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The Politics Of The Bharat Ratna

Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

'Make caste discrimination in schools and colleges a crime'

'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been......

Is Pawar, not Uddhav, Running Maharashtra?

The perception is rapidly gaining ground that though the chief minister is from the Shiv Sena, the government is being run by the NCP. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, left,......

Stalin Prepares For Battle Of 2024

The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024.Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Biden plans to raise H-1B limit, remove country quota

US President-elect Joe Biden plans to increase the number of high-skilled visas, including H-1B, and eliminate the limit on employment-based visas by country, both of which are expected to benefit......

What Modi must do to boost growth

'The answer for a quicker boost to growth is simple -- run a much larger deficit, use the resulting public resources to ensure adequate price support for agriculture, subsidise wage costs of MSMEs......

Covid-19 impact: Job scheme planned for urban poor, migrants

The plan could mature into either an umbrella programme for urban youths similar to the Garib Kalyan Rozgaar Abhiyaan or a modified urban-focused version of MGNREGS. Illustration: Dominic......

Prolonged lockdown to make India's water crisis worse

Making water available is always a serious challenge in the summer for all public authorities.This year, the challenge is higher when hand-washing at every opportunity has become a necessity.So......

Gadkari plans to meet infra target despite lockdown

'Despite the pandemic, we aspire to maintain the momentum of last year.' Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters "Innovative methods -- accelerated construction techniques, faster decision-making, putting......

The 10 WORST Films of 2017

Sreehari Nair wasn't impressed with Rangoon at all.But find out which film tops his list! There's no glory in having on this list a Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laddoo Deewana or a Ranchi Diaries. These......

Review: Beauty and the Beast is better off left unwatched

A classic case of bad editing and worse dialouge, Beauty and the Beast certainly is not a children's film, says Paloma Sharma.Based on the original story by Gabrielle -- Suzanne Barbot de......

A champion plans to create Indian Olympic medallists

Triple Olympic gold medal winner and five-time World record holder Stephanie Rice reveals how she plans to get an Olympic medal for India in swimming in 2028. IMAGE: Stephanie Rice is launching......

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