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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...

A peace deal between the United States and the Taliban is taking effect in Afghanistan – the landlocked nation that has been through trying times for long years. Hit by invasions from the erstwhile USSR and the US and interspersed with a five-year rule of...

I ndia’s economic growth has slowed down further to 4.7% in the third quarter of the current financial year. This is the slowest in six years. The Finance Minister says that this is not a poor number and is an indication of stability, meaning she...

There was quite a splash last month in the power corridors when a babu hosted a “mundan” (head tonsuring) ceremony for his daughter which was attended by President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, several union ministers, chief ministers of...

After Donald Trump left India Tuesday after a two-day official trip, what do we make of the visit? An apt question to ponder over after all that razzmatazz created around the visit. On the economic front the visit did not yield much. Nor was it...