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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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Berlinale: A teacher, a porn clip and the hypocrisy of a nation

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The South African actor, known for his performance as Wikus van der Merwe in the 2009 science fiction film 'District 9', carries 'Ted K' with a meticulously studied but intense act that is as discomforting as it is impressive.

Rats, mice, rabbits, hamsters and monkeys - The true heroes in Covid-19 battle

While the rats, mice, rabbits and Syrian hamsters were lab-bred, the rhesus macaques that were used in testing Covaxin candidates were caught in the wild in Maharashtra. (Representational Image/AFP)

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NTR, unlike Chiranjeevi, never took people for granted: Biographer

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Without fail every morning, an orderly (please don't call them ward boy) came by to change my bed clothes. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

My life in Covid-19 quarantine

Having made Mumbai’s streets his canvas and DSLR camera his paintbrush, photographer Star Udyawar’s narration of everyday life in the maximum city is riveting. As can be seen in his various portrayals of the city like the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Dhobi Ghat with its colourful backdrop, and the famous Sea-link. For Udyawar, perspective is key as it defines the in-depth relationship between the objects in a picture along with the dimensions that a viewer perceives.

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A model walks the runway at the Pamella Roland fashion show during New Yo)rk Fashion Week at Pier 59 Studios on February 7, 2020 in New York City. (AFP

The best pictures from New York Fashion Week

T K Sandeep is a photographer whose work consists of moody video poems and photo poems. One of his recent projects was a calendar in which he got hijras and transgenders in Kerala to tell him their dream professions, and then he photographed them dressed as those professionals.

A selection of photographer TK Sandeep's work

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A man sports a colourful headgear with traditional motifs. (Photo: AP)

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