Opinion
BSP-SP ‘deal’ in UP: Many wait and watch
In 2014, the BJP won 71 of UP’s 80 Lok Sabha seats, riding on the Narendra Modi wave against the incumbent UPA-2 government.
Love wins at the Oscars
Women may still be only 28 per cent of the Academy’s membership and its minority representation is up to around 13 per cent.
Trump’s America now a global rule-breaker?
The US trade deficit in 2017 in goods and services was $566 billion, though this balloons to $810 billion if you exclude services.
The challenge of living next to China
For India to pick up the Chinese slack and matter to the world, it needs to be posting a more frenetic 9-10 per cent over the next decade or more.
Mystic Mantra: Pearls of great price
In positive perspective, pearls are treasured for their luminosity, loveliness and durability.
President’s rule only way out in Delhi
The pending police investigation would hopefully bring out acceptable proof of assault on the chief secretary.
Shocking gesture in a bid to appease China
Beijing regularly expresses annoyance when the Dalai Lama is received by any world leader.
Welcome news on Tejas
The Indian Navy too badly needs jets and helicopters, and the current scenario requires more speed than the traditional personnel strength.
Of Fab Four & UK’s white Holi
Meghan drew applause when she spoke up about the Me Too and Time’s Up campaigns and in support of women’s empowerment.
Mystic Mantra: A silsila of awareness
A man who lives like a robot, howsoever efficient and successful, cannot be called a living person, as life and wakefulness are synonymous.
Build-up to Pak polls: Wild, woolly, wacky, maddening
The legal vice Nawaz is in may not reverse itself even if Nawaz wins his war with the boys.
The N-E verdict: BJP’s regionalisation is total
Meghalaya has given a fractured mandate, but there is a clear story there — that the verdict has been anti-Congress.
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.