Maloth Arunkumar

Saturday, 1 September 2018

California lawmakers send strict 'net neutrality' laws to governor

California lawmakers sent to the governor's desk for final approval strict "net neutrality" laws on internet providers that would defy sweeping Federal Communications Commission rules seen as a boon for the companies.

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Stabbing suspect in Germany was slated for deportation: court

One of two immigrants arrested for the fatal stabbing of a German man could have been deported in mid-2016, a German court said on Friday, news that risks fueling far-right outrage about a case that has already sparked violent xenophobic protests.

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U.S. halts funding to U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees

The United States on Friday halted all funding to a U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees in a decision further heightening tensions between the Palestinian leadership and the Trump administration.

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U.N. Palestinian refugees agency voices regret, surprise at U.S. halting funds

A U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees said a U.S. decision on Friday to halt funding was disappointing and surprising, and rejected the U.S. assertion that its programs were irredeemably flawed.

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Exclusive: U.S. accuses China of 'super aggressive' spy campaign on LinkedIn

The United States' top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down.

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Trump to skip summits in Singapore, Papua New Guinea; Pence to attend

President Donald Trump will skip summits with Asian leaders in Singapore and Papua New Guinea in November, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his place, the White House said on Friday, an announcement that will raise questions about his commitment to a regional strategy to counter China.

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U.S. sees assault on Idlib as escalation of Syria conflict: Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said the United States views the Syrian government military assault on rebel-held Idlib as an escalation of the Syrian conflict, as the State Department warned that Washington would respond to any chemical attack by Damascus.

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Journalists arrested over alleged theft of documents on Northern Ireland killings

Two journalists were arrested on Friday over the suspected theft of documents from Northern Ireland's police ombudsman that were used in a documentary that alleged police collusion in the 1994 murder of six soccer fans.

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Guatemala not renewing mandate of U.N. anti-corruption body

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on Friday his government has decided not to renew the mandate of a U.N.-backed anti-graft commission that helped bring down his predecessor and also tried to have Morales impeached.

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U.S. President Trump to visit Ireland in November: Irish government

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Ireland in November, the Irish government said on Friday.

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U.S. funding cut is 'flagrant assault' against Palestinian people: Abbas spokesman

A U.S. decision to halt funding to a U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees was a "flagrant assault" against Palestinian people, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday.

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Chilean prosecutors say Church abuse investigations triple

The number of cases of abuse in Chile's Roman Catholic Church under investigation by prosecutors has more than tripled to 119 in the past month, the national prosecuting authority said on Friday.

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Dutch police identify Amsterdam stabbing suspect as 19-year-old Afghan

Dutch police said a man who stabbed and seriously injured two people at Amsterdam's main train station on Friday was a 19-year-old Afghan with a German residence permit.

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Should Mehul Choksi Be Extradited? Antigua Top Legal Officers To Discuss

Antigua and Barbuda's attorney general Steadroy Benjamin has said he is planning to discuss the possible extradition of jeweller Mehul Choksi with the island nation's head of public prosecution,...

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Drunk Man Urinates On Woman Passenger's Seat In Air India Flight

Indrani Ghosh, daughter of the woman passenger, tweeted about the incident Friday evening. Junior aviation minister Jayant Sinha directed Air India to follow up the matter.

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Third Woman Inmate Of Patna Shelter Dies, 2 Others Missing

Weeks after the death of two women inmates at a shelter home in Patna, a third inmate died on Friday. The latest death comes a day after two other women staying at the shelter home - meant for women...

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Papa CJ Brings Comedy, Magic Together To Raise Funds For Kerala Floods

Popular stand-up comedian Papa CJ and psychological illusionist Karan Singh Magic will make the realms of comedy and magic meet for a new act to be performed as fundraisers for flood-affected Kerala.

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Princess Diana's Friend Shares Her Rare Picture With A Special Message

In the throwback picture of Princess Diana, she can be seen laughing her heart out.

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Home For 20 Years, Paris Tenants Fight To Save It From New High-Rises

A group of tenants near Paris whose apartments are to be destroyed to build the tallest skyscrapers in western Europe are refusing to leave after fighting for years to save their homes

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BJP Leader's Son, Drunk, Runs Over Labourers In Jaipur, 2 Dead: Police

A speeding vehicle ran over four labourers sleeping on the pavement in Jaipur on Friday. Two of the four labourers have died said the police. A local BJP leader's son, who was behind the wheels has...

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7 Dead, 30 Injured As Buses Collide Head-On Near Tamil Nadu's Salem

Seven people, including two women, were killed and 30 others injured when two buses collided head-on on in Tamil Nadu today, police said.

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Saudi Plan To Dig Canal Likely To Cut Off Qatar, Turn It Into Island

A Saudi official hinted Friday the kingdom was moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that would turn the neighbouring Qatari peninsula into an island, amid a diplomatic feud between the Gulf...

