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More & more IAS & IPS officers are retiring early to join politics – just before elections

While many ex-bureaucrats & diplomats have succeeded in politics before, this phenomenon of joining parties just before elections has grown in recent times.

With a week to Rajasthan polls, Rahul Gandhi cites unemployment to target Modi, Raje govt

Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked PM Modi over the Centre's GST policy and demonetisation, claiming it had led to higher unemployment rates

BJP stand on Sabarimala and triple talaq is hypocritical, says Soli Sorabjee

The day court looks away when there is a violation of a fundamental right it would be a sad day for the country, says the eminent jurist.

Saudi dissident’s wife tweets against niqab, Twitter flags it as ‘in violation of Pakistan law’

Twitter’s legal team sent an email to activist Ensaf Haidar, a Canadian citizen, after she posted a tweet against the practice of wearing niqab

Rahul Gandhi is ‘mad’ & ‘stupid’, he should not be taken seriously: Union minister Sampla

Vijay Sampla attacks Congress president, asking him to clear his stand on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s controversial visit to Pakistan

Former US president George H W Bush dies at 94

George HW Bush, a decorated war pilot and former CIA chief, helped steer America through the end of the Cold War while serving as the country's 41st president.

Sucheta Kriplani: India’s first woman chief minister and founder of All India Mahila Congress

Kriplani, who died on 1 December 1974, actively encouraged women to join politics and participate in the freedom struggle.

Senior ministers in UPA govt should have resigned to devote time to party work: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader claims efforts are being made to build the party organisation and that assembly poll results will reflect that.

BJP’s Bihar ally Kushwaha likely to quit NDA, final call expected on 6 December

Union minister Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP is unhappy with Lok Sabha seat-sharing in Bihar and may leave NDA as BJP is unwillingly to accede to its demands.

Why angry farmers protesting in Delhi could spell trouble for BJP

Coming in the midst of the ongoing assembly polls, and just months before Lok Sabha elections, farmers' protest is an imagery Modi govt can ill-afford.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

John Ternus set to take over as Apple CEO, Tim Cook to transition to executive chairman

Cook will hand over the reins to Ternus on 1 September, capping a 15-year tenure that turned the company into a $4 trillion business spanning watches, video streaming & financial services.

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.