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No proof of US role, but...: Hasina's son on Bangladesh unrest

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said that while he has no evidence of direct US involvement in the student protests in the country, the support for Muhammad......

Indira Gandhi And The Nagarwala Scam

A host of conspiracy theories followed, involving Indira Gandhi, her younger son Sanjay, his favourite small car project, secret funding of the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini and even the Central......

Where Will BJP Stand After Modi?

The lack of clarity on who is next in line, when the time comes, as indeed it will one day some day, reflects poorly on the management of the world's largest political party. It scarcely need be......

Is India Still A Democracy?

Today in 2024, the BJP jails its opponents during an election and still believes, or at least wants us to believe, that it is only following the rules of democracy, asserts Aakar Patel. IMAGE:......

Is Modi's Authoritarianism Good For India?

We need not spend much time going over what this government has done and is doing to the Opposition, by misusing the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI. There is a daily update on that, notes......

RSS and its affiliates seek I-T cut, robot tax launch in upcoming Budget

An increase in the farmer income support scheme PM Kisan Nidhi, the introduction of a 'robot tax' to fund reskilling of people who lose their jobs to artificial intelligence (AI), and a reduced......

Fiscal deficit in FY24 improves to 5.6% on better tax mop-up

The central government's fiscal deficit during 2023-24 at 5.6 per cent of the GDP was better than previous estimates of 5.8 per cent on account of higher revenue realisation and lower expenditure,......

Half of top economists expect world economy to weaken in '24

More than half (56 per cent) of chief economists expect the global economy to weaken in 2024, with most saying the pace of geo-economic fragmentation will accelerate, according to the latest......

Time To Be Cautious In Bull Market

A piece of slightly negative news can cause a serious setback, warns Debashis Basu. Photograph: Kind courtesy Geralt/Pixabay Isn't it puzzling that although economic and financial forecasts......

No Major Cash Outflows In Winter Session

The government has exhausted only 39 per cent of its fiscal deficit target in the first half of FY24. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a presss conference in Hyderabad,......

Faadu: A Love Story Review: Half-Baked Show

Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot. That slang word in the......

India's Baahubali Captain

His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing.He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to......

Nigerian teen in pink aims to 'take the golf world by storm'

'She still has some room for growth and I think as I said by the age of 15 she will be ripe, you know, to take the golf world by storm.' IMAGE: Iyeneobong Essien,13-year-old golf prodigy points at......

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