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No wonder according to a recent report, most global internet users lack confidence in what they see and read online, with only 8 per cent believing that the bulk of information shared on social media is true, dropping to 4 per cent when it comes from influencers.

The case for regulating social media in India

The time has come to seriously evaluate the role played by social media in spreading disinformation and hate speech in...

23 Jun 2019 1:42 AM IST

A humane solution to the refugee crisis exists, find it

Perhaps the most iconic Afghan refugee is Sharbat Gula, the so-called Afghan girlâ€, who featured on a 1985 cover of...

21 Jun 2019 3:05 AM IST

The petitioners have blamed the deaths on carelessness of the doctors at the hospital and further contended that although encephalitis claims many young lives every year there were no effective measures to contain the outbreak of the vector-borne disease. (Photo: PTI)

Fix healthcare now, or future shock is certain

Encephalopathy is a disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected.

21 Jun 2019 3:02 AM IST

India stares at a crisis of political leadership

The BJP has an advantage in its parliamentary numbers and time is on its side.

20 Jun 2019 1:49 AM IST

Maryam Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

For Maryam and Bilawal, it's dads over democracy

Both the PML-N and PPP have ratcheted up pressure only when they lost hope of staying one step ahead of their legal...

19 Jun 2019 1:34 AM IST

BJP supporters carry Prime Minister Narendra Modis cut-outs during an election rally in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Modi 2.0 offers a giant political supermarket!

Export orientation is a quality and time conscious eco-system which hinges on becoming part of global supply chains.

19 Jun 2019 1:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi takes a hard look at economy's potholes

There are problems, of course, some of them unstated, some overstated.

18 Jun 2019 3:30 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday directed the agitating doctors to resume work within four hours and also threatened to take action if the order not followed. (Photo: ANI)

Doctors vs Mamata: Tribal confrontation?

The problem with this demand is that it is the craving of the injured ego as well as injured bodies of the doctors on...

17 Jun 2019 1:12 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi

BJP resumes iftar outreach, Rahul's Sidhu faux pas costly

BJP rebel Shatrughan Sinha, who joined the Congress shortly before the Lok Sabha elections, is said to be miffed with...

16 Jun 2019 6:44 AM IST

The reality here is Pakistan and its jihad-fi-sabilillah (meaning in the cause of Allah ) campaign of terrorism against India.

Rethink line, explore Track 2 diplomacy

A sensible policy would be to have talks on our terms and agenda at a time of our choosing.

16 Jun 2019 6:39 AM IST

The MEAs comments came a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will not allow Pakistani soil to be used for terror. (Photo:AP)

Arrests in Pak: Imran's battle to win or lose

The period nicely takes Prime Minister Imran Khan's two main opponents into its grasp.

15 Jun 2019 2:09 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Off with their heads': Gandhis blame all but themselves for poll rout

It's time Congress accepts it lacks leadership to counter the magic or might of Narendra Modi.

14 Jun 2019 12:44 PM IST