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Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar

Telangana needs a new women's commission

More than half of the female population in the state actively participates in the electoral process.

16 Feb 2020 2:34 AM IST

Well, it is clearly astonishing that the alleged xx-inch-you-know-what is being turned against ladies assembled at Shaheen Bagh. One may be wrong, but political jargons through various means are strongly suggestive of this.

Jungle drama and the Indian animal farm'

Money talks in politics more convincingly than probably any other language.

16 Feb 2020 2:29 AM IST

It takes time to hone and propel a higher purpose in life, just as much it takes leisure to mature, or mellow.

Mystic Mantra: We must rise above likes and dislikes

The best way of overcoming likes and dislikes is to remain steadfast in the performance of one's own duty svadharma.

15 Feb 2020 6:23 AM IST

The impact of coronavirus is still uncertain, but Japanese brokerage Nomura expects Chinas GDP growth to slow from 6 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2019 to 3.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 (previously 5.8 per cent), before rebounding to 6.4 per cent in the second quarter.

China's coronavirus epidemic: For India, a challenge and wake-up call

China is four times more powerful economically than India.

15 Feb 2020 6:21 AM IST

Just shoot 'em? UK must tackle jihadi cells in jails

My father's pronouncements had no consideration for such subtleties.

15 Feb 2020 6:18 AM IST

Arvind Kejriwal

Seismic changes haunt BJP after Delhi shock

To be sure the city of Delhi a cossetted child of emperors starting with the Great Mughals is spoilt silly.

15 Feb 2020 3:07 AM IST

William Shakespeare

Lear's lessons for our times: Should armies be retired?

Zia Mohyeddin's latest production King Lear was performed in Lahore by the National Academy of Performing Arts, after an...

15 Feb 2020 3:03 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI file photo)

Not by fiat alone

The latest was in Karnataka where an MLA who faces as many as 15 cases, some under the Forest Act, has been appointed...

15 Feb 2020 2:12 AM IST

Denial, obfuscation by BJP after Delhi rout

Denial, obfuscation by BJP after Delhi rout

President Ram Nath Kovind's address to a joint session of the two Houses of Parliament was fished out.

15 Feb 2020 2:10 AM IST

While mystics and saints emphasise the importance of silence in ones search for God, modern day psychologists suggest silence even as therapy. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Silence is a route towards God

I have been privileged to spend the last few weeks at some spiritual centres and will do so in the next two months too.

14 Feb 2020 2:32 AM IST

Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess (ANI photo)

Ship with coronavirus on board has turned into a floating prison

There are more than 3,700 people on the ship, a thousand of them crew members working hard below decks and the passenger...

14 Feb 2020 2:30 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (AFP photo)

Why is anti-Semitism creeping back in US, Europe?

A pound of flesh closest to Antonio's heart was what Shylock had insisted on in the event of default.

14 Feb 2020 2:27 AM IST