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Finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia

Dilli Ka Babu: Babus under pressure

According to sources, the new rules would affect nearly 533 posts of assistant commissioner and deputy superintendent of...

21 Oct 2018 4:52 AM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

Our polls are fought on claims, not facts

In India the narrative of an election is often controlled by the Opposition rather than the ruling party.

21 Oct 2018 12:27 AM IST

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The known, unknown and unknowable

Our mind is a powerful receiver of all kinds of information which becomes memory.

20 Oct 2018 1:24 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath

The politics of renaming

Although the politics of renaming has acquired greater public attention since 2014, the plan is part of the saffron...

20 Oct 2018 1:21 AM IST

Speaking at the 7th Meeting of Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) at Ashgabat, MoS External Affairs MJ Akbar accused Pakistan of committing crime against the Afghan people by blocking normal access between India and Afghanistan. (Photo: PTI/File)

Zamana of male entitlement, privilege is over

There are many other serial offenders in the media and they will have to face enquiries.

20 Oct 2018 1:18 AM IST

Workers busy in making effigies of the demon king Ravana at a workshop ahead of Dussehra festival in Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Slaying the asuras within us

The major difference between Ravana and Rama was the former's ego of his penance.

18 Oct 2018 4:52 AM IST

Karmapa Lama Thaye Dorje. (Photo: Twitter | @karmapaorg)

Ignoring top Tibetan lamas puts India on wrong side of history

A serious issue that needs to be settled between Ugyen Dorje and Thaye Dorje is about who will inherit Rumtek Monastery...

18 Oct 2018 4:48 AM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Will India and China fight a war again?

The lesson of 1967 has been well learnt by China, just as the lesson of 1962 has been absorbed by India.

18 Oct 2018 4:43 AM IST

The central conversations of our times circle around the nature of marriage, the legality and morality of homosexuality, the debate about gender neutrality and the temptations of power. (Photo: pixabay/Representational)

Mystic Mantra: The unity of man

Facts have supplanted understanding and knowledge is no longer able to generate wisdom.

17 Oct 2018 12:58 AM IST

In March 2018, after a three-year lull, the Railway Recruitment Board put out nationwide advertisements for about 100,000 available posts, including trackmen, porters and electricians. Over 23 million people applied. This overwhelming response is not an aberration. (Photo: pixabay/Representational)

The real crisis: A widening Bharat-India gap

It is the bottom of the pyramid which is looking for economic inclusion. Its absorption is vital for the well-being of...

17 Oct 2018 12:48 AM IST

First look of Bombay Durga Puja Samiti, the goddess dressed in benarasi.

Mystic Mantra: Celebrating Durga in sarad navratri

The nine manifestations, known as Navdurga, represent all the cosmic energy of the universe.

16 Oct 2018 12:52 AM IST

Paul Romer (Photo: AFP)

Economics Nobel: From esoteric to practical

The Nobel Prize in Economics has mostly tended to go to scholars doing esoteric research in economics.

16 Oct 2018 12:49 AM IST