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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

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)

Don't expect China to change its ways soon

New Delhi and Beijing should get serious if they seek to grow a healthy bilateral relationship.

6 Sept 2017 12:32 AM IST

While PM Modis bear hug with President Trump and a clutch of deals at their encounter in June symbolised a budding friendship, trade between the two nations has underperformed and Washington wants to narrow a $31-billion deficit. (Photo: AP)

2nd class' UNSC seat: Is that what we want?

US President Donald Trump, with his many preoccupations, backs a seat for India in a reformed UNSC and in other...

5 Sept 2017 4:57 AM IST