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Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Can Modi go where no one has gone before...?

Modi's sharp new foreign policy team haven't let the grass grow under their feet in bringing Sri Lanka into play either.

11 Jun 2019 1:34 AM IST

Researchers also found that genetic variants associated with lower empathy are also associated with higher risk for autism. (Photo: Pixabay)

The science of tinkering with our genes is a tricky slope

There are other possibilities being studied as well, such as introducing traits from the animal kingdom into humanity.

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar addresses a meet in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

For Modi, Jaishankar is like Nixon's Kissinger

There was the sincere intent to strengthen the Saarc.

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

Girish Karnad was among the most vocal critics of hardline Hindutva whose security was beefed up following the killing of Gauri Lankesh in September 2017. (Photo: File)

Farewell to a colossus

Girish Karnad was a man who stood up for what he believed in.

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee reacts as she leaves after casting vote at a polling booth in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Is West Bengal heading for President's Rule?

The BJP has got wind in its sails after winning 18 of the state's 42 parliamentary seats, demoralising the state's...

11 Jun 2019 1:33 AM IST

More Indian children are in school today than ever before, but the quality of public schools has sunk to abysmally low levels, as government schools have become the reserve of children at the very bottom of Indias social ladder.

Grades matter, but so do basketball tryouts and rock climbing

Most of us fall for this velvet-rope syndrome, which warns us that a club is as desirable as the quality of the people...

10 Jun 2019 1:16 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Cleanse the heart & mind - Enter a prayerful space

Osho suggests that we go through a deep cleansing of our mind and heart.

10 Jun 2019 1:06 AM IST

Congress is the only national alternative to BJP

To crave for the demise of the Congress in these conditions on any grounds whatever is spurious intellectualism or...

10 Jun 2019 12:59 AM IST

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

After leaving EU, Brits hard at work to show that they don't like...

The departure of Theresa May as the party leader was overshadowed by all these events.

10 Jun 2019 12:55 AM IST

Amit Shah said if Naidu had worked this hard in the elections, TDP could have performed better. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Earn Kashmiris' trust before switching gears

The country's security and intelligence agencies have played a forward role in the matter.

10 Jun 2019 12:45 AM IST

The wait for the arrival of southwest monsoon will finally be over as this spell of rain will bring the Southwest Monsoon over Delhi region and adjoining areas towards the end of this month, said Skymet Weather, a private weather forecasting agency.(Representational image)

Will we be as right as rain?

Rainfall close to the southwest monsoon average of 89 cm would promise a bounteous harvest.

10 Jun 2019 12:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

It's time to reclaim the Ocean from terrorists

The Modi government's first stint was marked by naivete over handling its immediate neighbourhood, particularly...

10 Jun 2019 12:33 AM IST