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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Leave growth to pundits, let's end poverty instead

But the surprise is that so has newly created Telengana! Dividing states seems to do wonders for reducing inequality.

23 Oct 2019 1:56 AM IST

Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

Amid Brexit furore, will Boris have to eat his hat?

There was a third covering letter from the British ambassador in Brussels.

22 Oct 2019 5:15 AM IST

Once connected, you can easily visit any of their connected social media profiles directly from My Social Handle .

Weaponisation of social media: Defence in DNA of tech sector

A bot is an automated programme designed to run simple and repetitive tasks.

22 Oct 2019 5:11 AM IST

While Mr Anand Singhs resignation letter Jolt to Congress in Karnataka as 2 MLAs resign arrived with riders scrap the controversial decision to sell 3, 667 acres land to JSW Steel in ore-rich Ballari district and carve a separate district out of Vijayanagar.

Humiliation for Cong writ large in this ballot

The Delhi and Bihar Assembly elections of 2015 and Odisha in 2019 were among the few exceptions.

21 Oct 2019 2:04 AM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leaves after visiting the victims of Sonbhadra incident in Varanasi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Rejig buzz starts guessing game; Priyanka's team attracts envy

The Congress is currently abuzz with stories about a showdown between party chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi a few...

21 Oct 2019 2:00 AM IST

Priests perform Shila Pujan of stones for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. (Photo: PTI/File)

In Ayodhya, time to give peace a chance

In parallel, an important statement was reportedly issued by the Lucknow-based Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board.

20 Oct 2019 12:05 AM IST

Abhijit Banerjee

Reading a waste of time, meet the real RCT hero

Literally. Why can't you economists write about my friends Ambani and Adani and how well they are doing?

20 Oct 2019 12:05 AM IST

Savarkar a national icon? BJP's new poll trick

After Chhatrapati Shivaji, Savarkar occupies the highest position on the list of Maharashtra's icons.

19 Oct 2019 4:37 AM IST

Turkish-backed Syrian opposition fighters chant slogans as they wait to cross the border into Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey. (Photo: AP)

A relentless war rages on in the Middle East

Turkish forces have moved into northern Syria, and the shaky Kurdish-defended buffer zone has become the site of mayhem.

19 Oct 2019 2:58 AM IST

Greta Thunberg addresses the press before her march in Montreal. (Photo: AFP)

Better not trust capitalists, sign up for green army' instead

The Thunberg pater familias was correct in identifying such words as potentially problematic.

18 Oct 2019 1:19 AM IST

Niti Aayog has envisaged a New India by 2022 which will be free from poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism. (Photo: AP/Representational Image)

Tackling global poverty: Do the poor get a voice?

Banerjee and Duflo teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kramer is at Harvard University.

18 Oct 2019 1:16 AM IST

Mr Narendra Modi, there is no power problem in Telangana... dont lie. I am very sorry to say this. You cannot level false allegations against a chief minister. I am not afraid of anyone, K Chandrashekar Rao said. (Photo: File | PTI)

Telangana's RTC crisis is everyone's problem

he current RTC crisis in Telangana has been created by the government, and particularly by the chief minister himself.

17 Oct 2019 5:50 AM IST