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The reports of a nine-month-old baby born in California with HIV virus cured of the condition mark a watershed moment for modern-day human beings. Not...

Harassment of the domestic Indian pharmaceutical sector by the powerful US companies is an old problem which has assumed a far more draconian measure...

If the mid-day meal disasters weren’t alarming enough, Delhi has more reasons to worry. This time they come on a platter. Delhi high court has...

It is extremely regrettable and ironical that on the very day the Election Commission announced the poll dates, breaking down the election that will...

Finally, there has been a judicial acknowledgement of the fact that rape can happen within a marital relationship. In what can pave way for more...

As governments tumble and regimes come and go, institutions and basic amenities inevitably take the hit. Unfortunately, certain foundational...

If only ethics and intersubjective morality applied to international relations. Then we could have explained Russian military escalation in Crimean...

When it comes to defence deals and acquisitions, it seems we aren’t even aware of the tip of the iceberg. The latest in the string of scandals rocking...

Talk about smacking a pampered child. Clearly, the Congress party, tired of their tantrum-throwing vice-president’s ever pressing demands, decided to...

Evidently, election rallies are recession-proof. Or at least, in the Indian context, a slouchy growth curve does not in the least impact the brouhaha,...

Disharmony is the name of the game, unfortunately. The Russian transformation, from the joviality of Sochi winter Olympics to the chaos over Ukraine’s...

The institution of Lokpal has been in the making for nearly 50 years now. For the first time the idea of public ombudsman emerged in the 1960s and got...