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former FBI Director Robert Mueller (Photo: AP)

West Wing nuts in the White House

Not surprisingly, American TV talk-show hosts are looking a bit distraught these days.

3 Aug 2017 3:18 AM IST

Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Arvind Panagariya addressing a press conference on the State of Economy and achievements under NITI Aayog over the past three years, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

NITI Aayog: All is not well

The PM himself did not bother with him much and he wasn't on the same page as the government's chief economic adviser.

3 Aug 2017 3:03 AM IST

There are allegation that from November 15 to November 18, the bank manager had issued 149 demand drafts for amounts less than Rs 50,000 in favour of a Pune-based finance company in violation of RBI guidelines.

RBI rate cut: Time for govt to act now

On the growth of the economy it is a good sign that the RBI has maintained the real GDP growth for 2017-18 at 7.3 per...

3 Aug 2017 12:00 AM IST

The politics of religion

Modern Indian, popular culture is syncretic but dominantly Hindu as best illustrated by Bollywood films.

2 Aug 2017 1:35 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: The Pardon of Assisi

The changed lives of individuals is a proof that pilgrimages do help, if, as John Paul says, we are well disposed for...

2 Aug 2017 12:45 AM IST

In the book, he writes the Chinese navy are posturing aggressively against the US navy in the Philippines and the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea near Vietnam. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

India-China will not go beyond warmongering

Kargil was India's first living room war where controlled electronic feeds lit up emotion in homes nationwide that...

2 Aug 2017 12:42 AM IST

RJD chief Lalu Yadav. (Photo:AP)

Since Afghan Taliban were honest...

The investigations sought to establish that Modi had helped the Adani group in securing undeserved tax refunds.

2 Aug 2017 12:29 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: PTI)

Harmless incursion?

he explanation is that since the Line of Actual Control is not demarcated, transgressions do occur from time to time.

2 Aug 2017 12:22 AM IST

The dropped clause pertains to the insertion of a new article 338B about the constitution and powers of the National Commission for Backward Classes. (Photo: PTI)

Parliamentary lesson for ruling alliance

The Bill has to go back to the lower house where the result would obviously be very different.

2 Aug 2017 12:20 AM IST

Exposure to highly idealized representations of peers lives on social media sites may make a person feel isolated. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Mindfully connected

To be mindful, to live mindfully, means to find this state of natural rest in each moment of the day.

1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves the premises of the JIT with son Hussain Nawaz in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Pak melodrama is full of twists

Politicians might govern the country after a fashion, but the Army lives by its own rules and is above reproach.

1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

Ram Nath Kovind gestures before the media after being elected as the 14th President of India, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

BJP's safe man at Rashtrapati Bhavan

The president is a constitutional head of state in a parliamentary democracy in which the prime minister is the chief...

1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST