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Dilli Ka Babu: Lateral entry now a reality

The only change is that this task will not be performed by the UPSC and instead will be processed through the Niti...

7 July 2019 12:28 AM IST

The apex court on September 26 last year had declared the Centres flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but struck down some of its provisions including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions. (Photo: PTI)

Is your Aadhaar data about to be monetised?

It is another matter that even what the Economic Survey is proposing is also a non-sequitor.

7 July 2019 12:14 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Why Xi is unwise to scrap maps

China has land borders with 14 countries and maritime borders with at least nine other countries.

7 July 2019 12:11 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget for Modi 2.0 government. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

A Budget for the middle class!

The firmer political constituency the budget seems to address in no uncertain terms is the elastic middle class, and it...

7 July 2019 12:03 AM IST

India, in April this year, had officially sent the Republic Day invite to US President Donald Trump. (Photo: File | AP)

India as new US ally': Delhi must be cautious

While the move takes defence and strategic ties between the two nations to a whole new level, a word of caution.

7 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget for Modi 2.0 government. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Nirmala's maiden Budget is reform oriented, and in the right direction

The Budget has devised just the right strategies to take India on the path of inclusive growth.

6 July 2019 6:35 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her team before presenting the budget. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Sitharaman hits all the buttons, sticks to basics

Despite a long speech there were no magic bullets presented to kickstart a virtuous cycle of investment, growth and...

6 July 2019 1:07 AM IST

Franciss writings overflowed with the love of God and neighbours. His Introduction to the Devout Life and Love of God and Spiritual Conferences are spiritual classics with striking sayings like: (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Individual well-being will grow into society

If individuals are rotten and you go on tinkering with society, you will have only empty rules and empty morality.

6 July 2019 1:04 AM IST

US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)

Why do migrants prefer to go to the West?

The immigration services and media of the UK make a distinction between genuine migrants and economic migrants.

6 July 2019 12:31 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks about a state of emergency from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.

Trump subverts US tradition

The long-running campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan were turning unpopular on account of the loss of American lives and...

6 July 2019 12:02 AM IST

Nirmala Sitaraman arrives at Parliament to table the Budget. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Agri focus novel; jobs, investment are posers

There was high expectation that the Budget would announce measures to boost investment and employment.

6 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her team before presenting the budget. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Nirmala's Budget fullof political flourishes

The Budget speech was a political declamation, but there were strong signs of the government's desperate bid to ...

6 July 2019 12:00 AM IST