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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed 1.25 crore Indians for fourth time. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Existential crisis for CIC

The CIC is working with seven information commissioners, including the Chief Information Commissioner, against a...

8 April 2018 4:46 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: PTI)

Of pugnacious Patra and mahant-fearing Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has hit the headlines once again for all the wrong reasons.

8 April 2018 3:42 AM IST

Titled Mere Deendayal after Deendayal Upadhyay, the quiz seeks to raise awareness about him and the schemes of the BJP-led state government and Centre.

Don't idolise Deendayal, follow his humanism

Deendayal was also particularly emphatic about the definition and role of the individual in society.

8 April 2018 3:42 AM IST

Malala Yousafzai (Photo: AP)

Why Pakistan is still disowning its finest

Some private schools even dishonoured Malala's short trip by declaring Friday as I am not Malala Dayâ€, reflecting her...

7 April 2018 5:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed 1.25 crore Indians for fourth time. (Photo: PTI)

Dalit fury rattles BJP, as Sangh fuzzy over caste

The Modi government is conspicuous in its inability to comprehend dalit sense and sensibility.

6 April 2018 6:59 AM IST

Prince Mohammed bin Salman suggested the Islamic Republics alleged expansion under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei needed to be confronted. (Photo: AFP)

Will reforms in Saudi Arabia set off a backlash?

The crown prince is walking a tightrope in a country where conservative ideology is deeply entrenched.

6 April 2018 6:54 AM IST

CBSE students protest over the paper leak, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Leak wake-up call: Rejig exams, junk cramming

In the short term, everything possible needs to be done to ensure that subsequent batches of students do not face a...

5 April 2018 6:13 AM IST

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center, receives applause after finishing a speech to the joint session of the Massachusetts Legislature in Boston, the day before he led a civil rights march to Boston Common. Kings final speech before his 1968 assassination will be read aloud 50 years later on Monday, April 2, 2018, in downtown Boston. (Photo: AP)

Dr King's legacy goes far beyond civil rights; his spirit lives on

A speech by King at a local church less than 24 hours earlier was in retrospect interpreted by some as premonitory.

5 April 2018 6:08 AM IST

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