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The department has taken up a special drive to book shops and commercial establishments resorting to MRP and GST violations. (Representational image)

Govt giving false hopes on economy

The government is building up a false sense of hope to show the economy is doing well.

5 July 2018 8:03 AM IST

Cambridge University (Photo: AFP)

Abolishing merit ranking a good idea

Ranking in a merit list does not always lead to a healthy student atmosphere.

5 July 2018 7:58 AM IST

Travel expert reveals how to trek the smart way. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: The price of human progress

There is no evidence that so-called civilised societies are morally superior to so-called primitive societies

5 July 2018 7:47 AM IST

The real problem, then, isnt a shortage of money. Whats really missing is responsible politics. (Representational image)

Reasonable politics in short supply, not money

Naturally, therefore, there is anxiety in the Congress, which holds the bulk of the portfolios in this government.

5 July 2018 5:12 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election in Maidenhead, England, Friday, June 9, 2017. (Photo: AP)

London Eye: Wave of Muslim migrants spells doom for Europe

The increase in the Muslim population since the last census has prompted alarmist coverage in some sections of the...

4 July 2018 7:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

One Off: An application for the post of jt secy, culture

The little culture we do have in our discourse is characterised by stridency of speech, oracular role playing and...

4 July 2018 7:26 AM IST

Those who received oxytocin were more likely to say afterwards that spirituality was important in their lives and that life has meaning and purpose. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Breaking the karmic cycle

Either you must break your limitations now or at least in the moment of death it must happen.

4 July 2018 7:21 AM IST

The Holy Quran dedicates a whole chapter to Mary and alludes to her the title of the Mother of Jesus , the same as Christians do.

Mystic Mantra: Finding faith through doubt

Despite the fact of being a great apostle of Jesus, Thomas earned another, though not a complimentary epithet, of being...

3 July 2018 1:25 AM IST

The Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the midnight of June 25, 1975 was a signal disservice to the basic idea of democracy. (Photo: PTI)

Reflections: Why our netas don't need another Emergency

Like Mrs Gandhi, Narendra Modi can also be called a directly elected PM.

3 July 2018 1:17 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Understanding tension

Even the stars and planets are bound together in the space by the tension, the force called gravity.

2 July 2018 6:46 AM IST

The visit is Prime Minister Narendra Modis second visit to China in little over five weeks. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

4 yrs of self-inflicted wounds, an era of banality

Nor did the PM bother checking if there was a reason why his predecessors had not been to a particular place.

2 July 2018 6:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the inauguration of 10th edition of DefExpo 2018, a biennial exhibition of weapons and military hardware, at Tiruvidandhai, on the outskirts of Chennai on Thursday. (Photo: DC)

Dilli Ka Babu: PM Modi's big bet on babus

Mr Modi has taken an important step towards administrative reforms and building implementation capacity.

1 July 2018 1:36 AM IST