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Countries are now defining citizenship as exclusion

While the court battle to decide her fate will be prolonged, her predicament has highlighted how vulnerable the notion...

26 Feb 2019 2:16 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (Photo; PTI)

No reason for India to court the OIC

It prompted OIC members gathered in Rabat for their first summit (of which more later) to think again about including...

26 Feb 2019 2:16 AM IST

F 18 Super hornet fighter jet

India rises as defence partner

Undeterred, the Surya Kiran aircraft returned to enthrall aviation buffs at the end of the show.

26 Feb 2019 2:16 AM IST

Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pulwama district on Thursday that left over 40 personnel dead and many critically wounded. (Photo: PTI)

Govt looks to address Kashmir crisis mood

This appears to have brought immediate relief in the Valley, whatever the current status of plans for retaliatory...

26 Feb 2019 2:16 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Memory is a problem

Osho harps on the importance of the direct perception of reality.

25 Feb 2019 12:23 AM IST

The issue of women wearing a face-cover, a burqa, in public is different from wearing hijab or head-cover to keep private a womans attractive hair.

Is the hijab worn mainly to avoid arousal, or simply out of respect?

There is certainly an injunction to modesty, which doesn't stretch to recommendations of couture.

25 Feb 2019 12:13 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

Xi gets PLA war-ready, India must wake up

The drone has six weapon bays under its wings, capable of carrying more ordinance than its predecessors, including up to...

25 Feb 2019 12:07 AM IST

Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.

Pak needs to shift its focus, limit space for terror groups

The international community, including Pakistan's key strategic partner, China, has become less tolerant towards violent...

25 Feb 2019 12:05 AM IST

During fermentation the wine yeast added by the fermentation process once again separates the sugar molecules and the smell develops. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hooch deaths reflect poverty

The only way to control this is to keep strict watch on methanol production for industrial and other use.

25 Feb 2019 12:01 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in after unveiling the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the Yonsei University in Seoul on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

The world's eyes turn, once again, to Koreas

South Korea, geographically a tiny nation with a population of 50 million, is an industrial, innovation and hi-tech...

25 Feb 2019 12:01 AM IST

Coffins lie at the CRPF camp in Budgam on February 15 (Photo: PTI)

US nudges Pakistan to assuage India concerns

It is this which alerted Pakistan that it must be seen to do something constructive in order not to attract any further...

25 Feb 2019 12:00 AM IST

Asked if she would be open to an alliance with Congress and National Conference, Mehbooba Mufti said, We had never thought we would ally with the BJP. Now, an alliance with the Congress and NC depends on the need of the hour. (Photo: ANI)

A muscular policy never works... no other option but reconciliation...

Reconciliation has to happen at the earliest at the state as well as at the external level, says Mehbooba Mufti.

24 Feb 2019 7:46 AM IST