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Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader

China's balancing act as US rattles North Korea

North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests since 2006, the last in September last year.

28 April 2017 5:28 AM IST

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

CBI: Rotten at the top

It is evident that we either have a rotten system of appointing leaders of the country's most important institutions.

28 April 2017 3:05 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during a conversations on C Peter Mc Colough Series on International Economics at Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. (Photo: PTI)

Why not begin to tax rich farmers?

The political class is scared of even speaking about this, fearing they would be seen as anti-farmer.

28 April 2017 3:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Keep the faith

Having doubts about God and life after death is neither new nor strange.

27 April 2017 7:02 AM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

An unnecessary change?

Switching to a January-December financial year will not benefit the economy.

27 April 2017 12:41 AM IST

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama arrives for a spiritual discourse at Yid-Ga-Choezin ground, in Arunachal Pradeshs Tawang district. (Photo: AP)

Renaming won't help China's cause

The Chinese media said that Beijing's objective was to reaffirm China's claim over Arunachal, South Tibet for the...

27 April 2017 12:34 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: PTI)

Delhi gives Kejriwal a slap in the face

Can things change even before 2020, if Arvind Kejriwal resigns, admitting he has lost the mandate to rule?

27 April 2017 12:16 AM IST

French centrist presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

France is still deeply divided: It's too early to celebrate

The Gaullist right wing's failure to make it into the second round is unprecedented in the Fifth Republic.

27 April 2017 12:09 AM IST

Cow slaughter is also a non-bailable offence now. (Representational Image)

Forget database for cows

A database for cows seems too crazy an idea.

27 April 2017 12:07 AM IST

BJP Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari flashes victory sign outside his residence after the partys victory in the Delhi civic polls in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

BJP's Delhi triumph puts AAP on notice

The AAP has said it was a EVM wave that Delhi saw, not a BJP wave .

27 April 2017 12:06 AM IST

(Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Override your ego and let things go

Moreover, ego becomes a serious obstacle in the spiritual progress of a person as well.

26 April 2017 2:33 AM IST

An Indian paramilitary soldier guards at a check point during a strike in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

J&K: Act fast to recover lost ground

Tinkering and tweaking through incrementalism isn't the way forward in Kashmir any more.

26 April 2017 2:30 AM IST