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Doors open for you, says Lalu; Nitish smiles at offer

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday came up with a cryptic response to Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav's offer to return to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive......

Democracy does put...: Jaishankar rebuts US Senator

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar challenged an American senator who said that democracy 'doesn't put food on the table' telling her that in India it does. IMAGE: External Affairs Minister S......

Are we not creating class of parasites? SC slams poll freebies

The Supreme Court on Wednesday deprecated the practice of political parties promising "freebies" just ahead of elections and asked "are we not creating a class of parasites" instead of bringing......

ChatGPT Vs DeepSeek: The Plot Thickens

The tech community, which was getting ready to use the ChatGPT fever and raise unlimited capital for their businesses, is going to face tougher obstacles now, predicts Ajit Balakrishnan.......

Modi pushes for open source AI framework at global summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a strong case for collective efforts to establish a global framework for artificial intelligence (AI) based on open source which enhances trust,......

Budget 2025: Rs 1.88 lakh crore outlay for rural development

The Rural Development Ministry has been allocated Rs 1.88 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2025-26, around 5.75 per cent more than the allocation in the previous budget. IMAGE: Ministry of Rural......

Gautam Adani's Seva At Kumbh Mela

IMAGE: Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and Preeti Adani distribute food at the ISKCON temple camp during the Mahakumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, here and below. All......

'Govt Unsure How To Fire Economy Upwards'

'I am optimistic about the Budget because of the fiscal discipline the government has committed to.' IMAGE: A wholesale market in Guwahati on Budget Day. Photograph: ANI Photo The growth rate of......

Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

Bibek Debroy was one of the very few economists not bound by any single area of expertise and was simultaneously curious about economics and politics, myths and maths, chess and chemistry, and what......

Nirmalaji Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai?

'The conspiracy is to end India's entrepreneurship culture even before it fully blooms.''Negativity is being spread in society towards all those who do business, and this hatred for business and......

Shyam Benegal, Sir, Only Gratitude For You

'With his passing, Indian cinema has lost its most undaunted voice, a voice of unsettling truths, a window to history, a school of filmmaking.'Sukanya Verma mourns the movie legend. IMAGE: Shabana......

'You Gave India More Than You Got Credit For'

'The demise of #ManmohanSingh ji who (looking back) presided over India's actual 'Acchey Din' feels like the end of an era when India was actually (more) democratic, when Indians were free(er) of......

'How Did Nehru End Up As PM?'

'About whether I'm worried it will blow up into something, no, I'm used to these things.''I am a voice in the city and have said quite a few things that may have ruffled feathers. But I stuck with......

Kamal@70: The Motto He Believes In

'Kamal has surfed and navigated a lot of tidal waves, manoeuvring the peaks and troughs, combining rare intelligence and commonly available intuitions to overcome unimaginable crises all his......

The Buckingham Murders Review: Kareena's Sublime Portrait Of Sadness

Kareena's sombre performance lingered on long after I had left the theatre, notes Sukanya Verma. Melancholy has a muse in Kareena Kapoor Khan. Stripped off all her effervescence, one of the most......

Daily online hate damages players' mental health: Gosens

IMAGE: Germany's Robin Gosens during training for Germany. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters Professional footballers are having to deal with a daily barrage of online hate that threatens......

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