Considering that previous governments had backed away from a military response to terrorist provocations from Pakistan -- notably in November, 2008, when a Lashkar-e-Taiba suicide squad attacked Mumbai -- the raid by Indian jets on a Jaish-e-Muhammed terror camp in Pakistan has shown that India has dropped its policy of strategic restraint....
From taking initiatives to motivate teachers by felicitating them at the block, district and state levels to changing the course curriculum to remove the politicisation and saffronisation of education done during the former BJP regime, the state government is trying to make education a smooth process where students don't look a...
There is a lot of enthusiasm about the candidacy of Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants. Media talking heads are comparing her with Barack Obama....
Being a pessimist, Trisanku does not see a chance for Senator Kamala Devi (Goddess Lakshmi) Harris or Representative Tulsi (holy basil) Gabbard winning the Democratic ticket to challenge the Republican candidate, most probably President Donald Trump, in 2020....
I cannot think of another ‘natural’ substance in contemporary times that generates more interest and controversy than marijuana. At one extreme are those who believe that marijuana is evil. At the other are those who consider it safe, even beneficial. Often, such strong positions are based on personal and moral conviction...
Amidst claims and counter claims about the aerial engagement on the border in the fog of war, a senior Indian Air Force (IAF) official appeared at the External Affairs Ministry briefing along with Joint Secretary (External Publicity) Raveesh Kumar on Wednesday but did not answer questions, leaving the facts at the mercy of speculation....
Australian Cardinal George Pell was convicted in December of molesting two choirboys in the 1990s, but it was not until yesterday that the details were disclosed; charges against Pell that would require a second trial over other allegations were dropped. Pell's lawyers are appealing the conviction....
Tracing the rise of populist nationalism worldwide to the diminution of the community at a time of heightened economic worries, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan says that liberal "open-acess" values are under threat in India from the Hindu nationalist movement which taps into people's desire to anchor themselves to tradition in a c...
Australian Cardinal George Pell, who used to be the third most powerful figure in the Vatican, was pronounced guilty of child sexual abuses by a jury in Melbourne on Tuesday. ...
Priceless royal jewels which once adorned some of the most powerful Hyderabad Nizams, bear testimony to the sheer grandeur of the Asaf Jahi dynasty rulers. Open in Delhi third time now, a public exhibition has displayed 173 dazzling pieces of jewellery, including one of the world's biggest diamonds -- the Jacob Diamond....
