If and when this latest crisis moves towards resolution, it's unlikely that the economic solutions will take much precedence, says Sreenivasan Jain.
Known for his Zen-like poise and preparation bordering on self-flagellation, the Olympic gold medallist shooter has mastered the art of defying expectations from a nation of 1.2 billion that has rarely tasted success in Olympic sport.
John Elliott, the author of Implosion: India's Tryst with Reality, on his Riding the Elephant blog, says the sacking of Cyrus Mistry as chairman of Tata and Sons was in line with Ratan Tata's personal style of dealing with executives
Not too impressed with Virat Kohli's outbursts on and off the field, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar said the aggression could backfire badly in the ongoing third cricket Test against Australia as the tourists already have their back against the wall.
Congress had a reason to smile as it was able to emerge as the single largest party in Meghalaya, but failed to secure a majority.
To write a criticism of the finance minister's performance without having included the PM's role is deliberate. It is not difficult to see why Jaitley interpreted it as being Sinha's way of sucking up to Modi.
''Being Human represents a concept.' 'We could have pushed the budget to any level we wanted, but we did not.' 'We wanted to design a place that was easily identifiable and relaxing.' 'When somebody comes in for help, you don't want to have onyx and marble flooring.'
'We haven't touched child prodigies. This will be the first film to do so. What if there is a special talent like him, do we have the infrastructure to deal with it? That is the larger question the film is trying to ask.' Budhia Singh: Born To Run director Soumendra Padhi discusses his new film.
'Why have we focused mainly on the question of women becoming fighter pilots? Why have women never asked for induction as Airwomen, Security Guards or Enrolled Non-Combatants? Is it that these jobs at lower levels demand far greater hardships without being glamorous?' asks Air Marshal P V Athawale (retd).
Fewer e-commerce companies hired candidates from B-schools this year.
Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar and other ex-cricketers said in unison that one should refrain from drawing comparison between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his predecessors.
Axed from the post of foreign secretary two days ago, a "deeply pained" Sujatha Singh on Friday hit back saying that stories were being "planted" in the media to tarnish her reputation after having served for 39 years.
In his latest book, Fly Me To The Moon, former member of Parliament Prafull Goradia provides interesting insights into the man who is India's prime minister.
Gurugram police has assured residents that it is drawing out a detailed plan to avert traffic jams during rains this year.
The agreement was reached in intensive negotiations between contact groups that Obama and Modi had set up in September.
Legendary India players Sunil Gavaskar and VVS Laxman were of the view that making the showpiece event a 14-team affair with the inclusion of the likes of Afghanistan and Scotland would significantly diminish the level of competition in the league stage.
While in the AIADMK office you could feel the vibes of victory, at OPS' house you could feel the struggle.
The company has done a lot to promote 'Open Happiness'.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said RBI and the government are in continuous dialogue and that relationship will continue.
Airtel Zero launched with the promise of free access to apps.
Natwar Singh, former Congress leader, on Friday said that the strong reaction from Sonia Gandhi to his new book, proves that it has touched a "raw nerve" and something has "upset" her so much that she came out.
In a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday accused it of being an "anarchist out to destroy the system" and has got some of the "worst, stinking, third grade people" across the country.
'I know all good things have to end someday. But memories, especially film memories are special,' says Aseem Chhabra.
'There are two pre-conditions for big reforms. One, a sense of crisis and second, fairly concentrated levers of power.' 'India is growing at 7.5 per cent or something close to that.' 'Our levers of power are decentralised, not just between the Centre and states. Power is dispersed and there is no sense of crisis.'
'What I mean by the BJP's political mafia raj is they descend in such a way that they want to form the government anyhow and murder democracy, no matter what.' 'Knowing Amit Shah, knowing Parrikar, knowing their style of working, they will engineer a split in the Congress.'
Technology and social media are great tools to fight injustice, says Abhijit Masih, use them!
'I met someone who came out of jail and started telling me wild things that they did inside.' 'I couldn't believe it and then my curiousity led me to do some more digging.'
'N Ram and I met on the lawns of Mani Shankar Aiyar's bungalow.' 'I pulled out a rolled printout from my jacket and handed it to him.' 'In the cut-throat world of journalism, this was like high treason.' 'But letting a story be killed because you can't publish it is a bigger crime than passing it to the competition,' recalls Shekhar Gupta.
Colombo's enduring interests suggest the relationship between the Sri Lanka and China will only strengthen, says Nitin Pai.
More people from the content side should be running the business of media if the industry has to grow, Bloomberg's Parry Ravindranathan tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'What will be achieved by the prime minister's condemnation of each and every unfortunate incident? Will just the PM's condemnation bring about closure to these cases,' asks Sudhir Bisht.
'The media today is completely free from the government-induced fear factor.' 'It is only scared of the public backlash and its TRP ratings,' say Sudhir Bisht.
The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR and secured a court order restraining the media from carrying the interview.
The Governor, who completes one year in RBI on Wednesday, has stabilised the rupee and is getting a fix on inflation.
The ED has received documents from almost all banks that lent money to KFA.
'Ramchandra Guha has sent down an express delivery at Sunil Gavaskar, the great batsman who seldom wore a helmet while facing the fastest of fast bowlers.' 'Gavaskar may have easily ducked the delivery and Guha would have receded in solitude.' 'But by hitting back at Guha, Gavaskar may have started a barrage of unplayable deliveries,' says Sudhir Bisht about his cricketing hero.
Two US lawmakers write to the House Speaker asking to extend an invitation
The media and social media are abuzz about the no-frills style of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Delhi's to-be-CM Arvind Kejriwal, both very unusual politicians in today's India. But India has not seen a chief minister like Nripen Chakraborty whose spartan lifestyle and frugal habits were the subject of legend.
India will have to deal with the question of whether broadband service providers are 'common carriers', like highways.
Despite the technological hype, it is still extremely tough to connect with the virtual characters, especially Rajinikanth, whose larger-than-life persona cannot be captured by any path-breaking technology
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