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Six Indians Among 300 Arrested For Allegedly Violating US Immigration Law

Six Indians are among over 300 people arrested by American authorities for criminal activities and violating the country's immigration laws during a month-long crackdown across six states. Federal...

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Man Fired For Not Joining Company's Bible Study. He Is Suing For $800,000

The 34-year-old painter is suing Dahled Up Construction, a company based south of Portland, Oregon, for allegedly firing him after he refused to join a Christian Bible group for employees.

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Live Updates: Heavy Rain Lash Parts Of Delhi; Brings Respite From Heat

Heavy rain lashed Delhi and neighbouring areas early this morning, bringing some relief for the residents of the national capital.

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After Heavy Rain In Delhi, Roads Flooded, Long Traffic Jams

Rain in several parts of Delhi early this morning has cooled down the humid city, bringing some relief for the residents of the national capital. Flooding on busy roads, however, remains a concern for...

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Rainfall, Landslides Form 100 Metre Long Lake In Uttarakhand

A 100-meter long and 50-meter deep lake near Tehri Garhwal-Dehradun border ahs been formed due to heavy rain in Uttarakhand.

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Jain Monk Tarun Sagar Dies At 51; PM Modi, Leaders Pay Tribute

Jain monk Tarun Sagar died on Saturday at Delhi's Radhapuri Jain temple after a prolonged illness. The 51-year-old monk,who was suffering from jaundice and other ailments, died at around 3 am. He was...

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California Couple Who "Chained" Their 13 Kids In Dark Room, Denies Charge

A Southern California couple accused of beating, shackling and starving their 13 children as captives in the family's home pleaded not guilty on Friday to dozens of charges of torture, false...

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Class 6 Girl Allegedly Molested At Mumbai Private School, Parents Protest

The 12-year-old Mumbai girl told her parents that a boy came from behind and put his hand inside her skirt.

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Couple Raises $400,000 For Homeless Man, Then Tries To Pocket It

After a New Jersey couple raised more than $400,000 for a homeless veteran, and after allegations that they refused to give it all to him, a judge has ordered the couple to turn over the remaining...

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Graffiti On Wall, Skeleton On Ceiling: Inside Violent Gang's "Clubhouse"

Building a light-rail line - in this case, the 16-mile Purple Line in Maryland - often involves acquiring houses to be razed. A routine part, for construction workers, is going into the homes to...

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"Letter Fabricated": Activist Sudha Bharadwaj Responds To Police Claims

Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, one of the five prominent activists arrested this week after multi-city raids, has responded to the Maharashtra police's claims that there is solid evidence including...

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Fix legal age of marriage for men at 18 years: Law Commission

Emphasising on the equality of marriageable age across religions the Law Commission said that if there is a universal age for the majority that grants all citizens the right to choose their governments then citizens should also be considered capable of choosing their spouses. The commission has released a suggestion paper on family laws.

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Asian Games 2018 Live: Day 14

Check live updates of today's matches in Asian Games 2018 on Times of India

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14 for four: Hizb, J&K police release each other’s families

The Hizb let the 14 captives go after the J&K police had released the militants’ arrested kin. Sources later said police had arrested other relatives of militants as well and that they, too, had been released. The unofficial prisoner swap is a rare quid pro quo in Kashmir’s violent past.

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Loans to get costlier as SBI hikes lending rates

State Bank of India (SBI) has increased the lending rate by 20 basis points across all tenors up to three years. Now SBI's overnight and one-month tenors' Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate (MCLR) stands at 8.1 per cent as against 7.9 per cent, as per the SBI's website.

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IPPB: India’s biggest bank in the making

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will focus on providing banking and financial services to people in rural areas, by linking all the 1.55 lakh post office branches (that’s nearly 2.5 times the bank network) with IPPB services by the end of 2018. Around 11,000 postmen both in rural and urban areas will provide doorstep banking services.

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Subramaniam Badrinath Retires From All Forms Of Cricket

Subramaniam Badrinath represented India in all three formats of the game.

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Sanju Samson, 12 Others In Trouble For Speaking Up Against Kerala Captain

The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) imposed sanctions on 13 players for what it deemed as a "deliberate intention to defame the captain".

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Pujara Hits Century As India Take Control On Day 2 Against England

Cheteshwar Pujara scored a brilliant century (132*) to help India post 273 all-out in the first innings

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Virat Kohli Dethrones Virender Sehwag In This Test Batting Record

Virat Kohli has been in great batting form during the Test series with England.

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Asia Cup: Kohli's Workload In Focus As Selectors Eye A Balanced Side

Virat Kohli will be under pressure to meet all India's engagements over the next few months.

