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Mystic Mantra: Heavenly company

Nowadays, when bishops, pastors and godmen are accused of sexual aberrations or financial scams, the media delights in...

15 Oct 2018 12:12 AM IST

Meanwhile, there has been a lot of discussion on the #MeToo movement in India and it is about time women got together and fought for their own rights. No one can wait for all good men to step forward and help with benevolent patriarchy.

Of royal weddings, India's #MeToo and a memorial for Wodehouse

Rape crisis centres will be opened, all through this private initiative.

15 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

It is true that many women still cannot muster the courage to complain that they were assaulted sexually. But the possibility of false complaints also cannot be ruled out.(Representational image)

Sexual freedom versus sexual assault

Complaints of sexual harassment are rising by leaps and bounds It is true that there is no dearth of philanderers and...

15 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

A post-Trump Democratic administration may well decide to opt for the win-win relationship proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Where is the new Cold War headed?

Chinese efforts to build a so-called win-win' relationship through trade concessions and cooperation on Korea and...

15 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

The minimum temperature recorded on Wednesday was 23.4 degrees, at par with the normal average.

Rising heat affects all, world must act as one

Global warming and climate change have become a part of our lexicon during the past couple of decades.

15 Oct 2018 12:06 AM IST

Work to make flying safer

An eventful AI flight reminds us there's work to be done to make flying even safer.

15 Oct 2018 12:06 AM IST

Minister's statement a shaming moment

The government's slogan of Beti bachao, beti padhao! rings hollow today. It might as well be just Beti bachao!

15 Oct 2018 12:05 AM IST

MJ has betrayed those he influenced

The revelations about his assaults on young women mean that his reputation and all that he has stood for is in tatters...

14 Oct 2018 2:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Dilli Ka Babu: Modi's security strategy

Some even fear that the sudden revival of the SPG may invest too much power in the NSA, creating an eventual imbalance...

14 Oct 2018 2:20 AM IST

Balaji Srinivasan

Impact of #MeToo will take time... It's a step towards a just world'

The Act allows for complaints to be made within 30 days of the incident, and in case of delay within an additional 30...

14 Oct 2018 2:18 AM IST

Britains first OSA became law in 1889 after a temporary clerk in the Foreign Office had learnt by heart, and sold to a London evening paper, the 11 clauses of the Anglo-Russian treaty negotiated at the 1878 Congress of Berlin. Stiffer laws were passed. (Representational image)

Secrets and the freedom of speech of the press

Colonial rulers in India enacted the OSA in 1889 and later in 1923. But while Britain reformed its law in 1989, India...

14 Oct 2018 2:12 AM IST

The NDA/BJP government is looking increasingly cornered on every governance paradigm. However, its weakest link is the gross mismanagement of the Indian economy. (Representational image)

BJP's rule has been bad for the economy

Respected financial analysts are of the view that Rs 57,000 crores out of this Rs 91,000 crores is already a...

14 Oct 2018 2:07 AM IST