The four most important men in the UPA-2 cabinet are entirely clean. And yet, if you held an opinion poll, a vast majority would say corruption is India's biggest challenge today.
It is the blind, unquestioning devotion to an organisation and a philosophy that was born obsolete, if not sick, that has blighted the BJP as a political force.
It takes the enterprise, networking, ambition, and thick skin and greed of a politician, a businessman or even a bureaucrat to build, manage and then monetise a sport in India.
One of the unintended and happy consequences of the 2010 Commonwealth Games is that it announces the rise of this new, professional, cosmopolitan Delhi as India's number one city.
L.K. Advani and his partymen have not discovered a new liberal approach to politics. Just like the Congress, they have also figured that India’s politics has changed.
While Asiad 1982 became Rajiv Gandhi’s great launchpad, the CWG 2010 has become the UPA’s first act of nationally acknowledged and self-inflicted incompetence.
A noticeable effect of smoking is premature aging. Studies indicate that the skin biopsy of a 40-year-old heavy smoker can resemble that of a 70-year-old non-smoker.
Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.
The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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