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China’s aim was to eliminate the “Two Worries”, the lack of food and sufficient clothing. (Photo: AP)

Hans lead in China’s poverty alleviation projects

In 2012, 98 million Chinese people still lived below the poverty line; a year later, 128,000 villages remained classified as impoverished.

21 Jan 2020 4:40 AM

Mystic Mantra: Can one be drunk and still get enlightened?

Your consciousness is burdened so much with anxieties, worries, anguish, that you take a drink and feel good because your consciousness goes to sleep.

20 Jan 2020 2:01 AM

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry (Photo: Instagram @kensingtonroyal)

Brexit is past: We are now divided by Megxit

People are totally divided over whether Meghan is an angel or a devil.

20 Jan 2020 1:59 AM

It can safely be assumed that not all those who are protesting today are solely against CAA; their angst has been building up over the past few years.

When resistance becomes a people’s protest, only the people will prevail

Non-Muslims too joining the protests have meant that it is unable to disregard or discredit the rallies by relegating them to one community.

20 Jan 2020 1:54 AM

John F. Kennedy himself wanted to join the Harvard faculty after completing his second term, and hence his family endowed the Institute of Politics and the Presidential Library to be a part of Harvard. (Photo: AP)

Think tanks’ role growing: Is that a good thing?

The United States always had a tradition of academics and policy wonks flitting in and out of government for short periods.

20 Jan 2020 1:50 AM

Dilli Ka Babu: Commissioner system in UP

The government has initiated a major restructuring of the Railway Board, among other “reforms”.

19 Jan 2020 5:22 AM

The agitation that preceded the vandalism was long and sustained but it was not like the current one and we will get to why that is so. (Photo: PTI)

The protesters have a limited agenda — roll back CAA

The Emergency’s atrocities were committed mostly on Congress’s political opponents and the media.

19 Jan 2020 5:14 AM

Soleimani was the glue of Resistance Axis

The contested lands now labeled as the “Palestine question” were once a part of Ottoman Syria.

19 Jan 2020 5:11 AM

In fact, the great mystic gave him the epithet of the Qutb, which means “pole” in Arabic and is referred to the head of a regional hierarchy in Sufism. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The mystic of Mehrauli

Popularly known as Qutb Saheb, he was the spiritual and intellectual successor of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer.

18 Jan 2020 3:08 AM

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

We don’t need no revolution... but is Establishment winning?

The countrywide demonstrations against the recent acts of the BJP government are part of the fight for the soul of this country.

18 Jan 2020 3:06 AM

It is vital to make sure that children acquire cognitive skills in their early years because this is closely linked to outcomes in many other areas.

For kids, early years are vital to a brighter future

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 mandates that children should enter Class 1 at age six.

18 Jan 2020 3:03 AM

Citing security concerns, the move endeavoured to create a China-free 5G alternative.

Geopolitics & the rollout of 5G: The way forward

Huawei, China’s biggest tech firm, is caught in the middle of this global tech tussle.

18 Jan 2020 2:55 AM

Effortlessly give up all pleasures, name, fame, power, relationships, wealth, objects and attachments if they obstruct spiritual progress. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Total surrender needed for peace

Vibhisana left Lanka with the firm conviction that the Lord would protect and shelter him.

17 Jan 2020 7:41 AM

As part of its National Action Plan for the 11th Plan period, the Government of India announced a domestic goal of reducing the volume of carbon emissions released per unit of the country’s GDP.

Why are thermal power plants still being encouraged by the state of Telangana?

While all this is linked to the slump in economic growth, the effect, nonetheless, is on energy transition.

17 Jan 2020 7:34 AM

Soleimani: Lavrov-Zarif duet, Trump solo in offing

It is unlikely that reverberations from Gen Soleimani’s assassination were not felt at the Raisina dialogue, which the two foreign ministers attended.

17 Jan 2020 1:18 AM