Year resolution would be thus to wake up and smell the coffee and will be more ecological aware! Cheers!

8 Jan 2018 2:21 AM IST

Triple talaq is not legal anymore, but this is an unsatisfactory state of affairs and can often leave a woman married according to her and divorced according to her husband.

Talaq bill against gender justice, minority rights

How will a poor Muslim woman endure the rigours of a criminal trial to prove her case?

8 Jan 2018 2:18 AM IST

Direct money and materiel is only part of it. For years, money from the US gave Pakistan access to global markets at a time of low interest rates and historic liquidity, at least until the Great Recession. (Photo: AP)

The Haqqani dilemma

What are the Haqqanis worth to you, Pakistan? Or put more bluntly, how much pain is Pakistan willing to suffer to hang...

8 Jan 2018 2:08 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)

New global order takes shape, instability looms

The globalisation 2.0 , which China claims to be spearheading, is detrimental to human rights, environmental protection...

8 Jan 2018 2:02 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

A stable genius' faces flak

That's a hard act to follow in today's India, where the sins of even forefathers are made to visit people.

8 Jan 2018 1:58 AM IST

Hopes high on Budget: Jaitley faces tough job

This economic adventurism drove the already decelerating economy down to 5.7 per cent in the September quarter.

8 Jan 2018 1:56 AM IST

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Congress' different stands in the two Houses shows their majboori'

The Indian Constitution has provided equal rights to every citizen of the country.

7 Jan 2018 12:41 AM IST