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CBI, ED, I-T, agencies used to play politics

In some cases, the ruling party's calculus is that targeted individuals may be terrorised into submission and switch...

27 Sept 2019 7:58 AM IST

The algorithms have been released on Github and Facebook hopes that developers and other companies will make use of it to identify harmful content.

Why social media guidelines?

Fake news factories are now being set up on both sides of the ideological fence.

26 Sept 2019 12:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)

A welcome judgment by Britain's highest court

The boldness in standing up to define the powers of governance must be admired.

26 Sept 2019 12:20 AM IST

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat. (Photo: PTI)

Rawat's remarks ill-advised

This is par for the course in nations where the Army plays an outsized role public affairs, beyond the military domain.

25 Sept 2019 1:01 AM IST

Election commissioner Ashok Lavasa

Lavasa kin I-T action: The price of dissent?

One could argue that the I-T action against Ms Lavasa is routine.

25 Sept 2019 1:00 AM IST

370 may help BJP in polls

The BJP is already on a strong wicket after victory in the April-May general election.

24 Sept 2019 1:12 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on stage at NRG stadium in Houston. (Photo: ANI)

PM goes to UN with a chorus of support

Trump's refusal to mention Kashmir is important to India as the real substance of Modi's ongoing US trip surfaces later...

24 Sept 2019 1:11 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Collegium transfers opaque

The Supreme Court Bar Association members feel this is a punishment transfer.

23 Sept 2019 1:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

The Kashmiri is last in govt calculations

The PM has set the stage for the action.

23 Sept 2019 1:09 AM IST

Legendary physicist Albert Einstein. (Photo: AFP)

Answer the children

Science and technology can help, and the decision is left with the politician.

22 Sept 2019 3:28 AM IST

Desperate situations call for desperate measures, which are coming now, but only after the hubris of the reelection-dominated July Budget dissipated somewhat and those producing goods and offering services are being recognised as pivotal drivers of the economy.

Fiscal problems may tail economy booster

The stock markets rocketed in one trading day to bolster investor wealth by close to Rs 7 lakh crore.

22 Sept 2019 3:16 AM IST

Shacklady, who founded the club 12 years ago and at 33 is the youngest cricket club chairman in England, is hoping other clubs in their Berkshire Cricket League will follow their lead. (Photo: Representational Image)

Normal sport in abnormal times

One way to beat terrorists is to show normal sport is possible even in abnormal times.

21 Sept 2019 2:06 AM IST