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In a world of constant crime and fear of war, Gandhi shows that there are several ways to express the desire and determination for peace

M.J. Warsi | How Gandhiji used silence as a weapon to ensure peace

Gandhi’s ideas influence both, those who admire him and those who do not

02 Oct 2020 5:58 PM

Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi being escorted to an interrogation in Bengaluru. All the film personalities being investigated for drug abuse in Bollywood are women. (PTI)

India hates its young women

The only male to figure in the current Bollywood drug furore is SSR

27 Sep 2020 2:44 PM

Invest 900k dollars and you get an EB-5.

Investor visa: A way out of the Covid-19 conundrum

Some 14,000 new EB-5 visas to the USA would be available next year, starting October 1

25 Sep 2020 11:30 AM

Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has been chief minister of Andhra Pradesh since May 2019. (PTI file photo)

Jagan Reddy has spoilt all the good work we did

The YSRC government in Andhra Pradesh is busy reneging on commitments made by the TDP regime

25 Sep 2020 12:21 AM

Despite clarifications by the government the controversy is not dying. It calls for analysis of the NEP 2020 from the perspective of the status of Urdu

The curious case of Urdu in NEP 2020

NEP 2020 has given birth to apprehensions in the minds of Urdu lovers due to its unique status

18 Sep 2020 7:21 PM

Facebook is facing questions on its ways in several countries of the world. (AFP)

Freedom and bias: How Facebook is facing a reckoning

This year marks Facebook's growth from innocence to experience

17 Sep 2020 8:10 PM

Farmers work in a paddy field in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar. PTI Photo

Export agro-produce to create rural prosperity

India is exporting a very small percentage of total agricultural products produced in quantitative terms

16 Sep 2020 4:46 PM

Indian Army and People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China during an event to hand over 5 Indian youths by PLA, at Kibithu in Anjaw district. PTI Photo

Ruchi Ghanashyam | Staring at Dragon’s eyes: India must stay on guard

India has demanded China restore the status quo, while China blames India, claiming sovereignty over the area

14 Sep 2020 6:26 PM

Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan addresses a press conference, after Supreme Court imposed a token fine of one rupee as punishment in a contempt case against him, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Is the Supreme Court right in punishing Prashant Bhushan?

The Supreme Court should not fear any criticism no matter how scurrilous or malicious

11 Sep 2020 6:58 PM

India's policy repo rate at four per cent is the lowest in 58 years

Sanju Verma | Worst over, healthy auto sales signal bounceback

Global rating giant S&P says India will have a V-shaped recovery, with a projected GDP growth of 8.5 per cent for 2021-22

11 Sep 2020 5:20 PM

The NEP seeks to restore the importance of the arts, humanities and social sciences in our education system.

NEP: Ambitious targets set for education sector

The New Education Policy should be valued for the way validated ideas have been seamlessly integrated with bold new ones

11 Sep 2020 12:27 PM

A portrait of Prof C R Rao.

C R Rao turns 100: A statistician by chance

Celebrating an unparalleled contribution to statistics and mathematics spanning 80 years and counting

10 Sep 2020 7:12 AM

Indian politics has changed. The Chinese are responding to that change. PTI Photo

N.V. Subramanian | Understand the politics behind China tensions

Dependence on a professional military and career diplomats can only take a nation state so far

09 Sep 2020 6:10 PM

It is important to understand the performance of Telangana in education. PTI Photo

G. Kishan Reddy | NEP presents Telangana with opportunity to course-correct

This is an opportunity that the state of Telangana cannot afford to miss at any cost

07 Sep 2020 5:39 PM

Justice Arun Mishra has demitted office, and it is worth evaluating the implications of his tenure on the independence of the judiciary

Justice A.K. Mishra: A controversial judge with a tumultuous legacy

As his critics have argued, his tenure may have contributed even more to the already alleged transformation of the Indian Supreme Court

07 Sep 2020 5:17 PM

Taslimbano Harun Pathan, the school principal of Aasha Marathi Vidyalay, points to a writing from textbooks of various subjects painted on the wall of a house to teach students who are unable to carry smartphones to attend online school classes amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Solapur. AFP Photo

S.B. Shashank | Early childhood education the worst hit during COVID pandemic

On the education front, countries across the globe are grappling with back-to-school plans.

05 Sep 2020 5:33 PM

An Indian police officer gestures as he guards near the site of a gun battle on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. AP Photo

Delimitation next stop in Modi government's Kashmir project

There is no plan underway to talk to Pakistan or to the dissenting political and militant groups in J&K to arrive at a solution

02 Sep 2020 6:58 PM

A worker sanitises public transportation buses after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai. AFP Photo

'Act of God': As coronavirus rises, India's economy falls to all-time low

Given the less-than-ideal economic scenario, a nationwide complete lockdown was bound to have a considerable impact on the economy

01 Sep 2020 6:40 PM

The discrimination against girls starts from the womb and continues to reflect in their access to food, education, employment and other resources. Representational Image

Ayesha Khaliq | Legal marriageable age tweak won’t meet gender, health goals

The opponents hold the view that the proposed law is not likely to succeed in changing the socio-cultural realities at the ground level

29 Aug 2020 4:59 PM

There is a need to shift focus from “who investigates” to “how suicides are investigated”. Representational Image

Sudhanshu Sarangi | Suicide probe: Not the ‘who’ but the ‘how’ of it is key

For a variety of reasons, investigative findings of the Indian police have suffered from trust deficit historically

28 Aug 2020 6:51 PM

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Hyderabad's city lights killing astronomy, enthusiasts, scientists complain

Light pollution is a menace in the city of Hyderabad which is killing the joy of looking up to the night sky, astronomy enthusiasts and scientists have complained. (Representational Image/PTI)

A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

The suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. On Friday, the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." (AP)

Top 10 Indian Best Selling Books: Fiction and Non Fiction

This cover image released by Grove shows "Shuggie Bain," a novel by Douglas Stuart. The Scottish writer has won the Booker Prize for fiction for his novel about a boy’s turbulent coming of age in hardscrabble 1980s Glasgow. Stuart won the prestigious 50,000 pound ($66,000) award for his first published novel. (Grove via AP)

‘Even forthright women can be submissive’

Relatively speaking, compared with her older siblings, Saeeda Bano was definitely the rebel in her family, says Shahana

The etiquette of dignity

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Rafales to boost India’s bargain power with China, Pakistan

Ambala: IAF Rafale aircraft touching down at Air Force Station on its arrival after covering a distance of nearly 8500 km from France to India, in Ambala,

Sanju Verma | Worst over, healthy auto sales signal bounceback

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On or off? Who's saying what over status of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

FIRST SALVO (1-0): RB Leipzig midfilder Marcel Sabitzer beats Tottenham Hotspur’s French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris all ends up for the team’s first goal. AFP Photo

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THE BEGINNING OF THE END: Mayank Agarwal starts the procession back to the pavillion after becoming Trent Boult's first victim.

Vanquished Virat's boys trudge back to the pavilion

Indian captain Virat Kohli catches a ball on day one of the second Test cricket match between New Zealand and India (AFP)

India Vs New Zealand 2nd Test, Day One Highlights

India becomes the first team to enter the semi-finals. Picture courtesy:Twitter

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