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Rishi Kumar Shukla

CBI: New chief, old issues

The message is that governments desire that the CBI be their caged parrotâ€.

4 Feb 2019 12:07 AM IST

The India mission and consulates have visited several detention centres throughout the US to extend consular assistance to the detained students, the MEA said.

Students in fake varsity could test US-India ties

The point to ponder is whether the Indians who enrolled themselves in this manner, by paying a hefty fees to the...

4 Feb 2019 12:03 AM IST

'In Kashmir it is very important for us to first do something about...

I think it will be possible to deescalate tensions in Kashmir only if and when the state makes a credible political...

3 Feb 2019 12:58 AM IST

Dilli Ka Babu: Kerala's babu problem

A case of breach of official decorum and misconduct of Mr Sanjiv Kumar, IRPS, has been brought to the notice of the...

3 Feb 2019 12:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election campaign rally in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

We need universal basic income as jobs shrink

The Modi government's scheme is for farmers who have less than 2 hectares (meaning about 5 acres)

3 Feb 2019 12:42 AM IST

Basic income: An idea whose time has come

Certain humanists commenced toying with the contours of a minimum income in the form of public aid.

3 Feb 2019 12:36 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

Unlike Brits, our leaders are under party bosses

Unlike Britain, in India the Speaker is from the ruling party; almost all are brazenly partisan.

3 Feb 2019 12:27 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Trump cornered on wall

Across the Atlantic, as the UK wrestles with the complex problem of Brexit from the EU, it is globalisation that is...

3 Feb 2019 12:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cheers as finance minister Piyush Goyal presents the Interim Budget 2019-20 during the Budget Session at Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Budget is part of BJP's poll pitch

The tax sop is in line with the additional 10 per cent reservation announced for the Hindu upper castes earlier this...

3 Feb 2019 12:21 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: Expectations in the spiritual process

The yogic process is structured in such a way that you cannot do it without being alert.

2 Feb 2019 1:32 AM IST

Such actions will not be left without consequences. All responsibility for them rests with Washington, London and Paris, the Russian ambassador said. (Photo: AP)

A 'Banglatown' in London?

The tourists flood in with chic bars, restaurants and shops reflecting the new prosperity.

2 Feb 2019 1:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

2019 seems fraught with possibilities

So far Mr Modi has not allowed them to define who he really is.

2 Feb 2019 1:32 AM IST