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Kolkata youngsters flaunt their loyalty to Argentina by decorating a car with posters of Messi & Co. (Photo: PTI)

When will India qualify for the World cup?

The World Cup has shown that neither wealth nor size of population matters in producing quality football teams.

8 July 2018 3:19 AM IST

Kylian Mbappes sterling performance against Argentina gave the World Cup the push it badly needed. (Photo: AFP)

Excellence comes with a price

The World Cup in Russia has offered a chastening lesson for Asian and African teams, with none of them qualifying for...

8 July 2018 3:16 AM IST

Though Dubai depends less on oil income, fluctuations in crude oil prices have affected all sectors of its economy. The slowdown took its toll on the small and unorganised sectors in the form of unpaid outstanding dues for companies, unpaid wages for workers and large scale job losses.

Debunking a ghost town story

The bank guarantee scheme was introduced in 2001 to protect the interests of foreign workers.

1 July 2018 4:08 AM IST

The Nineties saw a new awareness in the Gulf countries about the urgency of conserving their oil resources for the benefit of future generations.

Gulf dream is over, but Dubai holds out

They know the futility of keeping huge reserves of a resource which may be of little value in future.

1 July 2018 4:04 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Trade War and India

Taking cue from U.S., India can also strive to restart many of its fading industries which slowed down due to the huge...

27 Jun 2018 7:36 AM IST

United States President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Trump's tariff war

Trump made the big announcement on March 1, of imposing higher tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium from a number...

27 Jun 2018 7:24 AM IST

Democracy requires education. Education for democracy and in democracy are absolutely essential for the success of a democratic experiment.

Let's teach our children fundamental rights and duties

There is an argument that the word secular' was not in the Constitution but it has no merit.

21 Jun 2018 4:35 AM IST

Justice Rohinton Nariman, who wrote the main judgment, invalidated triple talaq mainly on the ground that it violated Article 14, which offers equality before law and equal opportunities before law.

It's tough to teach

The law and the Constitution are not simple constructs that everyone would understand easily, said Justice K.T. Thomas...

21 Jun 2018 4:30 AM IST

Constitutional lessons

Constitutional lessons

What our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi told us on November 26, 2015 must be respected and lived,Bishop Theodore...

21 Jun 2018 4:22 AM IST

It is being felt that the government is trying to build a â€œcommitted bureaucracyâ€ before the 2019 battle royale.

Modi's gamble leaves babus, Opposition seething

The government's enthusiasm for doing away with the Nehruvian civil services has opened up a Pandora's Box.

20 Jun 2018 3:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Lateral Entry: An elixir for a moth eaten system

Lateral inductions of sectoral leaders has been attempted before even by previous governments.

20 Jun 2018 3:37 AM IST

Former Union Minister and BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.

Trinamul Congress party has turned into a Taliban Congress party:...

TMC supremo and its leaders are scared of BJP's growing popularity and support in the state, says Shahnawaz Hussain.

10 Jun 2018 6:36 AM IST