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A view of A deserted Lal Chowk area in Srinagar Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Three decisions that can split India apart

The final National Register of Citizens is out and India has excluded 19 lakh people from it.

1 Sept 2019 12:32 AM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

Strong, decisive leadership isn't always good, can cause blunders

Decisions are good when the outcomes are understood and there is a calculation on the degrees of fallout.

26 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is totally under control and there have been no major injuries to anyone, Additional Director General Munir Khan said. (Photo: PTI)

India's internal conflicts are bleeding it out

The reality is that all occupying armies, with armed men living far from home, and amid hostile populations, behave in...

18 Aug 2019 12:25 AM IST

Rapid Action Force personnel patrol a street during restrictions in Jammu on Friday. Restrictions have been imposed in several districts J&K after the state lost its special status. (Photo: PTI)

Article 370: Impact will reveal itself in time

Kashmiris will be free from their family-based parties and will have the opportunity to discover fresh democratic...

11 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

They make it difficult for people to get bail and such laws give the police a sweeping power that makes corruption and tyranny easy. (Representional Image)

UAPA is against principles of law & justice

In the amendment to UAPA, the state has now been given the power to name individuals as terrorists .

4 Aug 2019 6:22 AM IST

Indias second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lifts off onboard GSLV Mk III-M1 launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Humans have an interest in inhabiting Mars

China is also launching at the same time with an orbiter (meaning a satellite that will orbit Mars) and a rover, meaning...

28 July 2019 7:01 AM IST

ISRO tweeted: Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Photo: PTI)

Moon mission a giant leap for India

India will become the fourth nation to be able to reach the moon after America, Russia and China.

21 July 2019 12:31 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam bandyopadhyay)

With new chief, can Congress redefine itself?

India does not have as democratic a political system inside its parties as the UK and the US.

14 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy (Photo: PTI)

Lack of innovation is a problem in India

There is other material that also indicates where we stand in comparison to the rest of the world on invention and...

7 July 2019 6:54 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

When Pakistan exalts Indian heroes

Knowledge of this will confuse most Indians because our understanding is coloured by our religious nationalism.

30 Jun 2019 12:27 AM IST

US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)

Israel insists that the US be tough on Iran

Donald Trump said he had cancelled the attack after being told that 150 Iranians would die in this attack.

23 Jun 2019 1:42 AM IST

The presence of the Indian paramilitary on the streets of Srinagar has become depressingly normal. Uniformed men carrying assault rifles and speaking Tamil, Bengali, Hindi and Punjabi keep watch over the locals.(Photo: ANI)

What is the ground reality in Kashmir?

The dehumanising of Kashmiris has happened over a long period and is not the doing of this government alone and this is...

16 Jun 2019 9:21 AM IST