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‘Transition process on since August’ Sriram Lakshman

Dr. Martha Kumar, an expert on American presidential transitions, on the logistics of the handover from Barack Obama to Donald Trump

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'Rivals find it shameful selling products unique to India'

Peerzada Abrar If there was a selection of products on Mars that people cared about and Amazon could build a rocket ship to bring it to the Earth, the world’s largest online retailer would get it, said Amazon India chief Amit Agarwal. Rival firm Flipkart had recently taken a pot-shot at Amazon saying that selling ‘Churan’ and ‘Hing’ do not make up real sales. In an interview, Mr. Agarwal, who looked dapper in blue jeans and shirt, said that Amazon believed customers should be able to find anything online but t

The worst form of terrorism is cross-border one: Bhutan PM

Suhasini Haidar Bhutan stands shoulder to shoulder with India in its fight against terror and need to protect its border, says Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. In Goa for the BRICS-BIMSTEC outreach summit, Mr. Tobgay spoke to Diplomatic Editor Suhasini Haidar about the failure of SAARC, revival of BIMSTEC and bilateral ties.How does Bhutan view the current tensions between India and Pakistan, SAARCs two biggest nations, then?Well we are worried. [Tensions] worry the countries involved, they worry the region and

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‘Kashmir’s alienation linked to impunity’ Amnesty International India’s Aakar Patel on the controversy surrounding its recent event

Shashi Tharoor debunks the rose-tinted view of the Empire ‘The Raj became aspiration rather than tyranny’

'Singapore likely to be world’s first market for self-driving cars' Karl Iagnemma is the CEO of nuTonomy (the company behind the deployment of self-driving taxis in Singapore last month) and also a Principal Research

‘Siblings should never be split apart when adopted’ Eighteen years ago, Yasamma and Mariyamma Gedala were left in an orphanage in Kakinada. Yasamma, adopted by an American family, and now named Samantha Mari, has lived in the U.S. since 2000, but she still remembers her baby sister. Peter Griffin interviews Samantha

‘Time for a National Water Commission’ Mihir Shah on the importance of an integrated policy for groundwater and surface water

Grasim-AB Nuvo merger not to fund Idea, says Birla Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd (ABNL) will merge with Grasim Industries Ltd in a bid to unlock shareholdervalue and create a $9 billion enterprise.

‘Dynasties require parties to succeed’ Political dynasties further both inclusion and exclusion in India, explains Kanchan Chandra.

‘A higher rate will be inflationary’ P. Chidambaram explains why the GST rate should not exceed 18 per cent

‘History may be reduced to anecdotes’ Irfan Habib on the current challenges to history-writing and to India’s scientific, secular temper

‘We hope Pakistan will change the narrative’ Afghan Ambassador S.A. Abdali on the perception that India holds back on bilateral moves on account of Pakistan