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Gold prices are making new records with every passing day. The precious metal (24 carat) Thursday inched up by Rs 225 to Rs 56,590 per 10 grams. It had closed Wednesday with an astounding gain of Rs 1,365. Weak dollar and concerns over economic growth...

Maneka Gandhi Some weeks ago, I made a WhatsApp group for People for Animals unit heads. There are about 200 of them. Now I see their work every day. They rescue the most-wounded, terrified creatures. Animals that have huge cancerous growth on their horns, legs...

It’s been a long year since 5 August 2019 for the people of Kashmir. While many in India may not have had the good fortune of personally witnessing the beauty of Kashmir with its snow, trees, mountains and streams, many old movies showcase the land...

The American presidential polls are only three months away. Republican candidate President Donald Trump and Democratic Party candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden are both on campaign mode. It has been a natural and oft repeated decision for incumbent first term presidents to seek...

The Congress party seems to be in a slumber. Just before the Corona related lockdown was announced, the Madhya Pradesh trouble erupted, which forced Kamal Nath to step down, paving way for the BJP to form its government with some Congress defectors. Recent weeks saw...

Mainstream media refers to the established houses of journalism, mostly newspapers but to some extent also television. Newer sources of media such as websites or apps that do not have a physical presence in the form of a printed product are not yet thought to...

Any appointment in the all-powerful Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is viewed with great interest. So, when P. Amudha, who belongs to the 1994 batch IAS from Tamil Nadu cadre, was appointed to the PMO as Joint Secretary on a lateral shift basis for the remainder...

After unveiling a raft of austerity measures earlier this month to meet the spiralling expenditures entailed by the fast-spreading Covid-19 pandemic, a cash-strapped state government has followed this up by cutting down this year’s Budget allocations under different heads. Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari had presented...

Maneka Gandhi Many years ago, I spoke to the Mercedes people in India and told them to stop using leather for their car seats. They didn’t ban it, but they made it optional. Now, the responsibility is on the buyers. Unfortunately, very few rich people...

Supreme Court advocate and PIL activist Prashant Bhushan is no ordinary man. Bhushan has been in the forefront of fighting many a legal battle based on public interest and earned a name over the past decade. Some years ago, he and his father Shanti Bhushan...