Institutions die in a ‘democratic’ Bengal

The state lives in a post-truth era....

India’s Social Protection Gaps Amid Climate Change: ILO Urges Urgent Reforms

Margaret Mead, the famous anthropologist, once observed,...

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Dynasts create problems for Congress in Telangana

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who made headlines last September by defending dynastic politics during an interaction in the United States, is all set to...

GM mosquito trials a health risk in India

In the normal course, one would expect that the imperialism that sees Third World countries as suitable guinea pigs for risky biological research would...

First Kashmiri film to be released in metros

India will see the first Kashmiri film in 40 years. But Kashmir Daily  will not be screened in Kashmir valley, in the absence of...

‘Shutting out global tech firms will hurt economy’

The demand for “preferential treatment” and the consequent check on the entry of multinationals will hurt the economy as well as the consumers and...

Dhoni to play for CSK in next edition of the IPL

MS  Dhoni will play in his familiar yellow jersey as Chennai Super Kings makes its return to this tournament after a gap of two...

Erdogan’s long shadow reaches Gülen’s schools in Afghanistan

The worsening state of affairs in today’s Turkey is a matter of concern. Only in 2017, 364 women were killed in Turkey. Scores of...

CBI zeroing in on CPM leaders may end ‘dummy’ killer lists

The Central Bureau of Investigation has found that the murder of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) worker C.T. Manoj in Payyoli in Kozhikode district was...

Birds come back to Shalbug wetland

Shalbug wetland in central district of Ganderbal has come back to life after the Wildlife Department erected embankments for water retention. The move was...

CES 2018 rings up the curtain on another year of innovations

One of the most popular tech platforms in the world, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opens this Tuesday in Las Vegas, with brands like...

Universal child-care laws undermine cultural diversity

Among several African communities, the expression “It takes a village” is used to exemplify the number of people required to successfully raise a child....

Publishers from 35 countries at Delhi’s World Book Fair

The 46th edition the New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF), with “Environment and Climate Change” as its main theme, began this Saturday at Pragati Maidan....

‘As a kid, all I ever wanted was to become a musician’

Internationally renowned French jazz trumpeter, Erik Truffaz was recently in India for a multi-city tour, in collaboration with contemporary urban musicians Riatsu, Anand Bhagat...

Israeli artisans in India for a craft collaboration

The Dastkari Haat Samiti has collaborated with the Ministry of Textile to create an interactive platform where local artisans from India and Israel will...

When a painter’s sensibility meets the limitless, all-seeing eye of the camera

It’s because of the camera that the art of painting has further developed,” says veteran artist Jyoti Bhatt, on the sidelines of his ongoing...

Magnificent Telangana is a big draw for tourists, art connoisseurs

Telangana, the 29th and youngest state of India, formally recognised on 2 June 2014, is a treasure trove of tourist destinations. One of the...

Harita Haram is a people’s movement

When Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has launched a mass movement called Harita Haram, literally meaning garland of greenery, not many believed that it...

Mission Kakatiya is a boon for farmers

Mission Kakatiya is a scheme to restore silt-filled tanks and ponds meant for agricultural irrigation. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao christened the scheme after...

Farmers will get uninterrupted, free electricity supply from 2018

Telangana is all set to achieve the commendable feat of ensuring 24x7 uninterrupted, free supply of electricity to farmers from next year onwards. Chief...

Telanagana is focused on Ensuring good health for all

The Telangana government, under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has taken several pioneering initiatives with the sole purpose of ensuring...

Telangana takes pioneer initiatives to boost education sector in the state

The Telangana government, under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), has taken several pioneering initiatives in the past to boost...

Mission Bhagiratha scheme will quench thirst of Telangana

Mission Bhagiratha is one scheme of Telangana government which is attracting attention of several other chief ministers in India. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao...

Apprehension, relief, fear: The day Jadhav’s mother and wife met him

“Vo jinda hai (he is alive)”. That was the first thought that struck the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav when they saw him...

Nirbhaya Fund not being utilised for women’s security

The money meant to be invested in building a security infrastructure for women is lying idle, even as crimes against women refuse to die...

Delhi worried as restaurants, pubs violate fire safety norms

Questions are being raised about Delhi’s preparedness to host the umpteen New Year’s Eve parties on Sunday, post Mumbai’s Kamala Mills fire, which took...

