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The hallmark of a shrewd politician/political party is the ability to turn even adversity to account. Such an opportunity has presented itself for the...

Joseph R. Biden Jr. just became the first US Vice President to visit India in three decades. While India considers this to be a proof of its...

Should political parties play politics over tragedies and natural calamities? Only last month, we witnessed the political blame game after the...

Communist China, which routinely represses popular protests, should be more intolerant of mobilisations against nuclear power than democratic India,...

A new study on female part-time domestic workers in Delhi has argued that we need a strong rethink of the concept of home in order to substantially...

The future of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) hangs by a thread; expectedly so for its founding principles are simply myopic. While it’s...

On 11 July, the normally sedate airport in Havana, the Cuban capital, was invaded by dozens of foreign journalists. Word had spread that Edward...

Now it is clear that Narendra Modi is in the centre of the Congress’ strategy for the next Lok Sabha elections. Congress spokespersons and other...

These sartorial fashion choices are a deliberate attempt to attract attention, says Max Chandra, who is on a mission to walk 12,000 km across India...

On 18 July, nearly 155 students fell ill after consuming contaminated mid-day meal in Neyveli town in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district. The incident...

The bill is known as MP Dharma Swatantrya (Amendment) Act, and is an amendment of the 45-year-old ‘Religious Freedom Act.’ It provides for stringent...

Unless the reforms aimed at rebalancing growth of the economy to which the new leadership is committed are carried out in accelerated fashion, China...