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As polls loom, a critical year for democracy

The disqualification of Nawaz Sharif also opens up a small and wholly inadvertent window of opportunity for democratic...

3 Jan 2018 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will also visit their constituencies to cast their votes. (Photo: ANI)

Globally, India must play a waiting game

India's Pakistan policy of boycott and threats has faltered as Pakistan is even more defiant.

3 Jan 2018 12:05 AM IST

On Wednesday, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha witnessed pandemonium; opposition members in the Upper House shouted shame, shame when Ananth Kumar Hegde, rose to lay the papers listed against his name. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

In politics, caste still a dominant factor

Smart publicists were rewarded handsomely for giving the BJP a worldly gloss.

2 Jan 2018 12:31 AM IST

A man is carried following a suicide attack in Kabul. (Photo: AP)

Sectarian violence a far greater threat

Pakistan has already endured so much sectarian conflict that it is largely resigned to the persistence of such violence.

2 Jan 2018 12:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

The real battle has just begun for Modi

Modi and Jaitley continue to doggedly defend the non-existent virtues of the measure.

1 Jan 2018 2:18 AM IST

Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

The most uncertain year for Pak is here

The more Nawaz tries to force his way back into the system, the greater the resistance will be.

1 Jan 2018 2:09 AM IST

Hadiya arrives at the Cochin International airport to board a flight to Delhi. (Photo: Asian Age)

To empower women, hear what they want

In the Hadiya case, sections of society have labelled the matter a case of love jihad .

30 Nov 2017 1:37 AM IST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech during a live broadcast at State House in Harare on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

In Lebanon, Zimbabwe & Egypt, a stormy time

Zimbabwe initially did make significant progress on several fronts, and its subsequent woes were not always entirely of...

30 Nov 2017 1:30 AM IST

A still from Padmavati.

The subtle idiom of prejudice

Communal poison is spread in such innocuous yet lasting ways.

29 Nov 2017 2:24 AM IST

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Will exports remain India's Achilles heel?

India has become a world leader in initiating action under anti-dumping measures.

29 Nov 2017 2:22 AM IST

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