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ISRO tweeted: Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST on Monday, July 22, 2019. (Photo: PTI)

Moon mission a giant leap for India

India will become the fourth nation to be able to reach the moon after America, Russia and China.

21 July 2019 12:31 AM IST

Kartarpur Corridor

Foreign policy is increasingly making an impact in polls

The defence minister Rajnath Singh has echoed similar sentiments.

21 July 2019 12:24 AM IST

In 2016, the award went to Bob Dylan, considered to be someone outside the conventional conception of literature as novels and poetry. (Photo: AP)

Great singers, musicians continue to stay fresh

Last weekend in London, another pair of survivors gave a concert in Hyde Park.

20 July 2019 7:22 AM IST

The entire school premises, baring washrooms, will be under 360-degree surveillance of the camera. As a part of the project, two cameras will be installed in each classroom.

Our schools really need to nurture the individual abilities of...

In order to understand the problem, let us first visit the need for standardisation.

20 July 2019 12:15 AM IST

Sikhism, being a practical religion, denounces renunciation and believes in householders way of salvation. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Takht Damdama Sahib - Guru ki Kashi

Takht means a throne or royal seat and it symbolises authority, sacred and secular.

20 July 2019 12:14 AM IST

Kailash Mansarovar

A battle over culture? India, China & heritage of Kailash Mansarovar

Having traversed across the mighty Himalayas for several years, up to 20,000 ft, several points occur to this columnist.

19 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The inherent power of worship

True worship is an expression of one's devotion, reverence and gratitude to someone from whom one has gained immensely.

19 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Tensions simmer in Tehran, hard times for Bibi

The point is that the Shias latched on to Karbala, a relatively recent event in history, as the ideal for morality and...

18 July 2019 11:59 PM IST

Devotees pay their respects on the eve of 548th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: Gold of character must pass test of fire

God then finds ways of washing and sifting us as thoroughly as possible by providing us His Word and teachings through...

18 July 2019 2:48 AM IST

The discovery of the four largest moons of Jupiter four centuries ago gave astronomers a first hint that giant planets must form surrounded by a circumplanetary disc. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Space race notwithstanding, moonwalk a feat of mankind

f the Soviets were reaching for the moon, the Americans were determined to beat them to it.

18 July 2019 2:42 AM IST

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

Trump, Saudis & Iran: Is toppling in the offing?

The measure seeks to authorise the President to suspend US visas of Saudi citizens, including specifically government...

18 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

Tolerance has an odour of superiority, and its implication is that one is impacted and bothered about the conduct of others but chooses not to mind.

Mystic Mantra: The virtues of tolerance

Tolerance helps us understand humans and build trust with people.

17 July 2019 2:28 AM IST