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BJP backroom boys must go beyond Vadra to scale up anti-corruption mood before election

The general perception that the Congress’ first family greatly benefitted from corruption will have a great impact in the coming months.

Lagaan to Dhadak: Bollywood has a Dalit problem and it refuses to fix it

Hollywood has begun to address the issue of diversity but Hindi films continue to fare poorly on representation of caste.

US cut and run will do to Afghanistan what Soviet withdrawal did in 1989

Americans must work towards a deal that leaves behind a stable and peaceful Afghanistan.

RBI is right to cut, luckily

India's interest-rate cut was justified, given that Inflation is well below target and growth is slowing across all major economies.

How directive principles fuel BJP and Congress politics on cow and Hindutva

The Narendra Modi-led BJP govt reinvented the directive principles as an important source for its brand of majoritarianism.

Beyond sea and land, India’s next defence challenge is drone terrorism

Terrorists are quick in exploiting emerging technologies and drones now add a new dimension to their strategy.

Supreme Court has let down India’s disability rights movement

By dismissing an impaired lawyer's appeal, the Supreme Court has denied millions of Indians with disabilities a chance to enter the judicial process.

With Michel and Mallya, Modi’s Big Four target before 2019 elections has got a flying start

Narendra Modi is leveraging India’s weight and presence abroad in bringing several absconders to justice.

Why big techs like Google and Facebook are worried about the net’s ‘Next Billion Users’

With number of customers in the rich world not already online rapidly dwindling, the challenge of tech companies is to find its “Next Billion Users” in lower-income markets.

India should put the EVM hacking debate to rest and here’s how

Instead of hackathons, the Election Commission can look at these five ways to solve the EVM problem.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.