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Quote of the Day by Mikhail Gorbachev: A society should never become like a pond with stagnant...—Inspiring quotes by one of the most influential political figures who sought to usher in an era of opennessQuote of the Day: Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, warned that societies must keep moving forward. He believed stagnation was t...- March 14 in world history: From Pi Day celebrations to the birth of Albert EinsteinMarch 14th marks Albert Einstein's birthday and Pi Day, celebrating the mathematical constant. This date also commemorates Eli Whitney's co...
- March 11 in world history: From Japan’s tsunami, COVID-19 pandemic declaration to other global eventsMarch 11 marks a day of significant global events. In 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Japan faced a massive earthquake and tsun...
- Unlikely parallels in a year of momentous deathsDeaths of luminaries like Queen Elizabeth II and Gorbachev did not necessarily surprise. Others, though, inscrutably departed seemingly in ...
- Why Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy still threatens Vladimir Putin?During his presidency, Vladimir Putin has systematically destroyed these historic achievements. On their ruins, his regime is mobilising mi...
- Mikhail Gorbachev: The man who tried to free countriesBy the Great Terror of 1937, the tone for life in the Soviet Union was set. When Mikhail Gorbachev died on Tuesday, a Stalinist in Russia s...
- Mikhail Gorbachev: His seven years that changed the worldIn nearly seven years, between March 1985 and December 1991, he changed the course of history by ending the Cold War and triggering the dem...
- Congress must review Bihar defeat: P ChidambaramMany in the Congress circles felt the remarks could console Congress workers that another senior leader shared their anguish.
- Time to celebrate businesses that have enhanced stakeholder valueLet the numbers do the talking: Family-run businesses have generated 14% annual average share price return since 2006, compared with 6% for...
- Law Ministry quotes Justice J Chelameswar’s dissenting verdict on NJACJustice Chelameswar who had given a dissenting verdict in the NJAC case had said “proceedings of the collegium were absolutely opaque and i...
- Judges’ selection: Why everyone is interested and wants to have a sayThe present imbroglio over the Centre’s decision to seek reconsideration of the recommendation to appoint Justice K M Joseph as an SC judge...
- Global hardselling by Rahul Gandhi before Congress takeoverNotwithstanding the BJP Congress sparring after his address, many feel Gandhi’s outing went off well, without his characteristic faux pas.
- Parliamentary panel for government’s take on judicial appointmentsThe committee also lent its weight to the government’s suggestion on most of the contentious issues over revising the appointment process f...
- Supreme Court won’t take up cases against Judges’ conductSC sidestepped a demand by a section of lawyers to find ways to deal with complaints about the conduct of superior court judges, and instea...
- Why has Arvind Kejriwal launched a political party when his sole agenda is exposing scams?He is thoroughly confused about his role, for one. He needs to use his passion and drive to generate ideas that will make India the world’s...
- Through the third eye: Is leaking of two Maharashtra scams Congress' counter to NCP's 'No 2 grouse'?Nobody heard Sharad Pawar raising the so-called “No 2 grouse” as he was seen happily taking the ‘No 3 seat’, next to AK Antony’s, at the Pr...
- Rise and fall of the Soviet Union RevisitedOf the many gems the thriving Soviet joke industry produced when the ‘worker's paradise’ was still in business, here goes one of the best.
- Through the third eyeThe indication so far is that Left MPs will be in attendance when US President Barack Obama delivers his speech before Indian Parliamentari...
- A revolutionary decade for the insurance industryNow, 23 life insurers and 24 non-life companies are allowing consumers to decide what they need and how much they will pay.
- Cooking oil to cost more from Nov 1This is glasnost, Manmohan Singh style. In a move defying logic, the government has decided that from November 1, cooking oils will pay pea...
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