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Arun Jaitley should tax investors in the budget, but not spook them

The recent claims made by the Finance Minister may be accurate, but that won't mitigate the challenges for this government's final Union Budget.

The Indian H-1B worker in Trump’s US is like the Muslim in Modi’s India

Even for tech behemoths from Cisco to IBM, Facebook to Google, there is no sentimental love or preference for Indians, writes Rohit Chopra.

दक्षिण एशिया में चीन की शातिर चालों का भारत को खोजनी होगी काट

चीन ने लोगों में, परियोजनाओं में निवेश को बढ़ाया है और इसके भारी फायदे उसे मिल रहे हैं. भारत को अपनी पकड़ बनाए रखने के लिए दोगुनी ज्यादा मेहनत करनी पड़ेगी.

By mostly jailing Dalits, Muslims & tribals, India is making the same mistakes as the US

While US exemplifies the effect of discriminatory enforcement, low conviction rates in India fails to stem violence against marginalized groups.

The desi LCA is defence ministry’s low-hanging fruit and it needs to be plucked now

A quick turnaround of the Tejas light fighter is on the cards but the government needs to step up.

Why can’t Dalits just shut up and suffer in silence like they have for thousands of years?

The right wing has perfected their playbook of oppression both on-ground and online. Koregaon shows that Dalits have caught on.

Tiger Pataudi: India’s first ‘Muslim star’ who was not afraid to use his name

Remembering Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, a rare Muslim star in an era when India’s secular temper was still evolving. 

Parliament panels ignored: Under Modi rule, 7 out of 72 bills went to standing committees

A strong, centralised govt like this one wants to enjoy unbridled powers to legislate at will. But making standing committees defunct is moving back in time.

25 years after Azhar’s ‘good losers’, Kohli’s Team India in South Africa marks class shift

The team currently in South Africa is unlike any Indian team of the past. No more than two of those who travelled there in 1992 would make the cut today.

‘मुंबई में मौत सचमुच जीवन की ‘कई शानदार’ सच्चाइयों में से एक है’

कमला मिल में आग जैसी दुखद घटनाएं अधिकारियों के खिलाफ गुस्सा भड़काती हैं. लेकिन कुछ ही समय बाद शहर अगली दुर्घटना होने तक व्यस्त और प्रशासन सुस्त हो जाता है.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.