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China President Xi Jinping

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Age of anxiety: Alienation modern scourge

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The task of forging an overarching identity transcending the amalgam that develops through such superimposition therefore becomes even more difficult.

US President Donald Trump

Age of anxiety: Good times, bad times

The world as a whole during the last three quarters of a century after World War II has seen “the best of times”.

25 Nov 2018 7:51 AM

The Harvard University which is one of the most well funded varsities in the world.

Commodification of education is a necessary evil

The fact that each country is the best critic of its own educational system is a good thing.

18 Nov 2018 7:26 AM

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi.

Fund drive for varsities

Innovative funding options can keep Indian universities on the go.

18 Nov 2018 7:21 AM

Perhaps each one of us must ponder over our own onset of dementia. There is a sense of final resting about death, while dementia is a raging travesty of human dignity.

Living fearfully in the shadow of dementia

the people most affected by dementia are those who care for the affected. relatives can find it very hard to see people they love deteriorate.

11 Nov 2018 7:18 AM

It’s desirable to live longer and healthier but an ailing brain can make a mess of our lives as we grow older. The villain of the piece is dementia, which impairs one’s cognitive abilities. Once stricken, there is no return. Family and friends watch helplessly as the victim fades away.

Trillion dollar memory loss

Neuroscientists are racking their brains the world over trying to identify what causes diseases of the brain.

11 Nov 2018 7:13 AM

Industries that profit from treating diseases shun prevention, which has proved to be the most inexpensive .

Prevention better than cure if not for profits

Prevention is not better than cure when your profits depend upon people getting sick.

09 Nov 2018 1:29 AM

The world is on the verge of eradicating polio. From 3,50,000 cases across 125 countries in 1988, it dropped to two dozen cases last year. The new strategy against the scourge is sewage surveillance, which offers a window to fight other infectious diseases too.

Fight disease, enter the sewage: A sample that can save millions

There is no scope for complacency in the campaign against the polio virus. Recurrence is possible as infections remain latent.

09 Nov 2018 1:21 AM

So many great thinkers of the past would be shocked and surprised to discover that in the 21st century loneliness has been rebranded as a medical problem!

The fear of living with ourselves: Loneliness gets medicalised

During the past couple of years the Anglo-American world has become overwhelmed with what is increasingly described as an epidemic of loneliness.

28 Oct 2018 2:49 AM

Lonely refers to a complex and usually unpleasant emotional state that arises not only from being by oneself, but more specifically from not being connected with other people, a sense of perceived social isolation, as opposed to objective social isolation.

No magic pill for loneliness

Mental health problems such as depression and anxiety disorders, among others, are frequently accompanied by feelings of loneliness.

28 Oct 2018 2:40 AM

The intellectual foundations of modern India are based less on science and reason. They are founded on a desire for modernising or rationalising traditions

Nobel out of reach: Black scientist yet to make it to Nobel

The idea is to remind both the wider society and the black community that they have a proud history and continue to make a contribution.

21 Oct 2018 6:00 AM

The intellectual foundations of modern India are based less on science and reason. They are founded on a desire for modernising or rationalising traditions

Nobel out of reach: Elusive desire for greatness

More importantly, has this nobility played a crucial role in stalling new entrants from the plebeian class to aspire.

21 Oct 2018 5:59 AM

Quite often, fake news resurfaces and goes viral multiple times.

Fake news, the DNA of tech firms: Gearing up for the 2019 polls

Social media companies seem quite serious about removing false news and propaganda from their platforms.

30 Sep 2018 7:16 AM

A Buzzfeed analysis found that Facebook News Feed played a key catalyst role in the spread of the top 20 fake news stories relating to the 2016 US presidential election.

Fake news, the DNA of tech firms: The big fight against fake news

Technology companies like Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft are also gearing up to fight the menace of fake news.

30 Sep 2018 7:04 AM

Jeff Bezos

No Limits to Greed

The per capita income of India is likely to increase by 8.3 per cent in 2018.

25 Sep 2018 1:21 AM

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com.

Symptom of neo-liberal malaise

Jeff Bezos is a product as well as a symptom of these two worlds, albeit magnified on a global scale.

25 Sep 2018 1:01 AM

Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani

Corporate salaries go out of line: No limits to greed

The wealth of the average Indian reflected by per capita income is going to increase from Rs 103,219 in 2017 to Rs 111,762 in 2018.

23 Sep 2018 4:53 AM

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com.

Corporate salaries go out of line: Symptom of neo-liberal malaise

Jeff Bezos is a product as well as a symptom of these two worlds, albeit magnified on a global scale.

23 Sep 2018 4:46 AM

The world should know by now that sea level rise is real.

When a sea of white horses hits the land

The ocean knows it can flood the entire planet. It is already at it since the last ice age.

18 Sep 2018 12:13 AM

Increasing ocean bed agriculture to feed humans and destruction of mangroves, combined with trashing oceans with plastics, sound the death knell for coastal habitations.

Climate change spikes sea levels

Chennai, Kochi and Surat are among the world’s top 20 cities will be flooded dangerously.

18 Sep 2018 12:11 AM

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Columns

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Naidu options: To merge TDP with BJP, or perish

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The battles ahead: Can Left build bridges?

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Sports Gallery

Sweden's Armand Duplantis clears the bar to set a world pole vault record of 6.17 metres at the Orlen Copernicus Cup 2020 World Athletics Indoor meeting on February 8, 2020 in Torun, Poland. Duplantis, a US-born 20-year-old who won the silver medal at last year's world championships in Doha, broke the previous record of 6.16 m set by French vaulter Renaud Lavillenie in February 2014. (AFP)

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Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a majestic century against Pakistan to take India into the final of the U-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in Pochefstroom, South Africa.

The coming of age of India's Boys in Blue

Newly-minted US Open champion Bianca Andreescu received a hero’s welcome on Sunday, arriving back in her hometown of Mississauga, Canada, for a celebratory rally, as Canadians embraced their very own #SheTheNorth. (Photo:Instagram)

Canadian tennis sensation and Glamazon Bianca Andreescu

Brothers of Destruction

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Happy Birthday Virat Kohli: A throwback of the Indian captain

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