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4th Test: Cheteshwar Pujara Puts India In Control On Day 2 vs England

Highlights India vs England: Cheteshwar Pujara starred with the bat as India ended day 2 in a strong position against England.

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Pak Says India Has Allowed It To Visit 2 Hydropower Projects On Chenab

India has invited Pakistani experts to visit the sites of its two hydropower projects on the Chenab river next month to address its concerns, but hinted at continuation of the work on them despite...

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P Chidambaram Sceptical Over GDP Growth Prospects In Coming Year

Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram today expressed scepticism over India's GDP growth prospects, saying it would "not be so favourable" in third and fourth quarters, despite the...

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India, Pak Agree To Tours On Both Sides Of Indus basin For Power Projects

India and Pakistan have agreed to undertake the Indus Waters Treaty mandated tours by their Commissioners in the Indus basin on both sides to resolve issues on the various hydroelectric projects,...

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Reliance Infra Bags Rs 1,907 Crore Contract For Nagpur-Mumbai E-Way

Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) on Friday received the Letter of Acceptance (LoA) for a Rs 1,907 crore package of the ambitious Rs 46,000 crore 'Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway' (NMSCE),...

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Top Agencies Should Probe PM Assassination Plot, Says Congress

The Congress on Friday asked why the government's top investigative agency, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), was not involved in probing the alleged plot to assassinate the prime minister in a...

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FIR Against Air India Pilot For Skipping Alcohol Test Before Flight

The Delhi Police has filed an FIR against Air India's head of operations Captain Arvind Kathpalia and aviation regulator DGCA's Joint Director General Lalit Gupta for alleged violation of aircraft...

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Two Indians, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk, Receive Magsaysay Award

Two Indians - one a psychiatrist who works for the mentally-ill people and another whose initiative to harness science and culture creatively for economic progress improved the lives of Ladakhi youth...

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India Says To Help Nepal Build Rail Link To Kathmandu

India will help Nepal construct a rail link between capital Kathmandu and an Indian border town for smoother movement of passengers and cargo to the landlocked Himalayan nation, which neighbouring...

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Dalits In Gujarat Village Take Body To Police Station Over "Land Dispute"

Dalits of a village in Gujarat's Mehsana district on Friday carried a body to the local police station in protest after two persons allegedly stopped the funeral procession, an official said.

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7 Dead, 30 Injured As Buses Collide Head-On Near Tamil Nadu's Salem

Seven people, including two women, were killed and 30 others injured when two buses collided head-on on in Tamil Nadu today, police said.

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GATE 2019 Registration Begins

GATE 2019 will be held on February 2, 3, 9 and 10.

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Saudi Plan To Dig Canal Likely To Cut Off Qatar, Turn It Into Island

"Work In Full Swing": A Look At The Progress In Bullet Train Project

The terminal hub for the bullet train project in Vadodara will be designed on the theme of a 'banyan tree'.

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Ekta Kaul's Message For Fiance Sumeet Vyas Is Too Cute To Be Missed

Sumeet Vyas and Ekta Kaul will get married in Jammu on September 15

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Six Indians Among 300 Arrested For Allegedly Violating US Immigration Law

Man Impaled By Rod Plays On Phone While Waiting For Ambulance In China

In a bizarre incident in China, an accident victim impaled by a rod through his chest remained extremely calm while waiting for the emergency services to arrive - whiling time away by playing on his...

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Man Fired For Not Joining Company's Bible Study. He Is Suing For $800,000

Here's Why Mediterranean Diet Is Good For Elderly People

The foods that, in the context of a Mediterranean-type dietary model, are able to offer greater protection include a high consumption of monounsaturated fats (widely present in extra virgin olive oil)...

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Live Updates: Heavy Rain Lash Parts Of Delhi; Brings Respite From Heat

Heavy rain lashed Delhi and neighbouring areas early this morning, bringing some relief for the residents of the national capital.

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Significance Of Chappan Bhog On Janmashtami, Why Does It Contain 56 Food Items?

Krishna Janmashtami 2018: Devotees prepare 56 types of different prasads and offer it to their beloved deity on Janmashtami. But, why 56? Why not any other number? Let's find out.

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Janmashtami 2018: 9 Interesting Facts About Janmashtami Celebrations In India

Krishna Janmashtami 2018: India is gearing up for Janmashtami, which would be celebrated on 2nd September 2018 this year. Janmashtami celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth human incarnation...

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Hollywood Actress Shot Dead By Cops After She Pointed Toy Gun At Them

Vanessa Marquez, an actress who had a recurring role in the hit TV series "ER," was fatally shot by police as she waved what turned out to be a BB gun, authorities said on Friday.

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Some In NDA Don't Want Narendra Modi As PM Again, Says Union Minister

Some people in the National Democratic Alliance or NDA did not want Narendra Modi to be the prime minister of the country again in 2019, BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Samta Party chief Upendra Kushwaha said...

