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Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Should peace be our priority?

This year Pope Francis dedicating his message to the concerns of migrants and refugees focuses his attention on...

5 Jan 2018 12:14 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)

Watch out for Land of Morning Warning'

Japan is universally known as the Land of the Rising Sun and the Korean peninsula as the Land of Morning Calm.

5 Jan 2018 12:10 AM IST

Saudi role in Pak growing

Indeed, the Sharif family owed much to the Saudis for getting them out from Gen Musharraf's prison and hosting them...

5 Jan 2018 12:06 AM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Photo: AP)

Persian Spring' rattles Tehran, won't shake it

As in the case of the Arab uprisings, the social media has played a key role in mobilising the demonstrators.

5 Jan 2018 12:06 AM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

At last, a positive signal

The number of jobs created may not be close to the 10 million jobs he promised in five years, but it could be a...

5 Jan 2018 12:05 AM IST

Poll bonds' benefits are not quite clear

The much-touted 2G spectrum corruption scandal has also been dismissed by the court.

5 Jan 2018 12:05 AM IST

Normalcy in the financial capital was affected largely after Dalit protesters took to the streets on Tuesday following Dalit-Maratha clashes at Bhima Koregaon near Pune on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Dalit rage in Maha: Don't let it escalate

A Facebook page in Marathi, purporting to be on history, had been causing instigation for a week.

4 Jan 2018 2:59 AM IST

Millions cant be put at risk through such measures to allow quacks to undertake surgeries, and so on.

Reject Medical Bill swiftly

The standing committee will be well advised to shoot down this bizarre conversion proposal.

4 Jan 2018 2:58 AM IST

A Rohingya refugee girl looks next to newly arrived refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in Ukhiya. (Photo: AFP)

The year of the missing: Where's our humanity?

All genocidal intent in India's new policy is a clerical act of reclassification and the Rohingya go missing.

4 Jan 2018 2:58 AM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Photo: AP)

Discontent will not die out in Iran

Tehran, like everyone else, was caught on the hop, and evidently remains uncertain about the gravity of the threat it...

4 Jan 2018 2:58 AM IST

Rajinikanth will also be seen in 2.0 next year.

Age Debate: Rajini's political avatar

Rajinikanth's formal entry into public life will transform the politics of Tamil Nadu.

4 Jan 2018 2:58 AM IST

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. (Photo: PTI)

Jadhav is not alone

All countries spy on each other. Israel spies on the US and the US spied on the German Chancellor.

4 Jan 2018 2:58 AM IST