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Entering the fray for the upcoming round of Rajya Sabha elections is HD Deve Gowda, who has had a long innings in politics and at 88, is still going strong. He has been among the luckiest in politics, having had occasions to rule Karnataka as...

With public activities remaining paralysed, democracy has been on slow gear during past two months. Its reactivation could happen in altogether new ways, the contours of which are not clear as yet. The emerging scenario may have a telling effect on the election process amid...

A meeting between India and China is to take place today, June 6, about the problem on the Ladakh border. It will be between Lieutenant Generals from both sides. Lt Gens are three-star generals, one rank below the highest rank of four stars. Previous talks...

The Police Academy chief in Telangana and senior IPS officer VK Singh has threatened to resign from service if he is denied promotion. Singh has reportedly written to state Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar that though he was empaneled for the post of Director General of...

The Centre has further relaxed the lockdown norms since June 1 with state governments having been given power to decide at the local level whether to go for easing based on the exigencies on the ground with regard to the spread and status of Covid-19....

I must have pointed out a hundred problems in eating chicken. The latest is something that has the poultry industry really worried. They have labelled the problem Wooden Breast Syndrome or Chewy Chicken. A rising number of breast fillets are laced with hard fibres. When...

Recent rumours are swirling that the Finance Minister of India may be changed. It is being discussed that FM Nirmala Sitharaman might likely be replaced by KV Kamath, who recently demitted office at BRICS bank. As FM, Sitharaman might not have lived up to expectations...

The aggressive posturing of the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) on the Indian border, mostly at Ladakh, seems to be a ploy to misguide the Indian defence forces. Ladakh gains importance since it is on the path of One Belt One Road (OBOR), a pet...

With sectors of the economy opening up after nearly a three-month shutdown, the overall mood across the nation remains gloomy. The daily COVID infection toll rose to the level over 8,000 and total infections are nearing the two-lakh mark – a far cry from the...

What is the role of the state in the time of an epidemic? A natural disaster has prevented large parts of the population from taking care of itself. Crores of people have lost their jobs. The Centre says over 1 crore people so far have gone...