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A nationalistic zeal is now destroying the space for tolerance, multiplicity of views and challenging the very existence of the free press.

Govts silencing freedom of press and of thought

Over the last several years, we have been witnessing a deliberate discrediting of democracy as a political system.

5 Aug 2019 12:40 AM IST

Britains new Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement in the House of Commons in London on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Will Boris be the first British PM to be married at 10 Downing Street?

Priti Patel has been given a budgetary boost already by PM Boris Johnson, as he has promised Â£1.1 billion for...

5 Aug 2019 12:31 AM IST

Tourists and Amarnath Yatris leave from the valley after government issued security advisory to curtail stay in Kashmir in Srinagar on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

India misses geopolitical signature in Kashmir

The wildest guesswork is gripping the Valley from impending war with Pakistan to impending repression.

5 Aug 2019 12:28 AM IST

They make it difficult for people to get bail and such laws give the police a sweeping power that makes corruption and tyranny easy. (Representional Image)

UAPA is against principles of law & justice

In the amendment to UAPA, the state has now been given the power to name individuals as terrorists .

4 Aug 2019 6:22 AM IST

Tamil Nadu chief secretary K. Shanmugam (Photo: DC)

Dilli Ka Babu: TN babus divided over circular

It's no secret that the Centre is struggling to induce states to fulfil their quota of central deputation of IAS and IPS...

4 Aug 2019 1:01 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

The Speaker's impartiality is indispensable

In India, the Economist's words would be seen as Speakers' violating parliamentary privilege.

4 Aug 2019 12:54 AM IST

Following colour therapy and incorporating crystals in your daily life can help balance these chakras. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra - The aura: Just a surface phenomenon

Every substance on the planet has a certain field of energy around it.

3 Aug 2019 1:17 AM IST

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the attack bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Syrian regime. (Photo: AP)

Racism is the secret allure of the Take Back Control' call of UK PM

The Nazis, Brown Shirts and imperial Japanese came to rule their countries though hard-core patriotic appeal.

3 Aug 2019 1:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)

Boris made PM to ward off fresh UK elections

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would be perfectly qualified to jig to that number if he disciplined his hair with...

3 Aug 2019 1:17 AM IST

Im racist. I dont like you, I dont like her, the man added. (Representational image)

Time to embrace that brown, dark can be beautiful

The blackface use of cosmetics to make the skin darker and effect cultural misappropriation of African tradition can...

2 Aug 2019 12:18 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: The glory of Krishna's flute

Hollow and empty, the flute does not produce any sound of her own.

2 Aug 2019 12:14 AM IST

President Donald Trump says Iran wants to make a deal. (Photo:AP)

What's really behind Trump's offer' on Kashmir? A long-term US...

India is a good business location for high-profile American individuals who institutionally represent their country too.

2 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST