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

President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

State of the Union: Dysfunctional US fuels global anxiety

Each country will have to revaluate and recalibrate its position over China.

4 March 2017 12:50 AM IST

Half of the property of the husband after the divorce has been granted should be made into Indian laws so that Muslim women can be assured of financial independence.

State of the Union: Free speech laws must be made stronger

Unlike the US, the Indian Constitution does not guarantee the freedom of the press.

18 Feb 2017 12:56 AM IST

The Economic Survey on Friday signalled a possible fiscal deficit revision in the Union Budget 2016.

State of the Union: Junk failed models, focus on the 99%

Like many other countries, in India, too, policies have not focused on raising the incomes of the poorest.

4 Feb 2017 12:29 AM IST

Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington (Photo: AP)

State of the Union: With Trump in charge, world faces dilemmas

The world of Mr Trump may be very different from what the world has so far encountered.

21 Jan 2017 12:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the partys National Executive Meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

From depressing 2016 to schizophrenic 2017

2016 was just a baby step in trying to anchor the discourse 90 degrees to the right.

7 Jan 2017 12:50 AM IST

The NDA government on Saturday appointed Lieutenant General Bipin Rawat as the next chief of the India Army. (Photo: PTI)

State of the Union: Supersession - All have right to ask questions

Lt Gen Ike Singha (Retd) put out a Facebook post entitled â€œSurgical strike on the Indian Armyâ€.

24 Dec 2016 12:21 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, greets party workers upon his arrival at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Gujarat state headquarters in Gandhinagar, India. (Photo: AP)

A half government

A nation on the edge can certainly not be the definition of achche din.

12 Dec 2016 12:53 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)

State of the Union: Why Trump rubbished party's loyalty oath

The March of history evidences that individuals have invariably been loftier than the political parties they...

12 Nov 2016 12:53 AM IST

Indian Army soldiers guard in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

State of the Union: Talk to Pak, it's not a sign of weakness

History is replete with examples of nations at war continuing to talk to each other concurrently.

29 Oct 2016 12:27 AM IST

Indians living close to the border with Pakistan return to their village for regular check ups in the morning, after spending nights in the camps in in Pallanwal, about 65 Kilometers (40 miles) from Jammu. (Photo: AP)

Can India, Pak stumble into a war?

If the World Bank is to be believed, automation threatens 69 per cent of jobs in India and 77 per cent in China.

13 Oct 2016 12:58 AM IST

Top defence experts on Thursday termed the surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC in PoK as an operational necessity. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

State of the Union: Has India now called Pak's nuclear bluff?

Since Pakistan has denied that any surgical strike had taken place there seems to be no immediate danger.

1 Oct 2016 12:42 AM IST

Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States that left nearly 3,000 people dead. (Photo: AP)

State of the Union: The post-9/11 chaos

Post 9/11, the US response was swift and severe.

17 Sept 2016 12:21 AM IST