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Trump’s plan to tax money immigrants send home is unfair Donald Trump wants people who live and work in the U.S. but aren’t citizens — like people with H-1B visas or Green Cards — to pay a 5% tax when they send money to their families in other countries. That might sound like a small…
On Thursday, President Droupadi Murmu exercised her powers under Article 143 of the Constitution to send a ‘reference’ to Supreme Court, asking 14 questions on the extent of the legal powers of governors and the President. This marks only the fifteenth time since Independence that such a reference has made its way from Raisina Hill…
On April 8, SC pronounced a historic judgment in State of Tamil Nadu vs Governor of Tamil Nadu. Perhaps few SC pronouncements have had, or will have the same impact on Union-states relationship as this judgment. Read full story on TOI+ Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author’s own. END OF…
“Don’t! Don’t you dare pick up that lauki!” my husband hissed dramatically, as if I were about to defuse a bomb instead of choosing a vegetable. We were standing by the local vegetable cart one pleasant evening, amid tomatoes, bhindi, and the occasional buzzing fly. I held up a plump, soft lauki with reverence, admiring…
At the outset, let me admit I am Gen-Jurassic Park, born in 1953, the last batch of engineering to have used the slide rule—that too my father’s! I have progressed from slide rule to Fortran IV, mainframe Burroughs 6800 in 1980, mini-computers, Apple iPad and laptops, and mobile phones that have more computing power than…
Vivekananda as a young man heard Ramakrishna say: compassion for living beings! Fool! Who are you, an insignificant creature, to show compassion! No, no, not compassion, but service to all beings, looking upon them as God Himself! These… Source link
Of late, a dear friend of mine seems to have caught what I can only describe as a serious case of poetic flu. No, he isn’t unwell or anything, but he has spontaneously been rhyming without warning. Especially when any of our friends celebrate birthdays, he wastes no time pulling out a poem, full of…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “brotherly” support to Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif after the heinous terrorist attack in Pahalgam, followed by official statements condemning India’s retaliatory strikes and bringing up the Kashmir issue, were not merely expressions of its unwavering support for Pakistan, but also clearly unfriendly towards India. Add to that the deployment of…
8am My sister calls, and we make up after our recent quarrel. In the midst of Operation Sindoor, I had urged her to come to Mumbai until things settled down. ‘Delhi could be high up on the target list,’ I told her, ‘I don’t have a bunker, but the building has a large basement. I…
Authored by GS Tripathi Great people are publicly admired and face criticisms, too. However, a person who is publicly admired, but not criticised is not great; he might be mighty, but intolerant. Those who are neither respected nor criticised publicly are ordinary folks. It does not mean that these people are never admired or criticised….
