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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari

The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has crept into the headlines. Currently, the buzz surrounds the release of a book by former RAW chief Vikram Sood, who has some advice for the powers that be on how to improve the functioning of RAW.

Intelligence agencies need a legal base

Unfortunately, no such law has ever been enacted by successive governments since the commencement of the Constitution.

11 Nov 2018 12:04 AM IST

A lot more may happen before the CBI recovers from this huge hit to its already low credibility as a caged parrot that sings its masters tune.

Is CBI a legal entity?

That is where the matter lay till I raised it in the Lok Sabha on July 22, 2009 through a starred question.

28 Oct 2018 4:15 AM IST

The possibility of the government skidding on the fiscal deficit front is hardly good news at the close of a turbulent year that saw demonetisation and a hurried introduction of a flawed Goods and Services Tax ravage the economy, particularly the cash-dependent rural economy.

State of the Union: BJP's rule has been bad for the economy

Respected financial analysts are of the view that Rs 57,000 crores out of this Rs 91,000 crores is already a...

14 Oct 2018 7:33 AM IST

Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Veerappa Moily denied any embarrassment caused to the Congress by the arrest of the son of a Congress legislator for assaulting another man. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: The time has come to junk the IAS

The IAS founded in 1858 as the Indian Imperial Service has remained largely unchanged in its disposition.

30 Sept 2018 7:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

How not to conduct foreign policy!

India's Pakistan policy over the past four and a half years is a textbook case of how not to conduct foreign policy.

23 Sept 2018 4:38 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

On the frontlines of the new Cold War

While Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine have predominantly Christian populations, Azerbaijan is largely Shia Muslim.

16 Sept 2018 12:19 AM IST

Winston Churchills The Goldfish Pool At Chartwell is up for auction. (Photoi: AP)

Cabinet war rooms & the rise of ideologies

Opposed to Indian Independence Churchill was also squarely responsible for the Great Bengal Famine of the 1940s.

2 Sept 2018 12:10 AM IST

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on defence, headed by Major General B.C. Khanduri (Retd.), recently recommended five years of compulsory military training for state and central government job aspirants.

State of the Union: The locust years of our defence preparedness

The defence expenditure at 1.6 per cent of GDP in 2017-18 was the lowest since 1962 when the India-China war was fought.

19 Aug 2018 1:09 AM IST

There are concerns about the process of identifying citizens that perhaps certain religious and linguistic minorities may not have been properly accounted for.

NRC: What will happen to those left out?

Despite best of intentions there ostensibly were operational difficulties in complying with the directions of the...

5 Aug 2018 12:09 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to the media after their meeting in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (Photo: AP)

Trump & the great global reset

The approach to international relations in America can broadly be classified into four schools of thought.

22 July 2018 1:03 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to the media after their meeting in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. (Photo: AP)

Trump & the great global reset

The approach to international relations in America can broadly be classified into four schools of thought.

22 July 2018 1:03 AM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner in Ankara, Turkey. Erdogan has voiced support for Qatar in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other nations, saying no one will benefit from the policy of isolating the oil-rich nation. (Photo: AP)

Erdogan's victory: A lesson for Indian Oppn

Even the majority community that the BJP hopes to consolidate by accentuating social schisms has seen through the game.

8 July 2018 1:38 AM IST