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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

Donald Trump ordered the creation of a sixth branch. (Photo: Pixabay)

If Trump starts a global war, is the world ready for the fallout?

Iran knows the US better than Trump knows Iran.

6 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Are you in command?

Physically restraining the body but allowing the mind to dwell on various pleasures can lead to dire consequences.

5 July 2019 12:10 AM IST

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

Trump still an enigma: So who is starting a war with Iran?

The lazy assumption that the technologies in the Iranian arsenal must trace their origins to allies Russia and China is...

5 July 2019 12:10 AM IST

By definition, liberal education and interdisciplinarity are joined at the hip, and that augurs well for the need for sets of complex competencies.

NEP draft 2019 might be progressive, but is its liberal' focus too...

For better or worse, a new reflexive nationalism is arising as the concept of globalisation is in decline.

5 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

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

Why Gandhis must retain a say in party affairs

The BJP recognised that in order to weaken the Congress, it was essential to weaken the party's first family.

5 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday began a statewide over actue water crisis issue. (Photo: File)

Showers of misfortune

Kerala, which ironically faced floods and landslides last year, could also suffer a huge water shortage this year.

5 July 2019 12:05 AM IST