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Laura Bush (Photo: AP)

America is no saviour of women in Afghanistan

The aims of Promote were to improve the status of 75,000 Afghan women at all levels of society.

21 Sept 2018 12:17 AM IST

Under the proposed law, instant triple talaq in any form will be illegal and void, be it through a pronouncement by the husband, or in writing, by email, SMS or on WhatsApp.

A step for gender justice

It's not certain if marital discords are best settled by jailing one of the parties.

21 Sept 2018 12:10 AM IST

Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief

RSS hasn't changed any of its core ideas

The RSS runs the BJP, not day-to-day but like a board of directors does.

21 Sept 2018 12:07 AM IST

Initial analysis indicated that meditation did have an overall positive impact. (Photo: Pixabay)

A blissful vacation through meditation

The culmination of the spiritual journey is the ecstasy of union as the spark merges back into the eternal flame of the...

20 Sept 2018 1:46 AM IST

Former Union minister Ashwani Kumar. (Photo: G.N. JHA)

'The Congress must fight the 2019 poll battle on the Freedom versus...

He further added that the gravity of our challenges and the smallness of our politics do not go well together.

20 Sept 2018 1:46 AM IST

China, under President Xi Jinping, is making a major push to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and big data technology to track and control behaviour that goes against the interests of the ruling Communist Party online and in the wider world. (Photo: File)

'Re-educating' Xinjiang: How the Chinese rule Uighurs

The Uighurs are Turkic Muslims, and official Chinese fears of fundamentalist radicalisation are not exactly unfounded.

20 Sept 2018 1:45 AM IST

The horror stories of sedation, gangrape, torture and murder of inmates of a childrens home in Bihars Muzaffarpur cast light on a ghastly incident that is searing the national conscience. (Representational image)

Why religious leaders could turn predators

The powerful often flout the law because they know they can get away; the club of the powerful look after each other.

20 Sept 2018 1:45 AM IST

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar (Photo: PTI)

Hold a floor test in Goa

With Mr Parrikar away for treatment, the BJP leadership is unsure on who to name to stand in for him.

20 Sept 2018 1:45 AM IST

Given the higher NPAs and weak capitalisation of PSBs, ICRA had earlier projected private sector banks market share in the banking sector advances to increase to 38 per cent 40 per cent by 2020 from 27.5 per cent as on March 31, 2017. (Representational image)

Merger of 3 banks: Danger lies ahead

The merger will create India's third largest bank, with total business worth Rs 14.82 lakh crores.

20 Sept 2018 1:45 AM IST

Hot Sun can be equated to the so called adverse planetary position of say, Shani (Saturn) or Rahu Ketu (shadow planets). (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Planetary influence and protection

Planets do not emanate negative or positive vibrations or rays.

19 Sept 2018 1:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha on no-confidence motion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI via AP)

PM Modi's Shah Bano moment will haunt India

The High Court rejected the petition for quashing of proceedings; but on appeal to the Supreme Court Dr Mahajan finally...

19 Sept 2018 1:30 AM IST

Simultaneously, we have got past the single biggest impediment to initiating serious negotiations in Afghanistan the absence of direct talks between the US and the Taliban.

In Afghanistan, an opportunity now beckoning

Pakistan believed that the US wanted a military victory and remained dismissive of its interest in a political...

19 Sept 2018 1:27 AM IST