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Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Putin Signs Controversial Internet Law For 'Centralised Traffic...

This control will pass to the Russian FSB security service and media monitoring agency Roskomnadzor, which is known to...

2 May 2019 5:35 PM IST

It was spotted by a Mi-17 helicopter of the Indian Air Force, at a height of around 12,000 feet. (Photo: AFP)

The growing Lockheed mystery: Why is US in a rush to push F-21 to...

The F-21 seems to be an offshoot of the single-engine F-16 multi-role fighter.

20 Jun 2019 2:47 AM IST

We have seen an example of one such action, and that is the cut in the rate of taxes paid by Indias corporates. The stock market reacted very positively to this step by the Narendra Modi government and we shall see in the coming days if this enthusiasm continues and delivers stronger growth. The state that is efficient can devise and implement policies that it believes can boost growth. However, this can happen only when the state is efficient in doing this. (Representational image)

Can a risk-averse India be a $5 trillion economy?

The first, and this may surprise some readers, is the former Soviet Union.

22 Sept 2019 3:11 AM IST

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Prague 1968: Why 'socialism with a human face' had failed

Students in Prague mounted a protest, and demanded to speak to Dubcek.

24 Aug 2018 5:43 AM IST

Donald Trump ordered the creation of a sixth branch. (Photo: Pixabay)

On the frontlines of the new Cold War

While Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine have predominantly Christian populations, Azerbaijan is largely Shia Muslim.

16 Sept 2018 12:02 AM IST

Saarc needs to find ways to resolve rifts within

Saarc needs to find ways to resolve rifts within

The debate should stop short of being highly contentiousâ€, but the offended state will have voiced its grievance for...

16 Sept 2018 12:00 AM IST

Missile engines could have been bought from corrupt workers in Russia or Ukraine and smuggled to North Korea between collapse of Soviet Union in 1991 and Ukraines crisis.

Missile engine built in Ukraine

Pyongyang can make missile engines without imports, says US intel.

17 Aug 2017 2:50 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. (Photo: AFP)

CIA reveals Rajiv Gandhi was genuinely interested about US military...

According to report of August 1985, three signals emerged from Gandhi's foreign visits about his 'evolving personal and...

4 Aug 2017 4:45 PM IST

Soviets didn't take seriously Indira pushing Sanjay as heir:...

Rajiv's success in containing retribution against Sikhs would strengthen Soviet influence over India.

26 Jan 2017 2:54 AM IST

The idea came from 33-year-old historian, Mikhail Melnichenko, after he wrote a book about Soviet political jokes using diaries as a source. (Photo: AFP)

Russian historians put Stalin-era diaries online through Prozhito

As memories of the Stalin era fade, a project run by young Russian historian is putting Yakovlev journal and more like...

29 March 2017 12:07 PM IST

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Perfectionist' Ovtcharov carves out niche in TT world

The sport runs in his genes as he was born to Mikhail, who won the national championship in the erstwhile Soviet Union...

19 March 2017 6:25 AM IST

The use of mathematics in daily life has come in an unexpected way, so much so that even the creators of a mathematical result are taken by surprise.

Wonderful world of mathematics

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched its first satellite, the Sputnik, which marked the advent of space technology.

28 Jan 2017 1:21 AM IST