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Blame it on the rain... not!
22 Jun 2014 4:33 AM ISTThe weathermen have predicted poor rainfall in the country during the four-month monsoon season. This has caused panic. Actually the worry is not so...
Modi’s tryst with South Asia
7 Jun 2014 2:44 AM ISTManmohan Singh began his tenure as prime minister honeymooning with seven-nation BIMSTEC group and incidentally, as part of his foreign diplomacy,...
Modi’s tryst with South Asia
7 Jun 2014 12:14 AM ISTManmohan Singh began his tenure as prime minister honeymooning with seven-nation BIMSTEC group and incidentally, as part of his foreign diplomacy,...
Congress’ loss is BJP’s gain
11 May 2014 9:57 PM ISTNation eagerly awaits the conclusion of the final phase of the polls and thereafter the announcement of the results four days later. Already the...
Pawning stalwarts for petty gains
22 Nov 2013 5:08 AM ISTA new trend has unfortunately emerged in national politics, particularly during the poll campaign, to bring to the focus country’s national leaders of...
Taming of the shrew
16 Oct 2013 4:42 AM ISTCountry’s weathermen deserve a pat for the timely forecast of the severe Phailin hurricane that could save the lives of thousands of people. The...
Who'll judge the judges?
15 Aug 2013 5:28 AM ISTIt is a tragedy in Indian democracy that politicians of the day are shying away from transparency and do not want a clean public life. They are rather...
Weeding out spot-fixing
6 Aug 2013 3:28 AM ISTIt is a laudable and a humble effort by a panel headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal to propose a legislation for introducing transparency in the national...
Playing games of distortion
30 July 2013 3:18 AM ISTThe global lobbyist for genetically modified (GM) crops, ISAAA, has now shifted its focus from advocacy for transgenic crops to the geopolitics of...
Iran president has handful on his platter
12 July 2013 10:28 PM ISTWith the ouster of the newly elected President Mohamed Morsi by a military coup, the situation in Egypt may now be interpreted as being back to square...
Can Sharif turn a new leaf?
22 Jun 2013 5:41 AM ISTSpeculations are rife across the world about which course of destiny the new civilian regime in Pakistan is likely to take in view of several...
Planting rights over seeds
3 May 2013 5:02 AM ISTThe government is planning another sell out of farmers’ interest at the altar of the proposed India-EU Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement...