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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (Photo: AFP)

An empty Lankan airport holds promise for India

If Mattala airport is well marketed and incentivised by Sri Lanka's tourism authorities, it may well be a commercial...

9 July 2018 3:33 AM IST

Dilli Ka Babu: Lateral entry MEA tried it first

Almost all of India's ambassadors in major world capitals are from the Indian Foreign Service.

8 July 2018 12:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah will observe a day-long fast on Thursday April 12, over disruptions during Budget session of parliament. (Photo: File | PTI)

Why parties are formed

Certainly the BJP seems to believe it and the two leaders named above have expressed it repeatedly.

8 July 2018 12:51 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz remains a force to reckon with

When in power, Sharif virtually ignored Parliament, and relied on family members and a small inner circle to implement...

8 July 2018 12:47 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Blueprint for prosperity

Working in the yagna spirit is a means to purify the mind, achieve all-round prosperity and fulfil our wishes.

7 July 2018 12:23 AM IST

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in a covert raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. (Photo: AFP)

Of false premises & false promises

The Quran says martyrs going to heaven will get hur , and the word was taken by early commentators to mean virgins ,...

7 July 2018 12:16 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: The art of meditation

We need to learn the art of meditation in our busy life participating in everything can be a meditation.

6 July 2018 12:36 AM IST

In the letter to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal wrote, I have nothing personal against you. I regret the same. Let us put the incident behind us and bring the court proceedings to a closure. (Photo: PTI)

SC judgment on AAP won't be digested easily

Buoyed by the SC judgment, the AAP would also acquire similar potential if it proceeds to repeat its 2015 performance in...

6 July 2018 12:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: File/AFP)

Modi must induct visionary advisors

Apparently, Trump also wants to withdraw the US from the WTO, but this requires clearance from the US senate.

6 July 2018 12:34 AM IST

God always wants us to triumph over our karmic hurdles because only then will we fulfill the purpose of life, which is to grow into better human beings.

Mystic Mantra: The price of human progress

Life is full of agonising trials and we feel so lonely and alienated because no one belongs to any one.

5 July 2018 6:32 AM IST

Cambridge University (Photo: AFP)

Abolishing merit ranking a good idea

If you pause and think a bit you will appreciate how difficult it is to attain the honour of the wooden spoon.

5 July 2018 6:18 AM IST

The government is considering converting GST Network- which is handling the IT infrastructure of the new indirect tax regime - into a state-owned company, an official source said.

Govt giving false hopes on economy

The government's actions are around creating a feel good tactic rather than a serious economic effort.

5 July 2018 12:23 AM IST