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Recent studies have shown that regular practice of meditation can have an incredibly positive impact on health like lower blood pressure, heart rate and respiration, reduce anxiety and anger, and help alleviate insomnia, mild to moderate depression, as well as lead to other benefits.

Mystic Mantra: Your mortal nature

If you want to survive well, you must just learn to use your four limbs and a few brain cells.

10 April 2018 12:57 AM IST

US President Donald Trump warned that he could slap another USD 100 billion of extra tariffs on Chinas imports.

Trade war with China: What led Trump to act

Can Mr Trump be faulted for what he emphatically believed to be true?

10 April 2018 12:55 AM IST

The young Rumi and his family fled to Turkey, where he spent most of his life -- he died in the city of Konya in 1273.

Mystic Mantra: The golden middle way

Sufis like Rumi consider the spirit and body to be one whole.

9 April 2018 1:12 AM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Far & Near: Fake news is dirty politics, not journalism

An important aspect of FN is to show the ideological and political cohorts patronising it in favourable light.

9 April 2018 1:08 AM IST

N. Chandrababu Naidu

Sunday interview: PM has hurt the sentiments of my people... I can't...

The BJP wants to grow in Andhra Pradesh and that is the reason it broke the alliance with us in Telengana.

8 April 2018 7:48 AM IST

TD spokesperson Panchumarthi Anuradha suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should change rename his Mann ki Baat programme and call it Dhokha Baat instead.

It's tough unifying Hindus across the board

It is not easy to come to an exact number of Hindus because Sikhs and Jains (and now perhaps Lingayat) do not see...

8 April 2018 7:43 AM IST

Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the NBFCs, which includes cooperative banks, are required to furnish details about their financial operations and transactions to the FIU. (PTI/Representational)

Need to curb funds' misuse by parties

The play of money in the political process is an unfortunate necessity that no democracy has been able to discard.

8 April 2018 7:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to welcome the Commonwealth nations to utilise world-class cricketing facilities. (Photo: AFP)

Dilli Ka Babu: Existential crisis for CIC

Beyond vacancies and growing backlog of cases, which are functional issues, there is a deeper existential issue at the...

8 April 2018 7:33 AM IST

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman receiving Defence Minister of Singapore Ng Eng Hen during his Guard of Honour at South Block, in New Delhi

By Invitation: Politics of patriarchy Women aren't just a statistic,...

There is a need for legislative and constitutional reforms to ensure women's fair access to political spheres.

8 April 2018 4:02 AM IST

Tawhid (Arabic for doctrine of the oneness of God ) is the foundation of Islam and central to Muslim spirituality: the first principle, creator of all, eternally present in history and at each moment.

Mystic Mantra: The Qur'anic principle of mutual recognition

As a matter of fact, Islam sets good faith and noble character as the only criterion for an exalted position in the...

7 April 2018 7:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Cabbages & Kings: Fascism lies in the eyes of the beholder

I have received several mails and texts which ask me to consider whether the Narendra Modi-led BJP government can be...

7 April 2018 7:36 AM IST

Five Indian women led by ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and including Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, have featured on the list of the worlds 100 most powerful women compiled by Forbes. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa's Take: Who can possibly bank on such bankers...?

Cherchez la femme has been turned on its head in Ms Kochhar's case, with her businessman husband being in the line of...

7 April 2018 7:29 AM IST