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Early this week, India pulled out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) summit at the eleventh hour. The fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had flown in to Bangkok to take part in the RCEP deliberations had most of us believe that India would...

The nation is supposedly heading for a decisive moment in history, when the Supreme Court is expected to deliver its long-pending Ayodhya verdict. The verdict could come any day before November 17, the last day in office for the present Chief Justice of India, Ranjan...

Each new incident of data breach bolsters doubts about the safety of cyber transactions in India. The latest in line is that the details of 13 lakh (1.3 million) credit and debit cards have been posted for sale on the dark web marketplace named Joker's...

A report titled ‘Imprisoned Resistance’ — on the situation in Kashmir post abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A — recently published and discussed by sections of the media, does not have anything surprising. A 11-member team comprising advocates, trade unionists, human rights activists and a...

American mall behemoth Forever 21, which achieved massive success in the 2000s by selling inexpensive variations on the latest styles, is shutting shop in the US. Its decline is a window into a different kind of trend being witnessed in the organised retail sector. Forever...

The unfortunate accident of two-year-old Sujith Wilson, who fell into a borewell at Nadukattupatti in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu, has taken its toll. Wilson is no more. The rescue team managed to only hook out the dismembered remains of the child from the well....

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is finally dead and this time it may be believed – meeting with a brutal death as was deserved by him. His fanatic, fundamentalist causes were upheld with rare zeal by his followers. Hundreds of thousands were killed at the altar of...

Storage of foodgrains is an expensive and painstaking exercise. The Centre spends more than Rs 9 per quintal (Rs 90 per tonne) of wheat and rice on their storage. Added to that, their transportation from mandis to storage point, charges incurred on freight for interstate...

When great minds meet, hopes are high. It is expected that people from differing backgrounds would come up with illuminations for each other. Heaping praise is a superficial decorum, which probably holds no social import. The PM Modi-Abhijeet Banerjee meeting on Tuesday 22 October 2019...

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has announced that it is set to begin development of the next generation of hypersonic missiles. The move has come in the wake of a Chinese display of military ware at its National Day parade 01 October. It...