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Dr Sunil Kumar Sinha

'High oil prices will put pressure on current account deficit, rupee'

A lot of money used to come into Indian market because the difference between interest rates of India and US market were...

30 Sept 2018 5:58 AM IST

Muslim community members offer prayers on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan, outside Bandra railway station. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

The idea of Hindu rashtra is vague

Prohibition of alcohol and cow slaughter already exist in our laws in some form and in many states.

30 Sept 2018 5:28 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Let the past be just that

Perhaps, the government can get away with using the sort of language the minister spoke while the going is good.

30 Sept 2018 5:20 AM IST

Veerappa Moily said in the BJP-led NDA coalition arrangement and understanding, the sense of coexistence, togetherness and cooperation is totally absent. (Photo: File/PTI)

The time has come to junk the IAS

The IAS founded in 1858 as the Indian Imperial Service has remained largely unchanged in its disposition.

30 Sept 2018 5:16 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru

Codes of conduct needed in politics

A code of conduct cannot be a cure-all. Crimes continue to be committed despite the existence of a penal code on the...

30 Sept 2018 2:34 AM IST

Kedar Jadhav celebrates a Bangladesh wicket during the Asia Cup final in Dubai. (Photo: AP)

India's unimpressive victory

There is time for more experiments before finding the right batsmen for the early middle order slots.

30 Sept 2018 2:29 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

SC missed chance to restrain criminal netas

The top court reiterated that it is Parliament that must legislate on how best to deal with the worrying situation.

30 Sept 2018 2:24 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)

Chess game democracy in the UK?

It's pocket science to realise that democracy means very different things in different countries and institutions.

29 Sept 2018 12:48 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump shake hands after a document signing at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island on Tuesday in Singapore. (Photo: AP)

A dealmaker and a strategist in battle of wits

In the Pyongyang joint declaration, some concrete steps towards the denuclearisation of North Korea were included.

29 Sept 2018 12:44 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Husband not master of wife: Relic of past axed

The law making adultery an offence was archaic and amounted to a clear violation of the fundamental rights, they...

29 Sept 2018 12:36 AM IST

SC refused to interfere in arrest of activists -- Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha -- in Bhima-Koregaon case. (Photo: PTI)

No relief for activists

Mercifully, the order allows the charged intellectuals to stay under house arrest for another four weeks.

29 Sept 2018 12:31 AM IST

There was no restriction for devotees in the name of religion for entry in several temples temples, including famed Lord Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala now. (Photo: File)

A blow for gender equality in worship

Gender discrimination is historical baggage inherited from the dominance of males in society.

29 Sept 2018 12:28 AM IST