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Gambia returns to democracy after 22 years

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dictator Jammeh ousted peacefully, exiled to Equatorial Guinea By Abu Turab Around the time of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the new US president, another elected president,...

“There is no non-BJP ruled state where CBI is not conducting investigation: Harish Rawat

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Harish Rawat, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, is fighting a lone battle as he takes on an aggressive BJP in the upcoming assembly elections. He spoke...

Demonetisation hovers like a dark cloud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Economic Survey points to the short-term costs which are visible and tangible By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr In President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the Joint Session...

World Leaders and Cyber Security

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There is reason to be cautious, whether you are in India, or in the US—Modi or Trump By Sujit Bhar Eric Geller, an American cyber security...

Aadhaar, Modi’s magical wand

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]111 crore UID card-holders; NDA government basks in the warmth of sunny numbers By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad seemed...

Day In Pictures

Steel pickling units continue to run illegally in Wazirpur

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]More than 200 steel pickling units continue to operate with impunity in Wazirpur, Delhi, despite repeated closure notices by the National Green Tribunal. The Delhi government...

Govt jumps into muddied BCCI waters

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Sujit Bhar Even as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) remains headless, and even as the Supreme Court has been directly dealing...

Jallikattu: symptom of cultural pathology

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The near-urban protestors at Chennai seem to be angry about something altogether Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Tempers are running high, and rhetoric is soaring around the...

Demonetisation is an “also-ran” measure: RBI

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the central bank, GST, insolvency and benami laws are more substantial moves to check black money[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr The Reserve Bank of India...