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The US president, Donald Trump, joining the Indian prime minister at a 50,000-strong rally of Indian-Americans in Houston on September 22 was unprecedented and perhaps 'historic', with potential benefits for the bilateral US-India relationship. But i

The CBI is tearing Kolkata down in its hunt for former city police commissioner Rajeev Kumar. The officer is wanted in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, in which the CBI believes he tampered with evidence. Agency sleuths have sc

Across Maharashtra, a widely shared narrative about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's life goes something like this: He lost both of his parents early in life, was precociously brilliant-a gifted student, poet, writer, historian-and his genius was both reco

In February 1929, African-American scientist George Washington Carver outlined a special diet involving whole wheat flour, corn, fruit and milk made from either soybeans or peanuts. With this vegan diet, Carver hoped to bring "greater health, strengt

Earlier this month, India joined Brazil and Thailand in bann­ing the sale of e-cigarettes. The government warned that vaping, the growing use of e-cigarettes, could "seriously undermine and derail" its efforts to curtail tobacco use in the country. T

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has brought some festive cheer for borrowers. It has directed banks to offer floating-rate loans linked to external benchmark rates from October 1 for all retail and small business loans. This is expected to reduce the

The September 14 drone strikes by Yemen's Houthi rebels on two of Saudi Aramco's oil installations did not just interrupt global oil flows. They also led to a heightening of tensions in the region-with the US accusing Iran of being behind the attack-

The common theme running through our country and the discussions at the conclave is Transformation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ran his election campaign on the promise of a New India. At the start of his new term, he also promised to grow India's e

How can India beat the economic slowdown? How serious is the country's jobs crisis? What is the future of Kashmir without Article 370? How prepared are India's armed forces? Is Indian democracy in distress? Who will win the assembly election in Mahar

As we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, it is worth recalling the frequently ignored scale of his achievements. He was the first Indian to put India on a global map and the only one to be known throughout the world. He was the

One strange thing about evil is that it wants to be remembered as good. Murderers want to be loved by their victims and be seen as their deliverers. Hitler unleashed death and destruction on Jews and other dissenters but loved being photographed with

If Gandhi lives today it is because of his enemies, who seem unable to let go of his memory. The Mahatma's followers have turned him into a saint whose teachings can safely be ignored-as the words of a superior being to be admired from afar. Given th

The arrival of the technologies of mass production of the visual image (such as lithography) in India in the last quarter of the 19th century coincided with the rise of nationalist fervour and the freedom movement. The explosive spread of the visual

A safe and non-controversial Gandhi legacy today is his example, currently in vogue in business school courses, as a servant-leader and team-builder. But he is no longer popular in the nation that used to call him father. For Indians who hate his com

A diamond is just a stone, but it is precious. Why is it so? Because of its matchless ability to hold out. If this be taken as a principle, then we may say that Mahatma Gandhi is a diamond among humans. He is abstract, yet omnipresent by virtue of hi

Daridranarayana. This is an image, a possibility with immense power. To think of the poor as God and, equally significantly, of God as poor is liberating. It liberates a society, a people and even an economy from the desire, need and expectation that

Since the day he entered public life, Gandhi has elicited strong views amongst people. This may seem like an unusual response towards a man of peace. But this extreme nature of feelings towards the Mahatma become understandable if we recognise what h

We are a nation of 1.3 billion Gandhi exp­erts. Every Indian and his WhatsApp group co-member has an opinion and a half on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (MKG). And why not? We grow up feeling familiar with MKG, seeing his image over and over-on currency

Q. India recently held Asian champions Qatar to a goalless draw. What has been the mood in the camp since? I think the disappointment of not getting the job done against Oman played a big role in the way we went about the game against Qatar. To hold

Introduced as a contri­b­u­tion-based pension system in 2004, the purpose of the National Pension System (NPS) is to economically secure people in their post-retirement years. You can keep investing in NPS till you retire. At 60, you have the option

Gold has had a dream run of late. Starting from a spot price of Rs 31,641 per 10 grams on April 17 at the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), it reached a high of Rs 39,823 on September 4, before correcting itself to Rs 37,855 on September 17. The sharp

Introducing Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the recent diaspora event in Houston, Texas, where Vaishnava Jana To was sung in a medley with Amazing Grace, a US Congressman quoted Mahatma Gandhi and his definition of democracy-'something that gives the

The Centre's surprise move to cut the corporate tax rate from 30 per cent may have come a year too late, but the announcement of a base rate of 22 per cent-when it had earlier committed to 25 per cent-has thrilled stock markets. Companies will now pa