US’ new security strategy document encourages India’s growing role on world stage

What a year it’s been. Since his inauguration less than a year ago, US President Donald J. Trump has made a series of decisions...

Rahul is a natural

It took Dipali Sikand’s 107 years old grandmother to articulate what lakhs of Indians have been thinking. That Rahul Gandhi is so handsome. His...

BJP all set to shift to a new address in January

The Bhartiya Janata Party is all set to shift to its new swanky office at the capital’s Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg (near ITO), after...

No conflict between old and new guards: Cong

A top leader of the Congress party, who was earlier one of the closest advisors to former president Sonia Gandhi, has said there is “no...

Railways may introduce dynamic fares

Railway Board chairman and former Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani wants to emulate the dynamic fare system followed by airlines in Railways.The Railway Ministry...

BJP in no hurry to forge alliance in Tamil Nadu

The Bhartiya Janata Party is not in a hurry to forge an alliance in Tamil Nadu for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.According to a...

Sushil bags the highest in PWL season 3 auction

Sushil Kumar was the biggest draw at the auction of the Pro Wrestling League-3 when he was snapped by Delhi Sultans for a whopping...

Checklist upgrade: Big brands prep for the biggest launches

The beginning of a new year is always full of promise. It’s an occasion to assess what the previous year gave to us, and...

Beauty pageant contestants unite for a cause

Poonam Gaur was crowned the first-ever Mrs India-Pride of Nation at the pageant’s grand finale held on 23 December at The Leela Ambience, Gurugram. ...

Latvia’s inspiring campaign against forced adoptions

Since the tragic day of 28 October 2015, when Laila Brice, a Latvian origin mother who had been fighting for the return of her...

Chase your dreams and try to become the best version of you

The Penguin Annual Lecture 2017 was delivered earlier this week at Delhi’s Sirifort Auditorium by actress Priyanka Chopra, eliciting mixed reactions from the literary...

Early breastfeeding is a standard of healthcare we are failing to meet

What are we talking about?Only 41% i.e. 15 million newborns out of 26 million born in India are deprived of their mothers’ milk within...

‘Sufi music isn’t just about singing high-pitched notes’

In this interview with Guardian 20, singer Sukhwinder Singh talks about the many aspects of contemporary music, including how the use of technology may...

How does the body relate to the machine?

The Familiar is Always a Stranger is a joint multimedia exhibition between French artist François Daireaux and Indian artist Ravi Agarwal. Both artists question...

The best is yet to come: 2018 will prove to be the most eventful year for art lovers

Some of the more memorable art festivals in 2017 introduced viewers to new idioms: brave creative experiments with mediums, materials and styles. The coming...

A culture of convergences

What if I were to ask you to look at an inscription? The letters are carved in basalt—it was meant to last—and it comes...

Government introduces triple talaq bill in Lok Sabha

A Bill criminalising the practice of instant triple talaq was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, the eighth day of Parliament’s ongoing winter session, amid...

Amarnath Shrine Board will move court against NGT order

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra, who is also the chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), has slated an emergency meeting of the...

J&K gives boost to education with new schools, degree colleges

The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to set up new degree colleges and upgrade schools with a view to boost the education sector...

Andhra govt wants temples to downplay New Year pujas

The Andhra Pradesh Endowments department, led by BJP minister P. Manikyala Rao, has issued orders to all temples in the state not to conduct...

Dalits criticise KCR for not touching President Kovind’s feet

Telangana Chief Minister and TRS president, K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been accused of doing caste-based discrimination after he stopped short of touching the feel...

No science congress as varsity boils

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has suggested the postponement of the prestigious 105th Indian Science Congress (ISC) that is to be hosted by Osmania...

Bill will stop Munnabhais from becoming MBBS

The proposed National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill 2017 is all set to bring transparency in the medical education sector, sources told The Sunday Guardian....

Commission mulls stopping Kashmiri women from watching serials

The Jammu and Kashmir state commission for women, which recently got the feedback that women should stop watching television serials, has asked for people’s...

Firebrand Ananth Hegde may be a major BJP face in Karnataka

The Bharatiya Janata Party  (BJP) is likely to give prominence to Ananth Kumar Hegde, the firebrand MP from Uttara Kannada constituency in Karnataka, as...

Lalu arrested after conviction in fodder scam case

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was on Saturday arrested after he was convicted by a special...

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