Why don't you let sleeping lies lieThe world doesn’t need more truth-seekers and fact-checkers. What it needs are gracious, competent liars who value politeness
09 Jul, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
Floods, books & kids: Highlights of German election campaignWhoever wins Sunday's election, experts say Germany's next parliament will likely be bigger than ever. Election rules mean the current 709-...
25 Sep, 2021, 02.52 AM IST
View: Why we need a toolkit to tackle the superspreaders of fake newsThe BJP and Congress will come and go, but India needs to wake up to a formidable challenge; the threat of fake news and alternative facts ...
23 May, 2021, 11.14 AM IST
BJD puts halo around Patnaik while others talk parivartanWhen it comes to politics, Naveen Patnaik insists on keeping his family at an arm’s length.
03 Apr, 2019, 08.46 AM IST
Market movers: Bypoll jolt, cruising on growth and moreA look at top macro triggers that may move market on Friday.
01 Jun, 2018, 09.17 AM IST
Support or suffer: Lingayat seer leaves BJP no choiceThe Lingayats, who have been staunch supporters of the BJP for the last three decades in the state, form about 14 percent of Karnataka’s 6....
28 Mar, 2018, 08.54 AM IST
Gujarat's school textbooks replete with bloopers; poor translation to blameGujarat’s textbooks authorities from the Gujarat State Board of School Textbooks (GSBST) have over the years faced public criticism locally...
03 Aug, 2014, 06.11 AM IST
Poke me: Accidental bloopers of an accidental PM?The irony may not be lost on early readers of The Accidental Prime Minister, written by the PM’s former media advisor Sanjay Baru who has h...
16 Apr, 2014, 09.14 PM IST
Why Rahul Gandhi should refuse to be Congress PM candidateRahul should say no to PM candidature. Say his first job is to radically reform the process of electing a PM candidate, and all Cong candid...
08 Jan, 2014, 10.04 AM IST
Polarizer Modi vs Persuader Parrikar: In search of the modern Indian conservativeIf the medieval ruler of Hindu hearts is replaced by a modern leader of Indian conservatives to form a government in 2014, that can only be...
10 Sep, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Delhi gang rape case: PM Manmohan Singh's address to nation goes viral for wrong reasonGovernment had also faced criticism for its failure to come up with a swift and credible political response to the protests.
25 Dec, 2012, 06.52 AM IST
- Invention of a word to describe today’s 'omnishambles' worldwide was inevitable
Given the variety of the bloopers, gaffes and muff-ups that come up with unfailing regularity in countries of all political persuasions, th...
16 Nov, 2012, 05.02 AM IST
Despite apparent flaws, rating agencies will be handy in needling governmentsRating agencies may have lost market's faith when it comes to spotting the pitfalls, but they will be handyin needling govts that think the...
22 Jun, 2012, 05.15 AM IST
Pranab Mukherjee who thrives on building networks is a measured man and a Bengali MachiavelliPranab never commanded much of a political mass base in West Bengal, but that hasn't stopped him from lording over key positions in New Del...
16 Jun, 2012, 04.10 AM IST
- Fresh blooper: US veep mimics Indian accent
US vice-president Joe Biden appeared to imitate an Indian accent while talking about call centers.
28 Jan, 2012, 03.38 AM IST
- 'Caste' list leaves Cong red-faced
The use of the Dalit caste name invited a rebuke from the Opposition.
13 Jan, 2010, 05.17 AM IST
- Through the third eye
Third eye presents an indepth view on various industries.
30 Sep, 2008, 02.03 AM IST