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Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the success of Mission Shakti on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Star Wars' adds heft to rising space power

Mission Shakti's success is a big deal no matter what the government's critics might feel.

29 March 2019 2:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an indirect reference to the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force. (File Photo)

Promises, calculations: It's blind man's buff!

Promises do serve a political purpose; of grabbing attention and amplifying appeal.

28 March 2019 12:22 AM IST

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

Every putative Brexit solution has problems attached to it

May hesitated to put her deal to a parliamentary vote, and when she did it went down to the largest defeat for a govt...

28 March 2019 12:16 AM IST

At least 49 were killed and 20 were injured after a gunman opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand killing many worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown as police launched a massive manhunt. (Photo: File)

To dismantle global terror, Muslim states must do more

Islamophobia represents prejudice and hate against Muslims in Western and Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish societies.

27 March 2019 1:40 AM IST

Muhammad Yasin Malik (Photo: PTI)

BJP back to Sangh's old line on Kashmir

The intent to shape discussion in this direction became evident when the CBI began reopening virtually defunct cases of...

27 March 2019 1:39 AM IST

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

Battle for future: India, UK face decision time

The election campaign for the 17th Lok Sabha is obsessed with trivia and full of personal invective.

26 March 2019 12:07 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (Photo: AFP)

Gun curbs do work, even if not absolutely; streets safer

The government rapidly put in place anti-firearm measures, and the fact is that overall gun violence is calculated as...

26 March 2019 12:04 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Why Modi's chowkidar campaign a non-starter

Prime Minister Modi was packaged as a doer, making decisions and implementing them at an unprecedented pace.

25 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

Talks with Pakistan a weapon, use it wisely

The recent veto by China on the UN's banning of Masood Azhar, and our reaction to it, presents a good example of what is...

24 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Union Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo:ANI)

Of evergreen Arun and BJP's script for turncoats

Jaitley is playing a key role in the preparations for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls and is also busy unsettling the...

24 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi and Amit shah (Photo: File/PTI)

Precision targeting' is the BJP's war strategy

The other big news is Amit Shah choosing to contest from Gandhinagar, the constituency of party patriarch L.K. Advani.

23 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

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

All nationals equal, only some more so than others

If a person has single nationality through naturalisation, the Home Office can revoke their citizenship

22 March 2019 7:22 AM IST