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State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) workers rescue people from flood-affected area of Bahadurpur following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Flooded cities the new normal

Urban hubs are the worst sufferers in waterlogged infrastructure.

2 Oct 2019 1:18 AM IST

Let's honour Gandhi in our hearts and minds

Mahatma Gandhi would be 150 today.

2 Oct 2019 1:17 AM IST

Navratri is divided into sets of three days to worship different aspects of the supreme Goddess.

Mystic Mantra - Navaratri: The celebration of feminine power

This is also called the Static Consciousness or Shiva in Hindu scriptures.

1 Oct 2019 2:40 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Gandhi's actions & reasoning weren't always acceptable, even to his...

During World War I, he travelled in the villages of India and exhorted people to join the British Indian Army.

1 Oct 2019 2:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Hard-selling India to the world: A week in PM's life

Undoubtedly, he is the most imaginative and media savvy brand ambassador of India!

1 Oct 2019 2:34 AM IST

US economist Richard Thaler on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Economics. (Photo: AP)

Big business is using tech to learn about our behaviour

Thaler's work was instrumental in exploring how public policy can be leveraged to manipulate human behaviour for better...

1 Oct 2019 2:32 AM IST

Officially, leader of both the parties have been maintaining that the BJP and the Sena will contest the polls together. (Photo: File)

No real contest likely in Maharashtra, Haryana

The question is will there be any contest even between the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance and the Congress-NCP alliance?

1 Oct 2019 2:30 AM IST

According to the plea, deploying teachers, librarian, laboratory assistant, clerk and peon for the election duty hinders educational and administrative work of the schools, during that period.

BDC polls in J&K a sham

The state has also been under lockdown, with practically every road and alleyway in every town crawling with soldiers or...

1 Oct 2019 2:28 AM IST

Thousands of civil servants on Friday gathered in Hong Kongs central district to demonstrate support for the anti-government protests that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese territory from the past few weeks. (Photo: ANI)

Shadow of Hong Kong looms as China turns 70

Taiwan, the island territory in the southwest, has also point-blank refused to integrate with the mainland.

1 Oct 2019 2:26 AM IST

ew have made the connection between the Saudi onslaught on Yemen, and the massive damage inflicted on its oil-processing facilities.

Did brutality by Saudis on Yemenis lead to oil attacks?

Iran has denied any involvement in the attack, but it is hardly likely to accept responsibility.

30 Sept 2019 6:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Modi success at UN, but larger questions remain

Modi has prioritised climate change action since the Paris Climate Accord.

30 Sept 2019 6:28 AM IST

Ukranian President Volodyyr Zelensky (Photo: AP)

Flashpoint Kiev, as Russia comes in from the cold

The widespread international endorsement of the prisoner exchange might herald a new Western approach towards Russia.

30 Sept 2019 12:16 AM IST