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Spirituality is all about the range of emotions you have, alongside having the right awareness to use them.

Mystic Mantra: Sweet, sacred sacrifice

The Sanskrit word for ritual sacrifice is yagna, from the root yaj, meaning, to worship or offer.

13 July 2018 2:08 AM IST

The science in the Vedas needs to be explored more, most of the modern mans maladies would find cures here. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Healing by conches

Even if one does not blow the shankh, and puts it to his/her ear, a definite vibration or sound can be heard.

12 July 2018 1:21 AM IST

The lowest rungs of police forces often used the provision for harassment and extortion. The sooner its off the statute book, the easier life would get for LGBTQ people.

Section 377 needs to go: A Victorian relic' has no place in today's...

The court left it to Parliament to consider deleting the provision.

12 July 2018 1:18 AM IST

Sources claim that the voting percentage went down by 10 per cent in comparison to 2015 Assembly elections. According to reports, around 53 per cent voting was recorded on Monday. (Representational image)

Age Debate: A BJP bid to secure its turf?

Holding simultaneous polls to Parliament and the state Assemblies is not a feasible idea.

12 July 2018 1:18 AM IST

A child wears a safety mask as a precautionary measure after the Nipah virus outbreak at Kozhikode Medical College. (Photo: PTI)

Science still isn't good at prevention of diseases

In the past 100 years, though, nothing quite as deadly as the so-called Spanish flu has struck the planet.

12 July 2018 1:18 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

As Army manages' Pak polls, future uncertain

The former Prime Minister's two sons, Hassan and Hussain, are also implicated but have been absconding for good reason.

12 July 2018 1:18 AM IST

With 304 investments worth about $1 billion, the Information Technology and IT-enabled services industry was most favoured by VC investors during 2016.

A race to woo business

The latest rankings, based on user feedback, show the reforms are working.

12 July 2018 1:18 AM IST

The bill, passed by Lok Sabha on March 15, was passed by the Rajya Sabha after Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu held a meeting of leaders of Opposition parties, who had been protesting on various issues, resulting in adjournment of the Upper House. (Photo: File)

One nation, one poll' is an unworkable idea

To amend the Constitution to allow for simultaneous polls is likely to be an impossibility.

12 July 2018 1:17 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: The pride of knowledge

Our pride of knowledge has several harmful effects of which we need to be aware.

11 July 2018 2:55 AM IST

US President Donald Trump

US must work towards reviving 2+2 dialogue without any preconditions

Policy pundits believed that this further cemented the Indo-US relationship which has been incrementally building over...

11 July 2018 2:53 AM IST

The attacks by the cow vigilantes or gau rakshaks this year was termed the worst since 2010.

Pluralism is the bedrock of our country

The trolls targeting India's foreign minister are an extension of this same ugly discourse.

11 July 2018 2:50 AM IST

Maryam Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

A bumpy ride lies ahead for Maryam Nawaz

The short-term political battle will mean winning an election (or as much as can be won) on a pitch that is far from...

11 July 2018 2:48 AM IST