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Ravi Shankar Prasad said the campaign has become a peoples movement. (Photo: ANI)

To solve India's problems, first admit they exist!

In order to address a problem and find a solution, it is absolutely necessary to first acknowledge that the problem...

17 Oct 2019 12:30 AM IST

A person reading the Holy Quran.

Mystic Mantra - Quran: The common denominator of Muslims

The Quran, literally "the recitation", also transliterated as Qur'an, Koran, or Al-Qur'an, is the central religious text...

16 Oct 2019 1:33 AM IST

Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Tuesday announced that the Indian Ocean archipelago had turned down the offer to join the eight-day long mega naval exercise - Milan - starting 6 March. (Photo: PTI/Represe

What does refusal to sign the Osaka Track mean for India?

The big decision here is whether or not India wants to share its data with anyone under any circumstances.

16 Oct 2019 1:20 AM IST

$On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes. These came to be known as the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobels will, one part was dedicated to \the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses\. (Photo: AP)$ Opinion

Eco Nobel: From philosophical to pragmatic

In 1997, Robert Merton and Myron Scholes at MIT were awarded the Nobel for a new method to determine the value of...

16 Oct 2019 1:15 AM IST

From Wuhan to Chennai: Reading the tea leaves...

The Chinese plan for the worst that could come their way in pursuit of critical objectives.

16 Oct 2019 1:06 AM IST

Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel for stern critic of Indian govt's eco vision

Today, however, almost everyone acknowledges that those observations were spot on.

16 Oct 2019 1:03 AM IST

Saving cricket's image

Any return to the favours and bribes system must go, and Sourav is best qualified to bring this about.

16 Oct 2019 12:59 AM IST

Abhijit Banerjee

A problem-solver whom India should listen to

We also admire the stand taken by both Esther and her husband in showing demonetisation to have catastrophic...

16 Oct 2019 12:57 AM IST

Imagine this. In a coffee shop, an unmarried woman in her early thirties sits alone sipping her favourite hot chocolate and reading a book, immersed in her happy place.

Mystic Mantra: Avoid these, and perpetual happiness is guaranteed

You do not easily forget your past and not only keep remembering it but even compare your past with the present.

15 Oct 2019 1:19 AM IST

A couple has been arrested from west Delhi for allegedly impersonating executives of an authorised car dealer in the city and stealing vehicles on the pretext of car servicing. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

To fight structural violence of sedition, (dis)loyalty is a virtue

Nations, nationalisms and nation states are held together by building bonds of allegiance and solidarity, and then...

15 Oct 2019 1:16 AM IST

US President Donald Trump

As Trump talks peace over Turkey, Kurds bear the brunt

Clearly, out of the mouth of (orange-maned) babes there do occasionally come words of truth.

15 Oct 2019 1:07 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

From Wuhan to Chennai: Xi's long journey

It must have been a meeting of head, heart and mind by the leaders of the two Asian giants, with a population of over...

15 Oct 2019 1:07 AM IST