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RBI plays white knight to cash-strapped govt

The FD target for FY 2019-20 is an unreachable 2.85 per cent of GDP.

31 Aug 2019 12:06 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

'More of the same' across the LoC: Why peace really scares Pak Army

Neighbouring countries as well as internal stakeholders must take note that the unsettled past and its reasons are here...

31 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a seven-member committee in connection with the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

PM Imran has a big problem, of too many spokespersons

There were persistent rumours about his possibleâ€ exit as the Prime Minister's spokesperson.

31 Aug 2019 12:01 AM IST

Police sources said the additional sandbag bunkers and pillboxes have been set up in Srinagar and other towns mainly to contain public protests and stone-pelting by local youths.

Pak must stop war talk, and keep off Kashmir

Even so, reports of human rights violations cannot be brushed aside when there is an information and communications...

31 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

MEITY and its bureaucracy could argue that 600 submissions are a lot to process, and not all the comments are relevant to the process.

Wider debate needed on major changes in data protection law

The Data Protection Bill is going to be profoundly important in India's tech policy landscape, going forward.

30 Aug 2019 4:26 AM IST

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister P. Chidambaram after being produced at a court in the INX Media case in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Ex-FM's arrest: Who decides where cameras focus?

Bhupinder Singh Hooda's rebellion in Haryana will unnerve the Gandhi family that much more because Robert Vadra owes a...

30 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam bandyopadhyay)

Foolish politics around J&K

The Pakistani authorities appear to have used stories published in the foreign press and Mr Gandhi's observations to...

30 Aug 2019 12:03 AM IST

The Amazon rainforest fires have disrupted the ecological system of the area. (Photo: Instagram)

Amazon fires likely to burn the environment

The cause for many of the fires in Brazil is the administration of Jair Bolsanaro, dubbed the Trump of the Tropicsâ€.

30 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

This is not an era of third-degree. We need to use scientific methods for investigation. This is possible if modernization of police force is done in the right manner. Police must think four steps ahead of criminals and criminal-minded people. Amit Shah said. (Photo: ANI)

Untying the Naga knot: Flagging the key issues

The NSCN(I-M) identified the core issuesâ€ to be that of a separate flagâ€ for the Nagas and a constitutionâ€.

30 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

In November last year, the ISIS had claimed the responsibility for the shootout in which police sub-inspector Imran Tak was also killed in Srinagars Gulab Bagh area. (Photo: Representational | AP)

After US exit, Afghanistan to be fertile land for ISIS' entry

ISIS exploits political gaps and vulnerable environments to entrench itself and rule through fear or a select few power...

30 Aug 2019 12:00 AM IST

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Preserve nature, it is the temple of God

God has placed us there so that nature will proclaim to us His existence, His greatness, His wisdom and all His exalted...

29 Aug 2019 12:10 AM IST

Pakistan is a key player in the talks between the Taliban and the US in an effort to end the war in Afghanistan and allow withdrawal of American troops. (Photo: AFP / File)

Decade's two major conflicts will end in step back to the past

The larger message of these conflicts and the condition in which they will leave the populations in Syria and...

29 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST