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Warning! Trump 2.0 Will Be Very Different

Trump has no more elections to fight and his soaring ambition, which is no secret, will be to carve out a presidential legacy that outshines by far all his mediocre predecessors. Trump's turnaround......

Is Modi weighing his options on Pakistan?

There is no conceivable reason for any big power to put road blocks on the path of an India-Pakistan normalisation process, asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: An Indian soldier keeps guard......

UN World Toilet Day: '600 million in India defecate in open'

With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank......

'Pakistan's youth is frustrated with political leadership'

Moeed Yusuf, South Asia advisor at the United States Institute of Peace and one of the rising stars among South Asia policy wonks in the country, who has done extensive field research on the youth......

Why did India take mithai for Pakistan?

'The Indian version is that the two top diplomats merely exchanged pleasantries, while the Pakistani side characterised the encounter as an 'informal dialogue'.''The truth, as always in such......

Realtors unhappy over RBI policy; seek interest cut in future

Realtors' apex body CREDAI on Tuesday expressed disappointment at the RBI's decision to keep the key policy rates unchanged, saying the country cannot afford any more delay in pushing the economic......

Why resource-rich economies are in trouble

The situation in the global markets is such that countries with abundant resources are faring worse in terms of development than those with less, says A V Rajwade. Last week, while addressing the......

Can Indian elephant take on Chinese dragon? 'Not in the next 20 years'

'If India and China come together, 40 per cent of the world's people are going to be prosperous' Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are two dynamic leaders at the......

India's new export: video games

With multiple limbs and each hand wielding a different weapon, the fearsome Indian warrior-goddess Kali is a natural video-game character. And next year, Kali will be coming to game consoles, PCs,......

Changes the World will see soon

'If a student can't get to school, the school will get to you. Even people with low reading abilities can be taught via videos.' 'Companies and students will be linked to their universities from......

Bose: A great patriotic film

I studied history at the college Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose went to. When our studious seniors ragged us, some of us were given pieces of chalk to go mark the staircase on which Netaji slapped a......

Desi films all set to rock New York

With two directors -- Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta -- whose films have been nominated for Oscars, and with the veteran actress Shabana Azmi and the relatively younger Preity Zinta joining the......

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