'Govt Knows Demonetisation Is One Of Its Biggest Blunders'

'They are not tom-tomming what a great thing the Supreme Court decision is.''If they say it was a great thing, the public will react because people suffered and are still suffering.' IMAGE: Soon......

'Politicians don't like honest policemen'

'Politicians want pliable policemen who would carry out their orders, right or wrong, lawful or illegal.' IMAGE: Police personnel resort to firing and a lathi-charge during a protest in Ranchi,......

The Rajapaksas You Did Not Know

From Sri Lanka's most popular political family to its most despised -- going by the voices on the streets calling for the Rajapaksas' ouster what went wrong for the powerful clan? Veteran Sri Lanka......

Rebalancing India-China, The Sri Lanka Way

Colombo seems to be veering to the middle path between China and the US on global matters, but in regional matters of strategic security, it is increasingly identifying with India, points out N......

Parliament passes bill to extend maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks

Women working in the organised sector will now be entitled to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as Parliament on Thursday passed a bill in this regard that will benefit about 1.8......

CAG red-flags $1.6 bn excess cost recovery by RIL

CAG had in its previous reports slammed Oil Ministry and its technical arm DGH for not exercising enough control and vigil over KG-D6 block, leading to instance of excess cost recovery. Government......

Brexit: An unlikely divorce?

The likelihood of the divorce going through appears slim and may result in ‘reconciliation during legal separation’, notes Ashok K Lahiri One of the earliest and well-known divorce......

Human Development Index: India ranks a dismal 130!

India improves position, but fares worse than neighbours Pakistan and Bangladesh on many parameters India’s ranking on Human Development Index rose by a notch in 2014 -- to 130th  from......

'OneLove' anti-hate armbands sell like hotcakes

IMAGE: A worker carries One Love armbands, which are banned by FIFA at the World Cup Qatar 2022, in Utrecht, Netherlands. Photograph: Reuters Call it the law of unintended consequences. The......

Skiiers Jansrud, Samkova mine gold in Sochi mountains

Norway's Kjetil Jansrud sped to Olympic gold in the men's Super-G alpine skiing on Sunday and Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic won the women's snowboarding cross on the testing course where a......

'FIDE suggested sharing WC match with Norway; India refused'

The FIDE, world chess governing body, has revealed that it tried its best to convince India to allow Norway to stage one half of the 2013 World Chess Championship match but it refused. Following......