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Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to journalists after a Memorandum of Understanding ceremony at the President House in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Trump at 'Howdy Modi': 2 leaders who are so different, and yet share...

For Modi, it's the ultimate triumph of his personal charisma and his brand of diplomacy on American soil.

19 Sept 2019 1:28 AM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)

Does Bolton's ghost still stalk the White House?

Bolton found himself increasingly excluded from policy relating to North Korea and Afghanistan.

19 Sept 2019 1:23 AM IST

Happiness is not the enigma as it has been led to assume. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: The bliss of contentment

Some people get so madly involved in the pursuit of wealth that they lose their health and finally meet a painful end.

18 Sept 2019 2:06 AM IST

UPA chairperson and former president of Congress Sonia Gandhi said that her party is exposing fraud and corruption of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people associated with him. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Can Congress follow Indira's 1969 plan to revitalise itself?

The Congress cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds anymore.

18 Sept 2019 1:59 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

On finding a democratic alternative to the RSS

The growing rejection of dynastic fate is in evidence all over the new India.

18 Sept 2019 1:52 AM IST

Mindfulness meditation is important to improve resilience to stress. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Be mindful and fully grounded

The best thing to do is simple, also profound to detach oneself from such a stranglehold with a sense of attached...

17 Sept 2019 1:29 AM IST

The countrys serious hunger level is driven by high child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger commitment to the social sector, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said in its report. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Why culture and context matters in malnutrition debate in India

Experts rarely agree with each other and this case will be no exception.

17 Sept 2019 1:27 AM IST

Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image | PTI)

Don't send our troops into Afghan 'valley of death'

History is replete with instances of foreign armies entering Kabul vertically, and ending their journey horizontally to...

17 Sept 2019 1:24 AM IST

A considerable part of Irans gas could be exported via the existing Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline and new oil pipelines can be constructed on the same route.

In its clash with America, China appears to have picked up the...

Iran's economic partnership with China will supplement its current close security ties with Russia and alter Middle East...

16 Sept 2019 2:31 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Feeling lonely? The way out is the way in

Out of the blue, God created Eve, who was an interesting companion indeed

16 Sept 2019 2:24 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AFP)

Now is an apt time to spread the message of non-violence

In the midst of all this, the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, has come up with his autobiography, For The Record.

16 Sept 2019 2:22 AM IST

The irony in its behaviour, and its impact on Saarc, lies in the fact that it was India that stalled the framing of the Saarc Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism (RCST).

Let's have free movement within Saarc

The citizens of Poland and Portugal can move to London or Copenhagen freely and set up home and family there.

15 Sept 2019 12:05 AM IST