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Jamal Khashoggi is a familiar face on political talk shows on Arab satellite television networks and used to advise Prince Turki al-Faisal, ex-Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to US and Britain. (Photo: AP)

The price of a journalist's criticism in Saudi Arabia

Sadly, there is every reason to suspect that the allegations are not unfounded, notwithstanding Saudi Arabia's...

11 Oct 2018 12:44 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Stakes bigger for Cong than BJP in state polls

A possible defeat of the BJP in a few states may worry party leaders, but it will not signal a defeat for it in 2019.

11 Oct 2018 12:44 AM IST

Global warming. (Photo: Pixabay)

Heed climate warning

The point is whether the human race will find the collective political and moral will to fight climate change.

11 Oct 2018 12:43 AM IST

The #metoo movement, which began last year while dealing with Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinsteins male chauvinistic behavior, has influenced the decision on the Peace Nobel. (Representational image)

Will #MeToo in India become a real force?

Perhaps the Opposition parties are worried that their own cupboards may contain skeletons.

11 Oct 2018 12:43 AM IST

Christians believe that at each ones birth, God gifts him/her a guardian angel , that accompanies, protects, and eventually leads each one to ones creator. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Guardian angel's protection

The German word for a mobile phone is Handy .

10 Oct 2018 12:09 AM IST

Bank of Baroda on Tuesday said its loan account to debt-laden Infrastructure Leasing and Financing Services (IL&FS) continues to remain standard at present.

Untangling knots at IL&FS will be long and arduous

A closed user group (CUG) enjoyed the fruits of a poisoned tree for 30 years as all oversight mechanisms failed to nail...

10 Oct 2018 12:08 AM IST

Shift in form of governance could trigger other conflicts

A regime change, unlike a new government, alters the form of governance, eg from autocracy to democracy.

10 Oct 2018 12:08 AM IST

Rafale aircraft

Opposition lacks potent strategy on Rafale deal

In the Rafale controversy, unlike V.P. Singh, Rahul Gandhi risks nothing.

10 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

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A farcical exercise in J&K

Unlike in Punjab in the past and some low-polling elections in the Valley earlier, the present exercise will not open up...

10 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

Gujarat must step in to protect migrants

Gujarat must step in to protect migrants

The fear of jobs being taken away by locals is part of the larger problem of why outsiders are sometimes targeted.

10 Oct 2018 12:07 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: Eight steps to yourself

The eight steps are a right vision, right decision, right speech, right action, right exercise, right memory, right...

9 Oct 2018 12:28 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

Why pragmatic' Suu Kyi is silent on Rohingyas

Like a true Burmese, Suu Kyi probably doesn't disagree with her countrymen's condemnation of the Rohingya.

9 Oct 2018 12:24 AM IST