Opinion - Page 869

Let’s begin with the positive news. India’s rank in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index has improved from 142 to 130 out of a list of 189...

Most mornings Anita Pettersson drives her Volkswagen Passat from her home in the countryside to her office 22 kilometres away. Pettersson is a senior...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has stated in a study that consumption of...

Delhi marked its first car-free day on Thursday, October 22, 2015. This was the third time when such an initiative was taken up in India by city...

The entry of a tantric, a dog and a few pigeons and the shift in the focus of the ongoing assembly poll campaign in Bihar from development and caste...

His detractors call him the “Buddhist Bin Laden”. He does not deny this although he chooses to liken himself to James Bond for his “nationalist...

American hegemony is on the wane. It is now clear that the imperialist bully has been subdued. None would have ever thought that the American hegemony...

On Monday, Delhi experienced a long tremor with a magnitude of 7.5 on Richter scale with the epicenter  in the Hindukush region. The tremors were felt...

The United Nations has formally adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with a set of global goals that the Secretary-General has...

Abad diet and lack of exercise have been held culprits for obesity for a long time. Lately, though, an ever increasing amount of evidence has...

It is extraordinary how quickly we believe smart slogans. Advertising and marketing are based precisely on the ability to win subscribers and getting...

The Charter of the United Nations came into force on October 24, 1945, 70 years ago.Addressing the General Assembly, on September 25, 2015, Pope...