The Congress won 77 seats or 42% of seats in the 2017 polls. How then can Gujarat be called a BJP bastion, asks Sanjeev Nayyar. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo and Prime Minister Narendra......
Some important simple truths about the issue may be more helpful than high sounding debates, asserts Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE: Students wearing hijab sit outside their school after the school......
China is now the most significant strategic concern in Washington, as in most of the world's capitals.Today, strategic autonomy has acquired a sharper definition: To ward off the Chinese challenge......
Political journalist Ajay Kumar Singh was on Monday appointed as the Press Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind, an official order said. Singh, 55, is currently associated with the Firstpost as a......
'Which path should Muslims take politically as they have been completely marginalised?' IMAGE: A Muslim woman casts her vote during the 2019 general election. Photograph: ANI Photo Last Tuesday,......
Does Abhijit Banerjee's Nobel Prize help India reduce extreme poverty, asks Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics. Photograph: Brian......
'Don't waste your time in doing long pointless graduation courses.''Try and get into an apprenticeship or a job after Class 10 or Class 12, as there is always time to get back to academics and......
Mr Trump doesn't watch Indian TV so he missed breathless coverage of Davos talk-fest that suggested that people talked only about potential El Dorado that is India, says Kanika Datta. So there we......
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Monday said it has taken control of Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd and its subsidiary TV18 Broadcast Ltd, besides appointing HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh as an......
With Mukesh Ambani taking over Network 18, the space for disseminating a diverse range of views could shrink, feels Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. Now that India's richest man Mukesh D Ambani is formally......
Did Mahendra Singh Dhoni desert a sinking ship or was it a courageous decision to quit in the middle of a series? Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads his team mates onto the field during day one of the......