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No wonder according to a recent report, most global internet users lack confidence in what they see and read online, with only 8 per cent believing that the bulk of information shared on social media is true, dropping to 4 per cent when it comes from influencers.

The case for regulating social media in India

The time has come to seriously evaluate the role played by social media in spreading disinformation and hate speech in...

23 Jun 2019 1:42 AM IST

Congressman Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)

Pompeo visit important

While India might even like to take the GSP hit in its stride and move on, the importance of talking to Pompeo cannot be...

23 Jun 2019 1:42 AM IST

Rahul needed to see perestroika through

Several names of aspirants for the job have come up in the media. None seems deserving and inspires confidence.

23 Jun 2019 1:42 AM IST

What you need to know is God does not exist. But where there is a devotee, God exists. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Devotion brings depth into one's life

With a lot of people, extreme deviousness is passing off as devotion right now.

22 Jun 2019 7:42 AM IST

It is also equally clear that, when the damage inflicted reaches a tipping point, nature will annihilate the intruder and gives itself time to heal and restore its functions.

Business as usual as climate change takes us towards apocalypse

Based on existing scientific research and projections of a global temperature increase by three degrees Celsius by 2050.

22 Jun 2019 7:39 AM IST

CPI(M) Politbureau member Brinda Karat

'I hereby vow to refuse to serve in a Boris Johnson Cabinet'

If Uncle Tom Sajid were to get to the post of Prime Minister through this undemocratic process, I, gentle reader, would...

22 Jun 2019 7:35 AM IST

TD president N. Chandrababu Naidu (Photo: PTI)

TDP defections no surprise

Naidu is known for his political strategising, specially when the party is in a crisis.

22 Jun 2019 7:31 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prosaic agenda: Where is the Modi 2.0 vision?

There is the predictable and justifiable note of boastfulness after the unmistakable and assertive election victory of...

22 Jun 2019 7:28 AM IST

Indias tragedy of India isnt so much the diminishing rainfall in the past few years, but the cycles of drought that seem to follow the rain. (Photo: AP)

India's water crisis now getting worse and worse

Chennai is emblematic of India's existing water management problem rather than water shortage, but that too isn't far...

22 Jun 2019 7:25 AM IST

US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)

India and US: Can the 'natural allies' now dance?

Yes, India's import duties on several US products are high, but the way in which Mr Trump seeks to set them right seem...

22 Jun 2019 2:09 AM IST

Most of us have experienced such magic moments, when we seem to understand ourselves and the world, and for a single instant, know the loveliness of living beings.

Mystic Mantra: Love is the essence of devotion

Even without doing any of these things (puja, prayers and chants), the heart should be full.

21 Jun 2019 3:13 AM IST

In the run up to International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested setting up of yoga parks where people can find inner peace in the lap of nature. (Representational image)

Yoga can help Indians combat lifestyle diseases

Lifestyle diseases now prevail among people across gender, educational, economic and social strata and geographical...

21 Jun 2019 3:09 AM IST