Opinion - Page 1311

Communication between Arunachal Pradesh and other parts of the country would improve in a major way once India’s longest road-cum-rail bridge (4.98...

US Vice president Joseph Biden's recent visit to India (22-25 July) may not have led to any major breakthrough, but provided a valuable opportunity to...

Our society at large has always been god-fearing, hence, been approaching the saints, astrologers and tantriks when in trouble or deep waters.  The...

A massive disaster struck Uttarakhand on the night of 16 -17 June and so serious have been its ramifications that life in the state has come to a...

From pregnant women to community health workers in remote districts of Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan, to the tea growing adivasis of Nilgiri hills in...

What is the common thread running through the sad stories like Delhi gang rape, rain-fed disaster in Char Dham and the poisoning of mid-day meals that...

Politicians have a way of trivialising even the most serious issues. Immediately after the latest estimate of poverty was released by the government...

The global lobbyist for genetically modified (GM) crops, ISAAA, has now shifted its focus from advocacy for transgenic crops to the geopolitics of...

Is the government’s desperate bid to open up security-sensitive defence and services sectors to foreign investment and equity control borne out of...

The exercise also threw up insights about how Africa could also emerge as a major resource pool for tapping patients in India's quest for medical...

As the fragrance of masala-fried prawns wafts through the room, a discerning audience diligently takes quick notes of the instructions given by the...

We can see in the history of modern states that revolutions are sometimes followed by reactionary repulse. Bangladesh had her version of the tale in...