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The Mental Healthcare Bill on the statue book after passage through both Houses of Parliament. (Photo:Pixabay/Representational)

A humane measure

The bill's intent, aiming for humane treatment, setting up of a mental authority at the Centre and in states, are most...

29 March 2017 2:35 AM IST

Kochhar has claimed that the Aadhaar ecosystem is flawed, vulnerable, has very poor security, and can be easily hacked.

Aadhaar: Some risks if use is widespread

A spy burrowed in the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi had recently flaunted an Aadhaar card before the police.

29 March 2017 2:34 AM IST

Your past is a part of you do not ignore it. Accept it, learn from it, create the gift of life through it and let it go.

Mystic Mantra: Narayani Namastute!

Static consciousness is the male aspect and dynamic consciousness is the female aspect of the creation.

28 March 2017 4:37 AM IST

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Silk Road: China's new battleground

Beijing's threat to Taiwan is a routine breakfast-lunch-tea-dinner syndrome.

28 March 2017 4:37 AM IST

Saseendran resigned after an audio tape of alleged sexual harassment was aired on a regional channel. (Photo: YouTube screengrab)

Setting a good example

Saseendran, 71, a five-time MLA elected on an NCP ticket, may have seen enough rough and tumble in politics to know what...

28 March 2017 4:35 AM IST

Pakistan Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AFP/File)

New Islamic' force is a flawed concept

There is lack of clarity about the structure and remit of this incipient Muslim Nato , which appears more of a Sunni...

28 March 2017 4:34 AM IST

A group of women link hands on Westminster Bridge in central London on Sunday in an act of solidarity organised by Womens March London to pay tribute to the victims of the Westminster attack. (Photo: AP)

Toxic policies and terror hits: Study the link

The images went viral, with anti-Islam blogs sharing the photographs as proof of the callousness of Muslims.

28 March 2017 4:33 AM IST

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (Photo: AP/File)

The perils of choosing religion over politics

The escalation of BJP support from two to 282 Lok Sabha seats recalls the Brotherhood's runaway success.

28 March 2017 4:32 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Laughter, the real mantra of life

A sanyasi, has to be a serious person, almost dead, a corpse.

27 March 2017 2:40 AM IST

For years these white towels have been a part of bureaucratic paraphernalia, and no one ever thought of an alternative.

Reporters' Diary: UP caught in a saffron storm

The bureaucracy is now trying to arrange for saffron bedsheets and curtains in different hues for the Chief Minister's...

27 March 2017 2:37 AM IST

Asif Ali Zardari (Photo: AP)

Pak-US ties: Old wounds, new history

If you hate Mr Zardari, you believe he'll do anything for money and is motivated by nothing else.

27 March 2017 2:33 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: File)

American value system hacked by Trump & Co.

In America, a new industry has grown on analysing Mr Trump's make-up.

27 March 2017 2:30 AM IST