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YES Bank, one of the major new age private banks promoted by Rana Kapoor, had all the makings to be a successful venture when it had set up shop in 2004. Until about a couple of years back, this bank was a darling of the...

Every now and then I rescue chickens from illegal roadside khokhas, where they sit in wire cages and watch their brothers being beheaded. (I have stopped all the khokhas in my constituency and so should you as, under the Municipal Act passed by Parliament years...

Yes Bank has sunk but the script is the same. The Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor and his family, it is now revealed, had set up over 20 shell companies to receive ‘kickbacks’ from businessmen who took huge loans from the bank and then defaulted on...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ruled India for six years. What is the endgame he has in mind for his ideology and where does he intend to take India? Ultra nationalist ideologies express themselves internally against minority groups and externally wish to express strength militarily....

In a kind of action replay reminiscent of a similar instance in 2010 and also during Modi’s first tenure as PM, the appointment of Sanjay Kothari as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner and Bimal Julka as the new Central Information Commissioner have run into controversy....

In an emergency measure, the US Federal Reserve, the American counterpart of the RBI, Tuesday cut interest rates by 50 basis points to battle the economic impact of coronavirus. The Fed's decision to cut rates before its scheduled policy meeting March 17-18 reflects the urgency...

Mimicry, by changing form, shape and colour, is unique to animals. Imagine you went to a Chinese or African neighbourhood and had to blend in — you had to become short, fat, change the shape of your nose, increase the number of arms or the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has, in a tweet, informed the country about his intention to quit social media accounts on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. This announcement has drawn reactions from multiple quarters. If Rahul Gandhi asked Modi to quit hatred and...

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, passed by Parliament and signed into law by President, is turning out to be a serious headache to the BJP-led government at the Centre. With the UN Human Rights chief taking the rare step of moving the Supreme Court, its outcome...

The justice system has itself become the biggest hurdle in the administration of justice. It is evident from the way the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case is progressing. One of the convicts, Pawan Kumar Gupta, 25, had filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court...