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Sonam To Janhvi, The Kapoors Are Playing This Game. Waiting For Priyanka

Sonam Kapoor tagged sister Rhea and cousin Arjun to share their favourite films adapted from a literary work

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Saudi Plan To Dig Canal Likely To Cut Off Qatar, Turn It Into Island

Not Doctor, Hospital Worker Sutured Woman In Tamil Nadu. Caught On Camera

A hospital worker in Tamil Nadu, was seen suturing on a woman's face at a government hospital on Thursday. The state health department has ordered a probe, after a video of the man suturing on an...

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BJP Leader's Son, Drunk, Runs Over Labourers In Jaipur, 2 Dead: Police

NASA Says Water Spotted at Jupiter's Great Red Spot

NASA scientists have found water above the massive planet's deepest clouds.

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Sony Xperia XZ3 First Impressions

Sony has given its latest flagship, the Xperia XZ3, a major facelift. Will that be enough to make it a serious contender? Here are some early thoughts.

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Shweta On Why Palak Turned Down The Offer To Play Prerna In Kasautii 2

Not just Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2, Shweta's daughter Palak rejected several other television shows

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Nitish Kumar Ready To Go It Alone In Bihar, Party Insists It's BJP's Loss

The BJP has begun testing the waters on seat-sharing with allies in Bihar ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections, claiming earlier this week that it had worked out a deal that was fair to all while...

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Motorola One Power With Snapdragon 636 SoC Coming to India in October

Lenovo-owned Motorola has unveiled its latest Motorola One and Motorola One Power smartphones with Android One at IFA 2018 in Berlin.

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Jain Monk Tarun Sagar Dies At 51; PM Modi, Leaders Pay Tribute

Bigg Boss 12 Rumours: From Launch In Goa To 80-Year-Old Participant

Salman Khan reportedly asked team Bigg Boss to launch the show in Goa, where he's filming Bharat

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Extended Income Tax Returns Filing Deadline Ends Tonight

The extended date of filing income tax returns will end tonight. Over five crore income tax returns have been filed ahead of the extended deadline this year, officials said today.

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iPhone XS, Apple Watch Series 4 Renders Leaked Ahead of Launch

Reports have now surfaced that give us an alleged first look at the two iPhone XS OLED models and the upcoming Apple Watch Series 4.

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My GDP bigger than yours: Thanks to release of back series for economic growth, netas finally debate relevant issues

Earlier this week, this newspaper made an interesting comparison of GDP growth under various prime ministers of India. This came after the National Statistics Commission revised the methodology for calculating GDP, which in turn led...

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AFSPA is not a licence to kill, charges of extrajudicial killings by security forces must be investigated

The Supreme Court will hear, next week, the petition of 356 serving personnel including 74 army officers, who have questioned the legality of any action taken against them in states, particularly Manipur and Jammu &...

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The real way to celebrate Janmashtami

By Radhanath Swami Janmashtami is the festival commemorating the appearance of Krishna in this world. He is believed to have appeared 5,000 years ago in a prison cell in Mathura. Janmashtami represents the appearance of...

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Happiness on earth: Insights on this elusive entity from the World Happiness Report, and other places

Are you happy? It’s a question that can leave many of us confused. Yes, we might say but, well, on the whole. Or no, that back pain, or a more debilitating illness, is excruciating. Life...

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Scrap sedition: Law Commission rightly questions draconian law

Given habitual and wanton misuse of sedition laws by governments, the outgoing Law Commission’s questioning of the law criminalising sedition in the Indian Penal Code could not have been more timely. Its ringing defence of...

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Shirty rules: In tennis men have a topless advantage

The Grand Slams seem to keep breaking into a sweat over women’s bodies. Serena Williams is being banned from wearing a catsuit at future French Opens and Alize Cornet has received a US Open code...

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What story are you telling yourself?

Each one of us on this earth is an excellent storyteller. Once Laddu Pinto – a middle school student – fared poorly in half-yearly examinations. When his parents started questioning him and wanted to understand...

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GDP data for April-June quarter have positive implications for economy

An quick reading of the gross domestic product data for the April-June quarter of 2018-19, which was unveiled a short while ago, is that there is a strong growth impulse in the economy. The GDP...

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How to make India a more tax compliant society

Finance minister Arun Jaitley defended the criticism that Narendra Modi government has been subjected to on demonetization by writing that “the larger purpose of demonetisation was to move India from a tax noncompliant society to...

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India should use jugaad to win even more medals in the next Asiad 😜

India has already picked up an impressive tally of medals in the ongoing Asian games. The grit and determination shown by all our sportspeople, and not just by the medal winners, has been truly inspirational,...

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