Farmers recall Dr. Manmohan Singh's lifeline of over ₹71,000 crore to agricultureFarmers have been protesting for nearly ten months, demanding a legal guarantee on MSP and a debt waiver. They recall the 2008 debt relief ...
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Shrink the economy, save the world?Degrowth remained on the fringes of the fringe for decades, until increasing awareness about global warming percolated into public debates ...
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Mikhail Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitterGorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War but although widely feted abroad, he was a pariah at home.
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View: Reform the reform process firstThe farmers' agitation is a reminder that we must first get the process of reform right, to get the right policies and support for their im...
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‘Red Cradles’ nurture China’s next generation of communist leadersIn these schools, cadres are immersed in the party’s beliefs, which trace back to its early decades as a revolutionary movement.
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Iran cleric Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, diesA close ally of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohtashamipour in the 1970s formed alliances with Muslim militant g...
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View: Why changing names are just white lies for brownie pointsAd rules are clear — a little social good campaigning is fine, but for brands, you have to be practical.
28 Jun, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
View: No one should have been that shocked by Xi Jinping's riseLet there be no doubt: The world was a dangerous place long before Xi became China’s supreme leader and Trump started to boast of winning t...
06 Mar, 2018, 02.43 PM IST
How masonry built integration in IndiaThe ‘religion’ was good at building bonds within professional communities – the military, the business community, civil servants – which he...
06 Oct, 2017, 11.54 PM IST
Modi vs the old elite: Madison Square speech represents an upsurge against India’s anglicised and entitled classModi's biggest victory is over a section of the highly opinionated English speaking class, who had been biased against him for the last dec...
30 Sep, 2014, 12.37 PM IST
Why football market continues to grow amid economic crisis and where India standsEuro 2012 has started amidst a crisis. This piquant coincidence is just one aspect of a relationship between wealth creation, business dyna...
10 Jun, 2012, 09.18 AM IST
- Russia is Putin, Act III
As Vladimir Putin begins his third term as Russia's President, his halo has definitely slipped.
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- CPM central committee endorses rectification document
CPM is increasingly finding its cadres less enthusiastic about taking up social or working class issues.
13 May, 2010, 04.14 AM IST
- 30 years after revolution, Iran still seeks democracy
Iranians shouted "independence, liberty, Islamic republic" during the revolution which toppled the US-backed monarchy, but hopes for freedo...
05 Feb, 2009, 09.55 AM IST