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Initially, the Cell will focus on development work in four major climate change hotspots Alappuzha, Palakkad, Wayanad, Idukki.

Heed climate warning

The irony is that we need electricity for cooling in remote rural areas too, for which India will have to burn more coal...

11 Oct 2018 7:20 AM IST

Tanushree Dutta has said she is yet to receive a legal notice from Nana Patekars lawyer over the allegations.

Will #MeToo in India become a real force?

For now, the one most prominent in the line of fire of our own #MeToo saga is M.J. Akbar.

11 Oct 2018 7:13 AM IST

The list of disabled people that the election commission has now is of the 2011 census, and they have figured out that only 4.16 lakhs have voting rights. (Representational Images)

A farcical exercise in J&K

Unlike in Punjab in the past and some low-polling elections in the Valley earlier, the present exercise will not open up...

10 Oct 2018 7:12 AM IST

This form of racism/provincialism discriminating against anyone not a son of the soil is a sad commentary on our society, which hasnt matured beyond caste, community and state of origin feelings. (Representational image)

Gujarat must step in to protect migrants

The fear of jobs being taken away by locals is part of the larger problem of why outsiders are sometimes targeted.

10 Oct 2018 7:05 AM IST

I told BSF not to fire first since theyre our neighbours, but also told them not to count their bullets if fired upon), Rajnath Singh added. (Photo: File | PTI)

Tall claims on Naxalites?

Of late, Mr Singh has been going on about left-wing extremism, the official nomenclature for Naxalism, having been...

9 Oct 2018 6:48 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also ordered adequate security in all shelter homes in Bihar, including those for women. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Save Bihar before it turns totally lawless

Bihar is slipping back into a state of lawlessness.

9 Oct 2018 6:44 AM IST

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Kavanaugh nod at what cost?

There was far more to this bitter battle that shook up America than a conservative judge joining the top court.

8 Oct 2018 12:05 AM IST

Those with impaired vision can use a magnifying lens to check the names of the candidates and symbols displayed on the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and blind voters will be aided by a braille script to read the names of the candidates and recognise party symbols.

Polls in five states & voter perceptions

As for Rajasthan, the state has a record of defeating incumbents in each Assembly election.

8 Oct 2018 12:05 AM IST

India has been branded the most dangerous country for women and the USA third, along with Syria, on factors of sexual violence, harassment and coercion into sex.

Apt Nobel for peace

We know how rampant misogyny has become when the US President mocks a survivor of sexual abuse.

7 Oct 2018 12:43 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs Russian President Vladimir Putin before their meeting at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, on Friday. (Photo:PTI)

S-400 pact in line with world realities

It indicates a meaningful step on India's part to negotiate a multi-polar world without looking over its shoulder.

7 Oct 2018 12:41 AM IST

18-year-old Prithvi Shaw made a dream Test debut as he scored a hundred against West Indies on Day one of the first Test in Rajkot. (Photo: PTI)

A new cricket prodigy is born

While Sachin took a few Tests to find his feet, it seems those of the new generation arrive as even more evolved...

6 Oct 2018 7:17 AM IST

RBI Governor Urjit Patel, will announce the resolution of the MPC on its first bi-monthly monetary policy for financial year 2018-19 later in the day.

As RBI holds rates, relief for borrowers

This is also good news for the Prime Minister's affordable housing vision and for the housing and construction sector.

6 Oct 2018 7:15 AM IST