Editorial - Page 209

When the dust settled in Kolkata's Brigade parade ground, leaders from more than 20 parties across the nation had unanimously pronounced their...

Closing in on a century, Britain's Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is still spirited enough to drive. But all that is likely to...

If there was a law against corruption, would corruption still prevail as it has for countless years impeding India's growth and depriving it of a...

First as a hobby and then for utility, tigers have been relentlessly hunted over the years in India. From symbolising the pride of maharajas to...

The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk has died, a day after he was stabbed in the heart and stomach by a man who rushed on stage during an open-air...

Touted as the father of modern political science, Niccolò Machiavelli, once said, "Politics have no relation to morals". Indeed, with the current...

A British-Iranian woman who has been jailed in Iran since 2016 began a hunger strike in a desperate attempt to receive medical treatment, as her...

What is sedition? Back in British India, under Thomas Macaulay in 1870s, a law was made to allow imprisonment for "words, either spoken or written, or...

It may be one of Europe's smallest and wealthiest countries, but Luxembourg has one major ailment – it suffers from insufferable traffic jams. But all...

Crimes against children, no matter how obnoxious it sounds, have been a pertinent ordeal of the society. Irrespective of the progressiveness that we...

When French President Emmanuel Macron won the presidential election in May, most heaved a sigh of relief. After all, the populist wave that had led...

The elephant has made a new turn! Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and Samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav have joined hands for the upcoming Lok...