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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at valedictory session of the National Law Day, 2017 function in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Executive vs judiciary: Stop political jousting

The Supreme Court ruling on the NJAC has been a big blow to the Modi government.

28 Nov 2017 5:13 AM IST

Islamic State fighters

Realpolitik in Mideast as Saudis, Israel join forces

While rumours of Saudi-Israel contacts have been making the rounds for years, the covert is now increasingly overt.

28 Nov 2017 12:00 AM IST

Indian troops at the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack site. (Photo: AP)

9 years after 26/11: Is a major attack in offing?

The past nine years have seen a revolution in technology, which has helped transnational terror groups in no small...

27 Nov 2017 4:09 AM IST

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi at the Congress Working Committee meeting at 10, Janpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Gujarat election is Rahul's litmus test

The Congress, which Rahul Gandhi is all set to lead is very different from what it was in the past.

26 Nov 2017 4:34 AM IST

The shell of a building stands amid acres of rubble in this view of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. (Photo: AP)

It's time to treat India as a N-weapons state

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was devastated and three days later, on August 9, Nagasaki was decimated.

25 Nov 2017 4:56 AM IST

Former prime minister Indira Gandhi. (Photo: PTI/File)

Indira's mixed legacy: '71 triumph, '75 nadir

Mohammad Yunus was so close to Mrs Gandhi and Sanjay that he was able to appoint himself special envoy.

24 Nov 2017 12:07 AM IST

Barbie makers say they will sell a doll modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American fencer who competed in last years Olympics om hijab. (Photo: AP)

A new look: Barbie now wears a hijab

Barbies have hardly been symbols of either feminism or modesty or female achievement.

24 Nov 2017 12:07 AM IST

Justice Dalveer Bhandari

India's ICJ win: Don't overdo the rejoicing

Justice Bhandari has already been at the ICJ for five years, having succeeded an incumbent who resigned to assume...

23 Nov 2017 1:58 AM IST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech during a live broadcast at State House in Harare. Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe has baffled the country by ending his address on national television without announcing his resignation. (Photo: AP)

The Beirut gamble: Its real target is Tehran

The ostracisation of Qatar has paid no obvious dividends. The trend in Syria does not conform to Saudi wishes.

23 Nov 2017 1:46 AM IST

Of history, mythology and a court case

The problem really is the free rein given to violence and the state's complicity in terrorising people with a different...

22 Nov 2017 3:04 AM IST

Deepika Padukone in a still from Padmavati.

Defeat efforts to spoil India's humane ethos

The scary part of this narrative is that the peripheral is gradually being merged into the mainstream.

22 Nov 2017 3:00 AM IST

Moodys has downgraded Chinas long-term rating by one notch from Aa3 to A1 as the Chinese government grapples with the challenges of rising financial risks stemming from years of credit-fueled stimulus.

After the upgrade, can FM widen our smile?

Bond issuers from any country can never have a credit rating higher than their country's rating.

21 Nov 2017 2:00 AM IST