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In this file photo, an Indian Air Forces (IAF) AN-32 transport aircraft releases chaff as it flies past the IAF Day Parade in New Delhi, India. (Photo: AP)

IAF at 85, but no indigenous fighter yet

HAL at present produces eight platforms per year, which will go up to 16 from 2019-2020 .

3 Oct 2017 2:22 AM IST

The new Rajdhani, there are two already, is likely to have 14 coaches instead of the existing 24 coaches and a more powerful engine to ramp-up speed.

Dilli Ka Babu: Another Rajdhani before Diwali

An exercise has been quietly launched to overhaul the Union home ministry and make it 21st century-ready.

2 Oct 2017 12:45 AM IST

It's time to democratise science in India

The academies were playing plagiarist while the laymen were seeking to sustain scientific argument.

2 Oct 2017 12:41 AM IST

File photo of senior BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha and Arun Jaitley after a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Keep arrogance aside, focus on facts

Today, we can see that much of that arrogance has unfortunately come to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

2 Oct 2017 12:36 AM IST

Workers busy in making effigies of the demon king Ravana at a workshop ahead of Dussehra festival in Amritsar. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: This Dussehra, burn your ego

The nine-day Navaratri festival is meant to overcome these obstacles and win over our negative aspects and clear the...

30 Sept 2017 4:37 AM IST

Exposure to highly idealized representations of peers lives on social media sites may make a person feel isolated. (Photo: Pixabay)

Invasion of the troll armies

The multi-stakeholders dialogue that is trying to evolve common rules of engagement must take cognisance of this...

30 Sept 2017 4:34 AM IST

The Shia Muslims in Ajmer, Rajasthan, took out a procession on Sunday, on the tenth day of Muharram, observed in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Ashura, the unique face of Shia Islam

Hussein was the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, a fact that played an important role in his life and contributed to his...

29 Sept 2017 2:24 AM IST

Iraqi Kurds have long dreamed of independence - something the Kurdish people were denied when colonial powers drew the map of the Middle East (Photo: AFP)

Kurdish vote not binding, but it'll simmer

For Iran, any suggestion of eventual independence for any of the Kurdish enclaves is anathema.

29 Sept 2017 2:20 AM IST

A Hindu priest worships before an idol of goddess Durga with oil lamp during Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Narayani namastute!

The nine devis originate from these three devis which, in turn, have their origin in Adi Shakti.

28 Sept 2017 6:25 AM IST

Astronomers could detect a more bizarre system: a pair of black holes going around each other! (Photo: AFP)

There's nothing absolute about time

As the shrinking star approaches the state of a black hole, its environment encounters stronger effect of its...

28 Sept 2017 6:12 AM IST

An idol of Goddess Durga being being decorated with gold ornaments during Durga Puja festival in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Navaratri Celebration of feminine power

Durga is the inaccessible, invincible one and omnipotent, the main source of energy for the creation.

27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST

Zakir Musa (Photo: PTI)

J&K jihad: Twist in the tale

The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba joined the anti-Musa chorus, accusing him of being part of an Indian conspiracy.

27 Sept 2017 3:19 AM IST