It was a year when India lost many prominent personalities from all walks of life, with politics receiving a particularly severe blow, many of its well-known practitioners leaving behind legion of followers....
Jesus was a brown Middle Eastern refugee child of Jews (Islam didn’t exist yet, something I had to point out to a guy who said “well they weren’t Radical Islamistsâ€) who was born in a stable because there was no room at the inn. We’re clear on that, right? That’...
US President Barack Obama has signed a $618 billion defence policy bill which when in place, will enhance security cooperation with India....
The External Affairs Ministry's extensive use of social media to reach out to citizens got a further boost on Friday with the launch of a new service called Twitter Seva that will enable timely, transparent and large-scale response to citizens' tweets in real time. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may hope to ride out the demonetisation storm because his opponents' lack credibility at the national level, apart from being divided, and because of the extraordinary patience of the ordinary people in accepting their inconvenience....
India's economy is based mostly on cash. Moreover, much of it operates informally because of excessive rules and taxes. The government bureaucracy is notorious for its red tape, lethargy and corruption, forcing people to get by on their wits....
A Chinese newspaper on Thursday warned India against using the Dalai Lama and Mongolia against China, saying employing proxies to counter Beijing was way beyond New Delhi's capability....
In November, the WHO declared that Zika was no longer a global emergency, but it did not change the global risk assessment even in December. Like most mosquito-borne diseases Zika too is a seasonal disease that could repeatedly return. A vaccine for Zika therefore seemed to catch the imaginations of medical rese...
It's a law ostensibly meant to aid the recovery of debts but could result in the back-door acquisition of property by non-Kashmiris in Jammu and Kashmir. Little wonder then that it's stirred a hot debate in the state, where only Kashmiris are permitted to acquire property....
The Kardashians could have learnt a lesson or two from her, or did, so did Paris Hilton, whose great-grandfather was one of her many husbands. But Hollywood actress Sari 'Zsa Zsa' Gabor was the original socialite, never letting her lack of acting prowess keep her name out of the limelight with her extravagant and glamorous lifestyle, a long stri...
