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What does the Dalai Lama's lapse' teach us about sexism?

Women, after all, are terribly used to good' men saying sexist things and having these ascribed to dated views.

5 July 2019 12:03 AM IST

Security agencies apprehend trouble in certain pockets of the state as verification of family trees brought to light that suspected foreigners are trying to get their names enrolled in the NRC.

Assam: The race for a place in citizens' list

The publication of the draft list that saw the names of over four million applicants missing triggered a whole lot of...

5 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that the commencement of the delivery of Rafale jets has not begun. (Photo: PTI)

Survey shows path to dawn of growth era?

The survey's stress on strengthening MSMEs is not misplaced and is vital as they are the job creators.

5 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (Photo: AP)

How credible is Kushner's Middle East peace plan?

As things stand, Israel's likely aim is to annex all it wants of the West Bank, and eventually throw the scraps to...

4 July 2019 12:15 AM IST

Consultant psychiatrist and founder of The Free Mind Initiative, Dr Alpes Panchal relates happiness with philosophical as well as psychological elements.

Mystic Mantra: Forgiveness soothes the heart and cools the sting

Forgiveness puts the smile back on your lips and happiness into your heart.

4 July 2019 12:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Donald Trump and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe share a fist bump during their meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Photo: AP)

The Osaka G-20: Some breaking of ice and temporary truce, but no...

Evidently, in terms of the political, military and financial clout, the G-20 is a formidable organisation.

4 July 2019 12:08 AM IST

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk on the North Korean side in the Demilitarized Zone, Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Panmunjom. (Photo: AP)

Meeting Kim at DMZ an astute move by Trump

There are enough pointers that it was a carefully choreographed encounter with a veneer of spontaneity, for maximum...

4 July 2019 12:04 AM IST

While Mr Anand Singhs resignation letter Jolt to Congress in Karnataka as 2 MLAs resign arrived with riders scrap the controversial decision to sell 3, 667 acres land to JSW Steel in ore-rich Ballari district and carve a separate district out of Vijayanagar.

Oppn parties unable to reinvent themselves

In India, a number of political parties, it seems, will be even more shortlived. Most of them, unfortunately, are in the...

4 July 2019 12:02 AM IST

BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya is garlanded after being released from the district jail. (Photo: PTI)

Errant MLA: Action needed

The PM sought action against all those who had welcomed the MLA back when he emerged after a couple of days in prison.

4 July 2019 12:02 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam bandyopadhyay)

Rahul quits, Congress mired in uncertainty

How the Congress goes about finding a successor to Rahul Gandhi is clearly uncertain.

4 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Horse-trading, witch-hunts won't stabilise Imran's govt

Khan's Wasim Akram-plus seems to have finally blossomed into a fine craftsman engineering defections within the...

4 July 2019 12:00 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Thomas' way to belief in Jesus

Thomas' experience of the risen Jesus eventually led him to his martyrdom, believed to have taken place in Tamil Nadu.

3 July 2019 1:04 AM IST