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Religiously inclined souls also point at the cutting of trees by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited in Aarey Colony as ominous as the Hindu scriptures prohibit cutting trees at night. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

Blame it on the ‘inauspicious cut’

The ripple effects of the Maharashtra and Haryana elections are still being felt.

03 Nov 2019 1:33 AM

The issue has come up just after the railway board formed an empowered group of secretaries led by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to develop 50 railway stations to world standards and to permit private operators to run 150 trains.

Dilli Ka Babu: Recipe for repatriation

Some politicians are insisting that the NRC coordinator should not be transferred until he explains how “each and every penny was spent”.

03 Nov 2019 1:30 AM

A statement from the Union minister for information technology instead said India had asked WhatsApp to explain what the nature of the breach was and what it was doing to protect the privacy of Indians.

When govt snoops, it’s never held to account

The important fact here is that all of the NSO Group’s clients are national governments.

03 Nov 2019 12:42 AM

The truth, on the other hand, is that public confidence in the judiciary will be shaken if, faced with a prima facie case of his bias, the judge insists on deciding the case.

Bias in judges hurts public confidence in the judiciary

The law and practice on a judge’s recusal merits separate discussion.

03 Nov 2019 12:38 AM

When you do not cling, you will be liberated — a very simple technique. Nothing clings to you by itself. It is you who is clinging onto so many things. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Liberation is close if you feel hopelessness

In the traditions of yoga, we have always cultured people towards hopelessness because when there is no hope, you will stop clinging.

02 Nov 2019 12:18 AM

J&K and the plight of native American

No word from the President about the two certainly innocent children whom Baghdadi took to his death with him.

02 Nov 2019 12:15 AM

Maharashtra Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis celebrates his party’s win in Assembly elections outside BJP head office in Mumbai. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

BJP-Sena drama: Bhaisaab, yeh 50-50 kya hai?

Today, Mr Fadnavis wants to hang on to all the key portfolios and hand out the leftovers to the Shiv Sena.

02 Nov 2019 12:09 AM

There is a technique called meditation that we can try in our lives.

Mystic Mantra: Meditate to reduce stress and stomachaches

The key is to have another kind of response to problems that will not stimulate these physical reactions in the body.

01 Nov 2019 12:10 AM

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)

Will Boris’ gamble work? Anything might happen after Dec 12 UK vote

The greater the number of Labour-held constituencies which voted for Brexit that the Tories can win, the bigger the majority they could hope for.

01 Nov 2019 12:08 AM

Nagaland governor R.N. Ravi (Photo: ANI)

Naga peace flight emerges out of turbulence

The Framework Agreement was supposed to have recognised the Nagas and the Union of India as “two entities”.

01 Nov 2019 12:02 AM

The face reveals nature and character. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Face your world with a smile

Your face is your passport to enter into people’s lives.

31 Oct 2019 12:18 AM

It also has no stomach, eyes or mouth but can seek out and digest its favourite food which, you’ll be glad to know, isn’t human flesh but oatmeal.

Fungus net: A giant underground brain with unimagined potential

Humongous because not only does it weigh over 400 tons, this single organism covers about 2,385 acres in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest.

31 Oct 2019 12:10 AM

Tuberculosis acutely decreases productivity at work, increases risk of infecting co-workers, and may force businesses to hire and retrain new workers to replace ailing ones. (Representational Image)

‘Lifebuoy’ for tandurusti: Can CSR build a healthy and TB-free India?

Studies estimate that India loses up to 2.5 per cent of its GDP due to micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) deficiencies alone.

31 Oct 2019 12:10 AM

World trade and China aside, the situation doesn’t get any better for India even with the Asean countries, which constitute the 10 core countries of the proposed 16-nation RCEP. (Photo: PTI/File)

Why India should not become a part of RCEP

In reality, India’s foreign trade deficit woes continue unabated even today, thus leading to the desperation for quick remedial measures.

31 Oct 2019 12:05 AM

Our mind mirrors our values and beliefs, including the essence of our existence. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Disengage the ‘troublemaker’ in your mind

Most of us tend to imbibe the nourishing inner wisdom of our mind, not so much when the going is good, but during difficult times.

30 Oct 2019 2:12 AM

It is high time that we looked beyond these narrow goals and mechanical routines and instil in our children a sense of purpose — a much bigger one than the “run-of-the-mill” successful career. (Representational image)

It’s time to remind children they have duties too!

Many of the “privileged” children that I come across have a well-entrenched sense of entitlement.

30 Oct 2019 1:39 AM

Apart from these already known use cases, 5G will also present various opportunities for start-ups for devising new business models and services in various sectors such as entertainment, transportation, healthcare, education, etc.

5G tech will pave way for new applications, services & solutions

Moving onto a business perspective, various industrial applications are likely to open up with 5G.

30 Oct 2019 12:31 AM

It is important to realise that our biggest inner demon is our negative ego. Negative ego is that which makes us feel that we are superior to others. Superiority could be in looks, in wealth, in health, in intelligence, etc.

Mystic Mantra: Fight the inner demon of negative ego

The best way to get a reality check on our negative ego is to observe our feelings when someone praises us or when someone criticises us.

29 Oct 2019 1:38 AM

Will champagne, turkeys run out on Xmas, New Year? Brexit panic grows

Not that an election on December 12, as is being requested by Mr Johnson, will be an easy thing.

29 Oct 2019 1:32 AM

The India-Pakistan enmity is possibly the world’s most intractable and obdurate, with a mutual misreading of history made extremely volatile with the brandishing of nuclear weapons.

Winds of climate change blow across South Asia

According to the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources, Pakistan officially crossed the water scarcity line in 2005.

29 Oct 2019 1:27 AM

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