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The Tik Tok tariff war

There is a horror movie unfolding whereby the Hollywood hero, after trying garlic and all, is now driving a stake at the heart of the Chinese Dracula.

Divergent approaches

As the electoral battleground heats up in Rae Bareli, the speeches delivered by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi at their respective rallies in the constituency offer a glimpse into the divergent strategies of the two major political camps.

Western battle

As Maharashtra’s 13 seats head to the polls in the fifth and final phase of the general election on May 20, the state finds itself at a political crossroads.

Museum Stories~II

In 1914 Europe was embroiled in a war whose horrors would be felt for years. Far from the brutalities of war in the southern tip of the port-city of Bombay (now Mumbai), near the Gateway of India, construction was completed of a magnificent building whose foundation stone was laid earlier in 1905.

More hits than misses in eight years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed eight years in office on May 30. How has he steered the country during this period? Since the expectations were too high, has he been able to fulfil them? What are the hits and misses in these years?

Sense from Srinagar

Time, circumstances and even the post-pandemic desperation have led to an unprecedented portent of 'normalcy' with a flood of tourists stampeding the Kashmiri tourist sites.

Enough’s enough

Narinder Batra, of hockey, and Praful Patel, until recently Indian football's administrative supremo, have been given their marching orders legally, neither having presumably been deemed central to India's requirements in a year when we must take an Asian Games and a Commonwealth Games in our stride.

Chancellor’s Chair

There ought to be no grouse against Thursday’s decision of the West Bengal cabinet to reserve the rarefied chair of Chancellor of state universities for the Chief Minister.