What led to mass protests by students in Bangladesh to put everything to a standstill since July 29 was a road "accident" that killed two and left several injured. Given that buses irresponsibly race...
2018-08-08 16:45:42.0
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Even though M Karunanidhi groomed his son M K Stalin as his political heir, the void left by his passing away will be difficult to fill in Tamil Nadu politics as much his absence would be felt in the...
2018-08-08 16:45:00.0
Michel Bachmann, co-founder of the Zurich Hub, says that "all the problems we are facing today with debt are manmade problems. We created them. Its called Fantasy Economics. Fantasy Economics only...
2018-08-07 16:36:51.0
Yet another roadblock has surfaced in the way of implementing the Paris Agreement. This time it's the Green Climate Fund.Discussions over raising new money from developed countries came to a head in...
2018-08-07 16:35:07.0
After the death of AIADMK chief Jayalalitha in December 2016 and absence of DMK Chief M Karunanidhi from active politics in the last two years due to poor health, Tamil Nadu politics is practically...
2018-08-07 16:33:11.0
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo may keep reiterating North Korea is "of course" closer to denuclearisation but thanks to Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang will take its own sweet time, if at all. But the...
2018-08-07 16:30:48.0
Despite several initiatives that have attempted to eradicate the curse of tuberculosis, achieving a TB-free society is still a distant dream. As we commemorated another March 24 as World Tuberculosis...
2018-08-06 15:50:03.0
In a letter written in 1956, American author Ernest Hemingway had told his publisher that he had finished writing five new short stories. "They are probably very dull stories but some are very funny...
2018-08-06 15:48:01.0
In less than two months, Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi twice. In the first meeting in...
2018-08-06 15:46:17.0
The outrage over the sexual exploitation of minor inmates at a government-funded shelter home in Bihar found an echo in the national capital on Saturday when several opposition parties came together...
2018-08-05 18:55:17.0
Known for his political longevity and survival skills, Emmerson Mnangagwa, nicknamed "Crocodile", has finally been declared President. But, by the proverbial whisker. His "revolutionary" credentials,...
2018-08-05 18:55:01.0
French children will have to leave their smartphones and smart devices at home or switched off when they are at school, starting next month. This was a move waiting to be made. The ban on smartphones...
2018-08-03 16:47:45.0
