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Barack Obama, John Kerry congratulate Tunisian Nobel Peace Prize winners National Dialogue QuartetObama praised the Quartet, a coalition of four key organisations, to help bring Tunisians together in a peaceful dialogue.
10 Oct, 2015, 10.24 AM IST
Section 66A of the Information Technology Act : Dead or undead?If the internet was a political party, it would easily have been the most effective opposition in India today. Look at its track record.
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Uttarakhand floods: The two-minute solution to coping with disastersIndia’s future will be secure only when Indians wake up to their responsibilities. We need those extra two minutes more from each one of th...
25 Jun, 2013, 11.59 AM IST
Short-termism kills any chance of recoveryDavos yet again seemed like the Big, Fat Indian Wedding with too much drama, too many things to eat, too many folks to meet, so much so tha...
29 Jan, 2013, 09.27 AM IST
- US to invest $1 trillion in India: Nirupama Rao
US will invest $1 trillion towards infrastructure development in India to meet the needs of a growing population, said Nirupama Rao, India'...
23 Dec, 2011, 08.20 AM IST
- Blooming revolution could lead to flowering of a new culture
That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, quoth the bard many centuries ago.
14 May, 2011, 07.34 AM IST
India against corruption: 'This is our 2nd freedom struggle'If Anna Hazare's fast against corruption needs any oxygen of support, he is getting it by the tonne from netizens.
07 Apr, 2011, 01.17 PM IST
- Wen Jiabao rejects 'Jasmine'-type revolt in China
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao has scoffed at attempts to draw analogy between political upheavals in some North African countries like Libya a...
14 Mar, 2011, 08.09 PM IST
- Mad Men
Freedom of speech has had a skewed traverse from Gaddafi to Galliano.
04 Mar, 2011, 08.01 AM IST
- Jasmine revolution leaves a bad odour in Kerala
For tens of thousands of Keralites across North Africa and the Middle East, the mood is similar to that in Sirte, as fresh uprisings in a n...
02 Mar, 2011, 06.29 PM IST
- UNSC imposes sanctions on Libya
People's aspirations for democracy mark welcome change in the region.
28 Feb, 2011, 08.05 AM IST
- Tunisian PM announces resignation after protests
Tunisia's embattled prime minister said Sunday that he will resign, bowing to a key demand of protesters after at least five people died in...
27 Feb, 2011, 10.09 PM IST
- China blocks mention of US envoy in blogs
Chinese censors went on an overdrive on Friday blocking mention of US ambassador Jon Huntsman and other foreign officials in Chinese micro ...
25 Feb, 2011, 09.15 PM IST
- Egypt protests: Respect historical and touristic treasures
Priceless antiquities at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have been vandalised by looters taking advantage of the current unrest.
03 Feb, 2011, 06.38 AM IST
- Anti-Mubarak rage unites Egypt
Grass-roots movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which go back to 1928, were either periodically suppressed or co-opted by the regime.
01 Feb, 2011, 03.35 AM IST
- Democratic hope blooms in West Asia
Events in Tunisia are of far greater import for West Asia, and the Arab world in particular, than the immediate fact of a people’s revolt f...
21 Jan, 2011, 08.33 AM IST