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‘Tour of Duty’ will expose youth to military life. Don’t let bureaucracy fail it like note ban

With a take home salary of Rs 21,000, armchair bureaucrats have placed an Agniveer, who would stake their life for India, even below a lower division clerk.

When BJP leader got a lesson on sanskaar from a fellow party CM

When Mamata Banerjee called for an opposition meet, Uddhav Thackeray refused to join, and Congress took a dig at the proposal.

My secular critics’ reaction to Arab outrage chooses short-term relief over long-term damage

If there is even a slim possibility of democratic resistance to the Modi govt's brazen majoritarian politics of hate, then we must not do anything to jeopardise it further.

Pakistan can’t afford to keep national energies focused on checkmating India, and Kashmir

Shehbaz Sharif is burdening ISI with a new job but it doesn’t seem fair. The agency is not equipped to help Pakistan attain prosperity.

Mukesh Ambani’s consumer empire gets a cricket spin after bagging IPL digital rights

Beating Amazon, Disney and Sony to the Indian Premier League was only half the battle. Now the world’s seventh-richest man needs to work out how to make money from it.

Donald Trump knew exactly what he was doing when mob stormed US Capitol building on 6 Jan

Trump has been embracing alternative facts for a long time, always in the service of self-aggrandizement or self-preservation. But the stakes are higher now.

Muslim comedians standing up against Islamophobia—one self-deprecating joke at a time

While prominent Muslim personalities keep silent, these stand-up artists are punching themselves down, metaphorically, in an attempt to counter prejudice.

Why Bangladesh is absolutely quiet when it comes to anti-Prophet remarks by BJP leaders

As many as 20 countries and organisations have issued statements, but not Bangladesh. It has clearly understood at whose door the power lies in India.

AIMPLB’s appeal on Gyanvapi unconstitutional, will only hurt poor Muslims

Muslims giving up the claim on Gyanvapi wouldn’t just benefit the country and society, but will also be in accordance with the ethos of Islamic teachings.

Choice pool for CDS shouldn’t have been expanded. Unless it’s about finding a loyal follower

Opening the choice for CDS outside of serving or ex-chiefs can unleash the demons of ambitions and cut-throat competition to impress the political leadership.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.