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America-first compass for new security strategy

India, Dec. 18 -- Not even the most blase among us can complain of boredom in international politics. Events are moving so swiftly that it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the latest... Read More


A remit too wide: Personality rights without a rulebook

India, Dec. 18 -- Celebrity actors, singers, and even sportspersons, are rushing to court to stop the unauthorised use of their name, face, voice or likeness. The surge in these "personality rights" c... Read More


From sedition to UAPA: Policing dissent in India

India, Dec. 18 -- Few laws reveal the Indian State's unease with dissent as starkly as sedition. Drafted in 1870 to protect the British Crown from political unrest and infamously wielded against figur... Read More


The end of MGNREGS

India, Dec. 18 -- The Union government sprang a surprise in Parliament this week by introducing the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, to replace the two-... Read More


MUFG to invest up to 5 billion in Shriram Finance for 20% stake

MUMBAI, Dec. 18 -- Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is in talks to invest $4.5-5 billion for a 20% stake in Shriram Finance Ltd, multiple sources familiar with the matter said, in what co... Read More


Kartik's Rs.14.2cr price tag shows Rajasthan's surge

MUMBAI, Dec. 18 -- The mini auction is a big deal for uncapped Indian players and so it proved for some of the Rajasthan players in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Paddles started going up when Kartik Sharma's ... Read More


Envoy summoned over B'desh threat

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- India on Wednesday summoned Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah and registered a protest over the deteriorating security environment in the neighbouring country and plan... Read More


Cong calls for Stir day after herald order

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Congress on Wednesday announced a nationwide protest against the Narendra Modi government, a day after a Delhi court refused to take cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate... Read More


Yogi reviews preparations forinauguration by PM on Dec 25

LUCKNOW, Dec. 18 -- Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely visit to inaugurate the Rashtra Prerna Sthal in the state capital on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birth anniversary on ... Read More


Nature worship not harmful to any religion, says RSS leader

GORAKHPUR, Dec. 18 -- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarkaryavah (general secretary) Dattatreya Hosabale on Wednesday said that embracing nature is part of India's cultural tradition and that pract... Read More