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Always remember that successful and happy people are not those who get the best of everything in life, but are the ones who make the best of everything they get in life. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Purpose of human life

In the absence of any clarity most of the people just live life for the sake of living.

7 Sept 2017 1:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and other leaders at the partys Mukhyamatri Parishad Baithak (meeting of chief ministers of BJP-ruled states) in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

A govt that means business?

Induction of ex-bureaucrats will give a professional touch to the Modi government.

7 Sept 2017 12:55 AM IST

Children receive treatment at the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where 35 children died in three days in Gorakhpur. (Photo: AP)

Don't normalise' preventable catastrophes and disasters

Climate change has made disasters much more severe and likely, and there is really no option but to take preventive...

7 Sept 2017 12:49 AM IST

Noted economist Rajiv Kumar interacts with the the media after taking charge as the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Is Niti Aayog willing to get its hands dirty?

The GST is operational today due to a strategy of incrementalism, driven by the need for building inter-government...

7 Sept 2017 12:35 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

US: Dreams turned nightmare

The Dreamers include 8,000 Indians who may face deportation if a sharply divided US Congress doesn't legislate a way...

7 Sept 2017 12:24 AM IST

Editor, social activist and a virulent critic of right-wing groups, Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead Tuesday night outside her residence in Bengaluru. (Photo: Facebook)

Lankesh's killing: Silencing dissent?

The Karnataka government must speak and share with the public the findings of its police team.

7 Sept 2017 12:24 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the test launch of solid fuel Pukguksong-2, a medium-to-long range ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

Monumental follies: When will statues of Kim crumble?

Pyongyang, meanwhile, does not restrict its ambitions to nuclear and missile technologies.

7 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: A good planet, a good life

Spirituality essentially means an all-inclusive experience.

6 Sept 2017 12:46 AM IST

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev

Swadeshi, socialism: 2 mindsets' keep India down

Socialism, swadeshi, insularity and inward-looking synonyms which could be used interchangably.

6 Sept 2017 12:44 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)

Thank you, Mr Trump

In large measure, Trump is an outcome of not paying heed to what was going on under our noses.

6 Sept 2017 12:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before the group photo session at 2017 Brics Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province in China, on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Is Beijing rethinking its strategy on India?

The test for Indian diplomacy in the coming decades will be in its ability to bridge these two worlds without...

6 Sept 2017 12:39 AM IST

Star India acquired monopoly over the broadcast rights of IPL across both TV and digital media. (Photo: BCCI)

IPL: Still on a roll

The game's popularity is soaring despite the match-fixing and betting scandals of 2013.

6 Sept 2017 12:38 AM IST