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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the State Department in Washington, on May 28, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Aakar Patel | How Jaishankar put on mat in US over Hindutva and other...

India under Narendra Modi has spent a lot of energy in drafting laws that go after minorities

2 Jun 2021 7:17 AM IST

The governments fear of its image abroad being hammered by celebrities with a large following on the social media has led to it calling for Twitter to take down nearly 1,200 accounts following tweets on farmer protests. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter's action on BJP manipulation' is rattling...

India is going the way of China, where the social media has to be in full compliance with the government's desire to...

25 May 2021 7:30 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Private sector specialists will helm Modi's reforms...

While it would be erroneous to see political colour in what should be seen as usual assignments, few observers are...

22 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Why is the Narendra Modi government sending letters to the states that they should have strict enforcement of crowd control when Mr Modi is himself holding giant rallies. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | The unreality' of India today: Nothing makes sense any...

The second wave of Covid-19 had begun at the end of February, so the question is why spectators were allowed into the...

23 March 2021 7:50 AM IST

Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Talks deadlocked over repeal of agricultural laws

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has assured the farmersâ€™ unions that MSP and the mandi system will continue...

31 Dec 2020 10:46 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | Modi govtâ€™s real eco strategy: To let Big Biz grow &...

-'Atma Nirbhar-' privileges the industrialist over the consumer, but that is not the way that it is advertised

15 Dec 2020 8:50 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | Modiji the 2-minute decision-maker

PM Modi said in a very fine interview with Madhu Kishwar that he doesnâ€™t read files as he canâ€™t govern through...

21 July 2020 4:45 PM IST

Protesters display placards during an all-women demonstration against CAA, NRC, NRP in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Anti-CAA protests about people, not parties

By any account, this is a huge success, especially against a government with a large majority and with a positive media...

26 Jan 2020 5:57 AM IST

A statement from the Union minister for information technology instead said India had asked WhatsApp to explain what the nature of the breach was and what it was doing to protect the privacy of Indians.

When govt snoops, itâ€™s never held to account

The important fact here is that all of the NSO Groupâ€™s clients are national governments.

3 Nov 2019 2:31 AM IST

After statue, Centre to institute award after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

After statue, Centre to institute award after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

The government has also planned to carry out a mega show at par with Republic Day on October 31 â€” the birth...

13 Aug 2019 2:13 AM IST

Dilli Ka Babu: Big Bang lateral entry move

Dilli Ka Babu: Big Bang lateral entry move

While nearly 6,000 candidates had applied for the posts, only 2 per cent of them qualified for the interview stage.

5 May 2019 1:52 AM IST

The predictions are that there will be 2.5 to 5 lakh jobs which are going to be created in the IT sector in 2019 and Hyderabad is going to be a major destination for these jobs. (Representational Image)

Dev 360: On the jobs front, all is still not well

The government's various skill development programmes in recent years don't seem to have made much difference.

8 Feb 2019 2:03 AM IST