Opinion
It’s high time: Get economy moving
Ministers and officials have been asked to prepare reports on how to stimulate the economy.
Another Trump shocker
Trump was expected to outline a vision for peace within the binding constraints of our times.
No end to the despair of Palestinians
Whether many Gazans will vote for Fatah, if the fresh elections proposed by Hamas go ahead, remains to be seen.
Why not rate schools on how safe they are?
If children aren’t safe inside schools, what does it say about the shape of the future to come?
Speed over safety?
India led the world in railway accidents by recording the maximum number of casualties and accidents in 2016.
Mystic Mantra: Sow seeds of peace
It’s great to greet someone with a “shanti” or “salaam” or reflect upon “peace” in our religious scriptures.
Mystic Mantra: Kaaba — House of God
Haj is seen as a chance to wipe clean past sins and start fresh.
Article 35A: The debate is on...
Superseding the earlier Order of 1950, it extended the application of various provisions of the Constitution, including Article 368.
Why Sadak Yojana scores over NREGA
Most verticals of the economic main frame are facing a slowdown and even a sharp tapering off in activity.
Salt, pepper and the Beatles
For keen ears, music is not a performance. It’s a way of perceiving the world.
China’s realpolitik is losing its sheen
This no-holds-barred approach of China won it immediate gratification in terms of low-hanging fruits in an increasingly polarised world.
Wheels of justice grind on
He was a defence witness for one of the prime accused in former minister Maya Kodnani.
India shoots itself in the foot over Rohingyas
The Indian stand was made quite clear when Prime Minister Narendra Modi practically used the same language as the Burmese military.
Interview of the Week
‘I don’t see any Modi tsunami... both Cong and NDA have failed’
On Karnataka pivots the BJP’s hope of launching the southern leg of its Congress-Mukt Bharat operation.
How Kerala flattened the curve, lowest death rates: Health minister Shailaja explains
Health department constituted 18 expert groups in training health care staff for detailed stock-taking of beds, equipment in each hospital
‘India can be argumentative but not intolerant...’
Demonetisation has immobilised a large amount of cash, a part of which was black money on which no tax was being paid, says Pranab.
‘Mayawati no longer talking about dalits... she is scared of losing upper caste votes’
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has been in the thick of Dalit politics since the dilution of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.
‘Impact of #MeToo will take time... It’s a step towards a just world’
The Act allows for complaints to be made within 30 days of the incident, and in case of delay within an additional 30 days.
The Age Debate
Home truths on foreign soil?
Rahul Gandhi criticising the Modi government in the US is not an insult to India.
The games politicians play
Congress has itself to blame for defection of its MLAs.