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It appears that terrorism is not going down because we have de-operationalised Article 370. Representational Image. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | How has ending Art. 370 helped Kashmir, or India as a...

That Article 370 was the root of separatism, terrorism, nepotism and corruption

12 Oct 2021 2:47 AM IST

The Chinese propaganda nevertheless speaks of creating a beautiful place by preservation of ecology and [providing] livability, health, charm, and happiness. Representational Image. (AFP)

Claude Arpi | Stop China from erasing the heart of the world'

Unfortunately, we can't expect an atheist regime in Beijing to understand the meaning of the word 'sacred'

12 Oct 2021 2:22 AM IST

Last year it was given Robert Wilson and Paul Milgrom for their contribution to auction theory. (Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | Who will get Economics Nobel today?

The 2021 laureate will be announced on Monday, October 11

11 Oct 2021 1:27 AM IST

The abhorrence for Pakistans ways and how these will lead the whole of J&K into a bigger trap of violence and counter violence must be dwelt upon for all segments of society. Representational Image. (AFP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Protecting minorities in J&K amidst 1990s' fears

Three decades later, those threats seem to be once again translating into acts

11 Oct 2021 1:03 AM IST

The difference in heights between the two stars, Sushmita and Riya Sen, is intriguing, to say the least.

Shreya Sen-Handley | Heightism the long and the short of it

Some refer to us as vertically challenged' when trying to be polite

10 Oct 2021 9:10 AM IST

US President Joe Biden participates is a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AFP)

Manish Tewari | AUKUS is the Asian Nato; should India revisit NAM?

The moot point remains, why did the US and, by extension, the UK, undercut their Nato partner France in this manner?

10 Oct 2021 8:45 AM IST

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | US doesn't really want to know why it lost in Kabul

The macabre headlines about US Marines urinating on a pile of dead Afghans made Page One in many newspapers

9 Oct 2021 1:55 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why I'm happy to be a snob amid linguistic...

Indian historians, even in my school days, decolonised the accounts of Indian history written by British Raj historians

9 Oct 2021 12:53 AM IST

The fact that a probe has been ordered itself brings into focus the widely held view that the ruling party at the Centre had been playing toppling games through which non-BJP governments were targeted and brought down. (Representational image: PTI file photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | As Cong crumbles, India's politics shifting to...

The 2019 Lok Sabha elections was high noon for the BJP

8 Oct 2021 2:55 AM IST

Ashwani Kumar | Rescuing a democracy in retreat

An unspeakable tragedy in Lakhimpur Kheri has wounded the nation's sensibility to its very core

8 Oct 2021 1:52 AM IST

Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector of the global food industry. (AFP Photo)

Matthias Halwart | Rising demand for fish shows aquaculture vital to...

The aquaculture sector demands sustainable and equitable development strategies

7 Oct 2021 1:20 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tit for tat' is an attack on rule of law &...

Mr Khattar does not stop with advocating 'tit for tat' as a strategy

7 Oct 2021 1:10 AM IST