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Why study saying social media will decide 2014 polls is wrong

Apr 12, 2013

A new study claims that Facebook users could determine the outcome in up to 160 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 elections. This is just statistical mumbo-jumbo that oversimplifies the Indian electoral ecosystem. #social media #facebook #Twitter #US Presidential Election 2012 #Malcolm Gladwell
Hillary Clinton's support for gay marriage: Too little, too late

Mar 20, 2013

Hillary Clinton has just come out in support of same-sex marriage via video. Pundits say that's the first salvo of a 2016 presidential campaign. Even four years ago that would have been unthinkable. #CultureDecoder #Hillary Clinton #Same-sex marriage #Bill Clinton #US presidential elections 2016 #Rob Portman
No plans to run for 2016 presidential elections: Hillary Clinton

Jan 30, 2013

"I don't know everything I'll be doing. I'll be working on behalf of women and girls, and hopefully be writing and speaking," she said. #US #NewsTracker #Hillary Clinton #US presidential elections 2016

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Obama, Romney play dirty: Is all hope lost for America?

Nov 06, 2012

Republicans are set to oppose everything Obama does if he gets re-elected. Democrats are poised to oppose everything Romney does if he gets elected. #Barack Obama #Mitt Romney #US Presidential Election 2012
US election: Why there are no bumper stickers in Indian politics

Nov 06, 2012

The principle difference between India's political signage and hoardings and America's, is this. In America, it's pure text. In India, as we can observe, it's photographs and names of people. #Barack Obama #JustSaying #Mitt Romney #US Presidential Election 2012 #US Preseidential
Why Obama desperately needs Biden to win the VP debate

Oct 11, 2012

If vice president Joe Biden can't mop the floor with his opponent Paul Ryan in their one debate on Thursday night, it will add to the sense that Team Obama is on the way out. #HowThisWorks #Barack Obama #Joe Biden #democrat #US Presidential Elections 2012 #Republican

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Bangkok Post
Marcos clan big winner in elections

2013-05-14 08:29:00

The family of dead dictator Ferdinand Marcos enjoyed easy wins in Philippine elections, official data showed on Tuesday, with his unrepentant 83-year-old wife leading the clan's political charge. Philippine former first lady Imelda Marcos (R) prepares to #Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (politician) #Imelda Marcos #Manila
Lebanon Daily Star
Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil

2013-05-19 13:53:00

In this Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members march during a parade ceremony marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah K #Iran #Tehran #Ruhollah Khomeini
Benzinga.com
Presidential Visit Puts Myanmar Investment Theme in Spotlight

2013-05-19 15:11:00

Six months after President Barack Obama visited Myanmar, that country's president, Thein Sein, will visit the White House. Sein's visit to Washington, D.C. marks the first such visit by a leader from the Southeast Asian nation in nearly five decades and #Thein Sein #Myanmar #White House

Editor's picks

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.

Ashwani to be shifted, Bansal to be booted? PM will decide

The fate of the two ministers is reportedly in the hands of the Prime Minister who has been told to take a final call.
How the Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode diminishes India

The Sarabjit-Sanaullah episode shows that for all of India’s attempts to project itself as an emerging global power, with a footprint larger than just the South Asian peninsula, it is unable to break out of its hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.
Changing dynamics: Is low-cost flying becoming really high cost?

Consumers may have to pay a high price for both the lower price and increased choice.
Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate popcorn film

Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate summer blockbuster film. It is impeccably tailored to please both the Trekkies and the non-geeks, genre lovers as well as the average moviegoer.

Coalgate scam: Careful, Mr PM, the fig leaves are falling off...

If there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of coal blocks, why did the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office go to such elaborate lengths to doctor the CBI’s draft report – and get top law officers to lie in court?
Who was Pak prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay? All you need to know

Some information about Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq who died this morning after being attacked by an Indian inmate in a Jammu prison.
Over 900 victims; Dhaka disaster world's worst in garments industry

The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said on Thursday, as authorities continue to search for more bodies two weeks after the worst garment manufacturing disaster in the world.
Sir Alex Ferguson: The greatest manager football will ever have

Ferguson showed that world-class man-management skills were more important than picking the perfect formation. It took something approaching genius qualities to get Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel – all volatile personalities with exceptionally big egos – to pull together for the common cause.