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Why Pakistan, China Back the Taliban

The Taliban has its backers, notably Pakistan and China.Their purpose is to have a monstrous entity near India's northern borders to keep democratic, secular India off-guard, observes Amulya......

Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V......

Govt, public dropped guard after 1st COVID wave: RSS chief

After the first wave of COVID-19, the government, administration and public dropped their guard which led to the current situation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday......

Was anti-Maoist operation botched up?

'Counter-insurgency operations cannot be conducted by following inflexible SOPs.''It is unwise to enter jungles with a large body of troops without precise intelligence,' asserts counter-insurgency......

Oxford debating society puts off Mamata event at 11th hour, draws fire

The Oxford Union Debating Society, citing unforeseen "circumstances", on Wednesday sought to postpone a scheduled virtual address by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the last moment,......

A 2-bedroom flat in Hindujas' The OWO costs 5.8 mn!

The OWO is spread over 580,000 sq. ft and rises to seven floors. Its 1,100 rooms are now being converted into 85 residences and a hotel. IMAGE: A 250-year lease of the vast property was acquired......

From Matinee to Rahasya, breweries are out to lift your spirit

Young Indians seem genuinely enthusiastic about craft brands that are hip, aspirational and have plenty of the novelty quotient, says Dhruv Munjal. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Matinee Gin Winston......

RBI vs govt: What Modi should have done

All that Mr Modi needed to do was to call Urjit Patel over for a cup of tea and ask him nicely, and this fuss would never have happened, recommends T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.Illustration: Dominic......

Why Modi deserves praise for this Budget

'If anything, he is a fiscal hawk.''He has avoided fiscal profligacy completely for the past four years.''The fiscal deficits since 2014 are clear proof of this.''The point is not that it is not 3......

Hinduja group to turn UK's Old War Office building into a hotel

Image: UK's iconic Old War Office building. Photograph: Courtesy, ChrisO/Wikimedia Commons The Hinduja Group, in partnership with a Spanish industrial company, has acquired UK's......

Is The Crown Fact or Fiction?

For the current generation, enchanted by the monarchy but unaware of its past, The Crown may well perform the role of a history textbook, notes Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Emma Corrin has been nominated......

10 OTT Shows to Watch This Week

Radhika Apte's espionage skills, a quartet of romances in Visakhapatnam and a whole lot of other adventures and thrills, there's tons of action to catch on OTT this week, recommends Sukanya Verma.......

'I've always felt that Trump was hiding something'

'One of the reasons Jim Comey was fired was because he wouldn't pledge loyalty to Trump, which meant that whatever Trump is hiding would be dismissed or the investigations will be stopped.' IMAGE:......

'We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed'

Keeping it short and so sweet at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Host Jimmy Kimmel may have made sure the speeches remained short this year -- the shortest speech would win a Kawasaki jet......

Oscars 2018: Who's going to win. And who's not.

Sukanya Verma's predictions for the top Oscars at the 90th Academy Awards. You know it's Oscar season when pundits and predictions fill news space to speculate who will bag the golden dude. It was......

Football Focus: 'Booing players taking a knee was not racist'

News of all that transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Ryan Leonard of Millwall kneeling for black lives matter. Photograph: Jacques Feeney/Getty Images Millwall's official fan club has......

Time for Virat to step down as RCB captain?

'He has been RCB's leader since 2013 and RCB's best performance under him has been runners up in 2016.''In 2013 and 2014, RCB didn't reach the Playoffs stage.''In 2015 it reached that stage.''In......

Schweinsteiger to sue Chinese company over lookalike Nazi doll

IMAGE: Manchester United's Bastian Schweinsteiger. Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Action Images via Reuters Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is taking legal action against a Chinese company that......

Figure out why Blatter will remain FIFA boss...

‘He is powerful, he is untouchable, he is, I would say, the Pope of Football’ ‘He is an incredibly intelligent man, he knows everything, and everybody and knows how everything......

Peekaboo: Road to FIFA elections is full of surprises

FIFA President Joseph Blatter leaves the room after a press conference. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images CONCACAF's congress witnessed an outburst of support for incumbent Sepp Blatter......

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