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Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

2019: Game wide open, but BJP has advantage

The BJP's defeat in these Assembly elections, popularly referred to as the semi-final before 2019, has certainly made...

7 Jan 2019 1:00 AM IST

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

Energy crisis leaves Imran govt cornered

The PPP and PML-N have been cleverer in their relentless focus on Imran, but PPP and N-League attacks are hardly going...

7 Jan 2019 12:54 AM IST

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)

The art of propaganda & the politics of cinema

Nazi domination of the German film industry is the supreme example of the usage of films to subserve the fascist...

6 Jan 2019 12:22 AM IST

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: File)

RSS always wanted the division of Kashmir

Jammu's secession from J&K may be a distant prospect. Meanwhile, a lot of damage will be done by this communal agitation...

6 Jan 2019 12:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Anarchy on the rise in a disordered republic

India is one of the few countries in the world where income inequality is growing the fastest.

5 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Oscar Wilde (Photo: AP)

The science of writing well is in big demand at workplaces

Long sentences produce long documents, which take longer to read hardly a recipe for inviting attention.

4 Jan 2019 12:05 AM IST

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses the TMC Chhatra Parisad foundation day rally at Mayo Road in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo:Asian Age)

Front-making for 2019: Difficulties are growing

The task is horribly difficult as cross-cutting interests intervene to tweak and change the shape the elegant simplicity...

4 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

A sour note in Dhaka, US still in a flux: 2019 has shaky start

The Bangladesh election was a sour note at the end of what has generally been a dismal year.

3 Jan 2019 1:13 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Photo: PTI)

No gain for democracy, or for India's interests

The West has chosen instead to express concern over violence, intimidation and harassment of political opponents before...

3 Jan 2019 1:13 AM IST

EC confirmed the complete result of the constituency in southwestern Gopalganj from where Sheikh Hasina won, bagging 2,29,539 votes, while her BNP opponent got only 123 votes. (Photo: AP)

Hasina, Delhi need to show more maturity

She has been in power since 2009 and has essentially remained India-friendly all through.

2 Jan 2019 1:10 AM IST

A tumultuous year passes: Big changes on all fronts

Collectively, events in these four areas of democratic activity do not provide much cause for optimism.

1 Jan 2019 7:14 AM IST

PM Modi on Monday summoned CBI director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana amid their public fight on bribery and corruption. (Photo: File)

Secularism is the core safeguard India needs

Justice Sen's understandable concern for Hindus stranded in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh does him credit.

1 Jan 2019 12:13 AM IST