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Narendra Modis secret mission may cost him and his party big time in the long run. (Photo: PTI)

Modi's plan unfolds...

PM Modi has indisputably polarised India between the corrupt and honest.

2 Dec 2016 12:19 AM IST

Old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes placed in an order that reads BAN in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Note ban: Legality is questionable

The law permitted withdrawal of a series of banknotes and not the scrapping of an entire denomination.

2 Dec 2016 12:18 AM IST

A biblical proverb reads: Do not say, I will repay evil; wait for the Lord, and God will help you. (Photo Courtesy: theholybiblebook.com)

Mystic Mantra: It's worth the wait

Advent is a time to slow down and enter into a silent mode even when external noises are deafening.

1 Dec 2016 2:17 AM IST

In recent times we have had some articles suggesting that the Chinese attack on India in 1962 was coordinated to coincide with the missiles being sent to Cuba. (Photo: AP/File )

Some '62 lessons to remember

Nikita Khrushchev blinked first and the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

1 Dec 2016 2:08 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Mahila Congress activists burning an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest against demonetisation in Bhopal. (Photo: PTI)

The war against corruption

Demonetisation is not enough to eliminate black money in India.

1 Dec 2016 1:50 AM IST

A picture of Fidel Castro is held during a rally honoring the late Cuban leader at the Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba. (Photo: AP)

Fidel's iconic stature is set to endure...

The field hospitals were handed over to the Army, and Cuba offered 1,000 medical scholarships to Pakistani students.

1 Dec 2016 1:34 AM IST

People stand in a queue outside an ATM to withdraw money in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

For a less-cash India, a few things on to-do list

Most people in the developed world, where less-cash is the norm, are literate.

1 Dec 2016 1:24 AM IST

The boost came from agriculture, that grew at 3.3 per cent because of a good monsoon and construction activity.

GDP growth: Will it last?

India's economy largely runs on cash, and its shortage is expected to continue till late December or even beyond.

1 Dec 2016 12:51 AM IST

Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhaag vists encounter site day after militant attacked at the Army camp in Nagrota near Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion: Make India secure, forget the rhetoric...

Nagrota attack was in progress even as Pak's outgoing Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif was handing over the baton to his...

1 Dec 2016 12:41 AM IST

Im sorry, kids, but weve entered a new world order where Mummy and Daddy are very miserable

The missing Buddhist trick

Vipassana is Gautama Buddha's technique for self-awareness, harmonising life with nature's law of impermanence or...

30 Nov 2016 3:19 AM IST

A popular teacher of Buddhism once spoke about the ease with which one is able to generate feelings of loving-kindness and compassion in solitary retreat, when there is no one around. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Sweetness of compassion

Making a strong intention to practice means there is a greater chance that we will remember to do so when we really need...

30 Nov 2016 3:14 AM IST

A child holds a portrait of Fidel Castro as mourners arrive to visit the memorial site for the late leader at the Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba. (Photo: AP)

Fidel was no Stalin, more like Ho

Cubans seemed to have silently rebutted the lopsided American view by sticking to Castro the Cuban leader rather than...

30 Nov 2016 2:57 AM IST