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UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage smiles as he arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Anti-migrant rage alive and well, Farage's EU win shows

Farage exploited these grievances during the 2016 EU referendum, and has successfully done so ever since.

5 Jun 2019 2:49 AM IST

Young students may wish to learn a language besides their own, but not when they have no choice except to mandatorily pick Hindi. (Representational image)

Diverse visions of India: Bigger battles lie ahead

Language embodies the culture of the place and even then it fails, at least in India.

5 Jun 2019 2:45 AM IST

The police have also registered a case against the lawyer and two witnesses who signed the notice. (Representational image)

Preserving 18th Amendment may be key to Pak's federal' future

Public health and hospitals, however, have vested exclusively in the provinces since the Government of India Act, 1935.

4 Jun 2019 12:10 AM IST

Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee

Didi needs to shift, offer Bengal a brighter future

A secular Trinamul Congress frantically courting minority Muslims has no chance against the juggernaut of these forces...

4 Jun 2019 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an indirect reference to the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force. (File Photo)

Modi's huge mandate to be a heavy burden

The second Modi government is on its own, and it will be expected not to commit the blunders of its first term.

3 Jun 2019 1:07 AM IST

Sex and sexuality still remain taboo subjects in India and young children need a safe environment to discuss these issues. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Kids need to use vacation time more productively

All of the above is very important for individual growth and for having a more balanced personality.

3 Jun 2019 1:03 AM IST

Addressing a press conference in Dubai, Rahul Gandhi maintained that PM Modi should have defended himself in the Lok Sabha over the Rafle fighter jet deal. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

2019 signals decline of caste, dynastic politics

Tejaswi Yadav in Bihar, at the helm of the RJD only because he is the anointed son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, could not win a...

2 Jun 2019 12:11 AM IST

Kailash Vijayvargiya

LK loyalists lose sleep, Vijayvargiya toast of town

Sushma Swaraj opted out of the Lok Sabha election for health reasons.

2 Jun 2019 12:04 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is administered oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Modi 2.0: PM tries out new talent to run govt

The collective leadership that the BJP was known for became a matter of the past and in its place there emerged a...

1 Jun 2019 12:35 AM IST

Why it's vital to decolonise' to bring about real equality

Today too our system of justice is largely retributive and reinforces the privileges of dominant elites, and...

1 Jun 2019 12:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi's welfarism: Some action, a lot of emotion

Modi framed the gas cylinder scheme not just as something that would reduce indoor air pollution but also empower the...

31 May 2019 12:00 AM IST

There was some resentment towards such people, particularly in the rural areas that later voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the European Union, or Brexit , meaning the British exit from the EU.

Rocky days for Europe: The centre cannot hold!

The Conservative and Labour parties have paid heavily for incompetence on the one hand, and duplicity on the other.

30 May 2019 6:39 AM IST