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Why India wins only a few Olympic medals
23 Aug 2016 2:52 AM ISTThe joy felt by Indians over the successes of P.V. Sindhu in badminton, Sakshi Malik in wrestling, and Dipa Karmakar in gymnastics is...
Our sacrifices v/s your sacrifices
23 Aug 2016 2:50 AM ISTDeliberately ignoring the history and believing in own paradise of fancy thoughts is a passion for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He thinks that the...
Respecting a soldier’s code of honour
21 Aug 2016 4:36 AM ISTWhen Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States of America, his first pit stop of symbolic diplomacy was to invoke the American conscience...
Why humpback whales protect other species
21 Aug 2016 4:32 AM ISTA group of killer whales is on the hunt. They work together to submerge and drown a whale calf. But then more whales appear. The newly arrived...
Narsingh’s case an indictment of NADA and political forces
21 Aug 2016 4:19 AM ISTIronically, the day woman wrestler Sakshi Malik brought in India’s first medal at the Rio Olympics, the cricket-loony country may have had greater...
Rethinking rural electrification
21 Aug 2016 4:18 AM ISTRural electrification in India has suffered not from a lack of effort, but for want of well-planned efforts in the right direction. No wonder a basic...
Phasing out HFCs the next big challenge
20 Aug 2016 4:05 AM ISTIt was hotter than normal in Vienna when US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived there late last month. He flew straight from an international...
India’s ‘Current’ distress
20 Aug 2016 4:04 AM ISTResidents of Manki village, barely 10 kilometers from “diamond city” Panna in Madhya Pradesh, saw a bulb switch on for the first time in March this...
Cool air conditioners are not so cool
20 Aug 2016 4:02 AM ISTThe now increasingly ubiquitous air-conditioner (AC) in our houses would easily make it to the list of the top environmental criminals. Why? Just...
Making a case for Balochistan
20 Aug 2016 3:59 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s concluding remarks at a recent all-party meet where he mentioned the atrocities meted out by the Pakistani state in POK...
Whose freedom do we celebrate?
19 Aug 2016 4:28 AM ISTIn our house, my ailing mother’s attendant occasionally deputes her daughter – who just entered her teens – to supplement her services. Much to my...
Resolving India’s education crisis
19 Aug 2016 4:26 AM ISTA recent report tabled in parliament that over 100,000 schools in India have just one teacher is an alarming wake-up call for the government and all...
A Republic in Ruins
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Delhi to have ten ‘Namo Van’ to boost green cover & combat pollution:...
16 Sept 2025 1:59 AM ISTCapital to replace all PWD streetlights with smart LEDs
16 Sept 2025 1:58 AM ISTTrans commuters may soon get free DTC, cluster bus rides
16 Sept 2025 1:57 AM ISTDelhi plans 1-time amnesty scheme offering 50 to 70% waiver on...
16 Sept 2025 1:57 AM ISTHosps, Star Health in row over suspension of cashless services
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