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Bangla firing
On the face of it, the BSF-BGB shootout seems to be over smuggling but we cannot let it escalate for strategic reasons Cross-border firing is something we associate with Pakistan from across the Line of Control (LoC). So when such a flare-up happens on our eastern borders, considering that the 4,000...
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Unholy cow
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Still too hungry
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Ayodhya closure
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Sports to poll icons
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Lessons from PMC
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Wild chase
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Pakistan slips up
16 October 2019 | Pioneer
Bangla pride
In a historic day for Bengalis, Abhijit Banerjee and Sourav Ganguly seal their achievements with a top prize and job Yet another Bengali has won a Nobel Prize for Economics. Abhijit Banerjee, alongside Ester Duflo and Michael Kremer, won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel....
Haze threatens Delhi
The time for debates is over. There is no option but to get into the action mode if we do not want a toxic winter ahead Now that the late burst of rains and high winds have petered out, the illusion of a clear blue sky has been shattered with the...
Superhuman feat
Kenya’s Kipchoge broke a marathon record by running 42.195 km in less than two hours. This is remarkable A relatively healthy adult human can keep up a pace of around a kilometre every 10 minutes for half-an-hour. Those with a degree of physical training can go faster and for a longer...
Finding an old connect
Modi and Xi have settled down on a new grammar of negotiation despite trust issues over historical baggage There were optics aplenty, of sipping coconut water, sightseeing tours of heritage sites, lavish local dinner, culture shows, long walks and an umbrella swamp of Indian hospitality. But Chinese President Xi Jinping, a...
Coming full circle
The story of two brothers, who wasted their inheritance, should be made into a full-length feature movie The rise and the fall of Ranbaxy holds a cautionary story for businessmen across the country. Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh, former promoters of Ranbaxy and the grandsons of Bhai Mohan Singh, who...
Congress needs a churn
The grand old party must get over its electoral defeats and be decisive, not static, about its future. Time is up Meditation is good to seek clarity in chaos and get a grip of things. Congress scion Rahul Gandhi has a healthy habit of retreating into vipassana camps now and...
Churlish move
By stopping Kejriwal from attending climate meet, the govt stokes hostilities with the Opposition There can be no politics about climate change simply because it is a shared concern and all stakeholders gain by exchanging notes and learning from each other. There must be joint ownership of responsibility on matters related...
