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Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. (Photo: AFP)

Press and power

The Guild was astute enough to discern a combination of tactics; both overt and covert.

2 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

The Mumbai zone of the Central GST Commissionerate has mopped up revenue of Rs 72,509 crore till February this year, tax officials said.

Let's be cautious. It's too early to celebrate

Government's spending will perforce be limited by fears of missing the fiscal deficit, unless it can raise its revenue...

2 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: True education, true knowledge

Elimination of all false notions is the true purpose of knowledge.

1 Sept 2018 2:52 AM IST

Religion is sacred, recipes are not

The term jerkâ€ doesn't mean that the curried victim pig or chicken was executed by snapping its neck.

1 Sept 2018 2:47 AM IST

Swapna Barman (centre) en route to her gold in the womens heptathlon event in the Asian Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI )

Breakthrough in Jakarta

These athletes have had a more modern training system to hone their skills and a generous reward system to recognise...

1 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

Union Minister Arun Jaitley said that Congress had no real issue and was hence resorting to manufacturing. (Photo: File)

DeMo-GST jolt: How the economy survived

On the demonetisation front, the RBI had to execute remonetisation and put money back into circulation.

1 Sept 2018 12:04 AM IST

The AAP had alle-ged that the Delhi police has leaked details of its chargesheet in the chief secretary assault case even as an application was filed in a city court for restraining it from making it public.

Ruling on 'migrating' SC/ST needs review

It's not clear how many SC/ST people actually migrate to other states in search of education or jobs.

1 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

We are limited with our senses, and limitations of the mind cannot comprehend either the purpose or the ways to achieve it; we just carry on with our lifetimes with limited visions until we meet a guru. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: The purpose of life

A guru defines our path and its purpose and gives the means to achieve it too.

31 Aug 2018 1:33 AM IST

Muslims in Britain who are causing raised eyebrows by an obstinate insistence on a wardrobe which the host population finds outlandish and worse, must realise that they are at risk of bartering away priceless goodwill. (Photo: Representational Image)

To ban or not: Troubling questions on the burqa

Women on the Haj pilgrimage do not have to cover their faces in front of the Kaaba, the building at the centre of the...

31 Aug 2018 1:23 AM IST

Within this tragedy lies another one. According to new research collected and published by the United Nations, nearly 33 per cent of the people captured on the mountain were children. These children were taken into IS captivity soon after to become future fighters or propaganda material. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

The children of terror

Participation, of course, is presented as an honour that the children have to earn, an imprimatur of belonging.

31 Aug 2018 1:18 AM IST

The government wanted Facebook-WhatsApp to appoint a grievance officer and find a technological solution to trace the origin of fake messages.

Why FB and WhatsApp too have eye on 2019

Mark Zuckerberg has also increasingly involved Facebook in international affairs.

31 Aug 2018 1:16 AM IST

World is more divided than before though its not just because of social media. People were already divided; but all of this is getting exaggerated by social media.

Rein in hate on social media

Society itself may be desensitised due to the all-pervasive social media.

31 Aug 2018 1:00 AM IST