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Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader

US must talk to Tokyo, Seoul & Beijing on how to tackle Kim

This makes the task of US President Donald Trump very difficult when he sits across the table with Mr Kim in May 2018.

4 April 2018 2:31 AM IST

Students stage a protest in Ranchi on Monday during Bharat Bandh call by dalit organisations against the alleged dilution of SC/ST Act. (Photo: PTI)

Fallout of dalit anger may hurt BJP in 2019

The BJP stands to lose its electoral base among dalits in 2019 though it may regain it in a politically distant future.

4 April 2018 2:29 AM IST

Big Data is too valuable not to be used by social media and digital search, share, see and sell companies.

In an age of leaks, just lock your data & sell it

Using your data to analyse behaviour trends is also acceptable, if only aggregated, secondary data is made public.

3 April 2018 5:35 AM IST

What if you tried to book a table at a restaurant and were rejected because your rating as a human being was too low? (Photo: YouTube.com)

Scary future: If your life has to depend on how you get rated

Luckily for the rest of us, only China currently seems to have the technology and will to implement this on a national...

3 April 2018 5:30 AM IST

BJP leaders Shatrughan Sinha, Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Vote 2019: Inclusion is key to Opposition unity

Mamata Banerjee's approach seems to accept rather than ignore some basic political realities.

2 April 2018 3:59 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Tweaking the system a must in Pak

Loosen the dominance of the CJP in the appointment process and give a joint parliamentary committee a role in the...

2 April 2018 3:58 AM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)

Trump's NSA is a threat to world peace

After many a meeting and documents galore, in 1947, the US Congress enacted the National Security Act.

1 April 2018 12:05 AM IST

While bathing the destitute beggar, Swamis helpers found an Aadhar card and a fixed deposit receipt of Rs 1.06 crore inside his clothes.

'Tis the season of leaks, peep and squeaks

Oil is a single-use commodity while data can be recycled and reprocessed for fresh purposes and discernments.

1 April 2018 12:05 AM IST

FATF latest in a series of blows. No one wants to see the reality

Pakistan is not receiving the cooperation it needs for border management and control.

28 Feb 2018 2:55 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

Can AAP stop excuses, work within the rules?

Delivery and good governance does not necessarily depend on having the same party in power at both levels.

28 Feb 2018 2:53 AM IST

Donald Trump Jr. poses for a photograph ahead of a media event in New Delhi, on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

The Trumps & India: Trade follows the flag

President Trump's foreign relations have not been as strikingly successful as his business deals.

27 Feb 2018 12:22 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

Victimisation' raises Nawaz's popularity

The lack of systematic data to back it is enough reason for anyone to think twice before accepting the sympathy...

27 Feb 2018 12:21 AM IST