THE SUNDAY GUARDIAN

1.3 crore women get antenatal check-up under PM’s scheme

New Delhi: Over one crore women have been provided antenatal check-up under the Pradhan Mantri  Surakshit  Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA), aimed at reducing maternal mortality...

PM must fight VVIP corruption

Several of the laws still valid in India date back a hundred or even a hundred and fifty years, because of the fact that...

Around 120 BJP MPs will not get tickets in 2019

At least 120 sitting BJP Members of Parliament including more than one-and-a-half-dozen Central ministers will not be given tickets to contest the 2019 general...

Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi was master craftsman of Urdu satire and humour

A humorist can identify foolishness in people’s habits.   Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi, undoubtedly one of Urdu’s greatest satirist and humour writers. passed away in Karachi on...

Storytelling is a powerful tool that empowers both listeners and narrators

I remember the last time I communicated with Ankit Chadha, whose sudden death by drowning on 9 May came as a shock to all...

ED revives Agusta Westland case after fresh leads

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has got fresh leads in the AgustaWestland helicopter scam, which shook the corridors of power in India and Italy during...

Congress ingored cities: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong attack on Congress in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, accusing it of spreading lies about his government,...

Modi’s four productive years

Amid the agenda-driven hullabaloo over India’s alleged “tilt to intolerance” and “murder of democracy”, what has been remarkable in these four years of the...

Modi’s four productive years

Amid the agenda-driven hullabaloo over India’s alleged “tilt to intolerance” and “murder of democracy”, what has been remarkable in these four years of the...

Modi’s four productive years

Amid the agenda-driven hullabaloo over India’s alleged “tilt to intolerance” and “murder of democracy”, what has been remarkable in these four years of the...

US warns of terrorism during FIFA World Cup

WASHINGTON: The US government has warned its citizens of potential terror attacks during the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia, in a travel advisory...

Arab alliance enters Hodeidah airport

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement fought on Saturday to keep a Saudi-led coalition from taking full control of the airport in the port city of...

Trump, Melania wish Muslims on Eid

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania have extended Eid greetings to Muslims around the world. “Melania and I wish Muslims across the...

Big hugs as Taliban enter Afghan capital to mark Eid ceasefire

Afghan soldiers and Taliban militants celebrated an unprecedented ceasefire marking the end of the Ramzan fasting season with Eid greetings, handshakes, big hugs and...

2,000 child separations at u.s.-Mexico border

The official tally of separations is now nearly 4,000 children, not including that of March and the beginning of April 2018.   The government said on...

Prohibition may push Rajasthan towards drugs

While the idea of banning alcohol sounds like a great political strategy, but it never works.   My first brush with the drug menace in Rajasthan...

Global policy trends that should interest Indian infra

Well-structured infrastructure projects can create significant value for India, in a rapidly evolving global landscape.   In a world where trade wars dominate news headlines, trade...

Global policy trends that should interest Indian infra

Well-structured infrastructure projects can create significant value for India, in a rapidly evolving global landscape.   In a world where trade wars dominate news headlines, trade...

Global policy trends that should interest Indian infra

Well-structured infrastructure projects can create significant value for India, in a rapidly evolving global landscape.   In a world where trade wars dominate news headlines, trade...

Kudos to President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind has shown by his courteous and people-friendly behaviour that the former Viceregal Palace of the British Raj is no longer...

Kudos to President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind has shown by his courteous and people-friendly behaviour that the former Viceregal Palace of the British Raj is no longer...

Kudos to President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind has shown by his courteous and people-friendly behaviour that the former Viceregal Palace of the British Raj is no longer...

When children fall victim to harsh immigration laws

Children of illegal immigrants often have to face the brunt of the severely punitive immigration and child-protection laws in First World countries like the...

Happy Father’s Day to all dads

Happy Father’s Day, to all dads in the world ! Father's Day is a day of honouring fathers, brothers, uncles or any important male...

Dear ‘Liberals’, democracy is not dead

Over the last four years, the tenure of the present government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a significant section of the intelligentsia has...

Afghan shoppers go online to avoid bomb attacks, harassment

Shoppers in the Afghan capital are going online for everything from fashion to furniture to avoid bomb attacks and sexual harassment, with dozens of...

Afghan Taliban raise hopes with surprise Eid ceasefire

The militants said foreign forces would be excluded from the ceasefire and that operations against them would continue.   KABUL: The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced...

Abandoned by her adoptive family, betrayed by the state

Four decades ago, Mallika was adopted by a Danish family from a children’s home in Coimbatore, only to be abandoned a few years later....

EC rules out bringing back ballot papers for elections

KOLKATA: Ruling out any possibility of bringing back ballot papers for elections, Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat on Saturday said the EVMs were being...

Despite tragic history, mosque and gurdwara stand tall in harmony

The mosque structure survived the fury of the Sikh-Mughal battles.   This town of sacred pilgrimage in Punjab has been witness to one of the most...

View from above

After suffering a career-ending injury in 1983, cricketer Alan Wilkins found his new calling in sports commentary. Today he is a veteran in the...

Alliance dynamics need attention

That relations between the BJP and the Shiv Sena are close to breaking point have become clear from the decision of the latter party...

Alliance dynamics need attention

That relations between the BJP and the Shiv Sena are close to breaking point have become clear from the decision of the latter party...

Alliance dynamics need attention

That relations between the BJP and the Shiv Sena are close to breaking point have become clear from the decision of the latter party...

Donald Trump revives summit with North Korea

The US President said it could take several meetings to reach an agreement, but he was convinced that Kim Jong Un was committed to...

Former Taliban hostage granted bail in Canada

In March, Daniel Trejo, a 41-year-old car mechanic in the Mexican northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, was violently pulled from his home at...

ON NAMBI

Sir, Your editorial on Nambi Narayanan, Nambi Narayanan’s Calvary (20 May) carries several misrepresentations. There was no “Rolls Royce technology” brought back from the UK and...

ON NAMBI

Sir, Your editorial on Nambi Narayanan, Nambi Narayanan’s Calvary (20 May) carries several misrepresentations. There was no “Rolls Royce technology” brought back from the UK and...

ON NAMBI

Sir, Your editorial on Nambi Narayanan, Nambi Narayanan’s Calvary (20 May) carries several misrepresentations. There was no “Rolls Royce technology” brought back from the UK and...

Ireland ends abortion

Voters in the once deeply Catholic nation were estimated to have backed the change by more than two-to-one, according to two exit polls.   DUBLIN: Ireland has...

It’s not all over, Trump and Kim may still talk in June

After years of tension over North Korea’s nuclear programme, Kim and Trump had agreed to hold summit for the first time.   Prospects that the United...

Chinese fighter jets complete night landings on carrier

SHANGHAI: Chinese fighter pilots have carried out night landings on the country’s first aircraft carrier, the official China Daily reported on Saturday, the latest...

Hawaii street swallowed by lava tide as more homes burn

Hawaii: A tide of molten rock turned a Hawaii street into a volcanic wasteland on Friday as the number of homes destroyed by the...

Unmerited criticism

The Opposition’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a vindictive and undemocratic hate-monger, a “fascist dictator” is completely unmerited and couldn’t be farther...

Unmerited criticism

The Opposition’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a vindictive and undemocratic hate-monger, a “fascist dictator” is completely unmerited and couldn’t be farther...

Unmerited criticism

The Opposition’s criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a vindictive and undemocratic hate-monger, a “fascist dictator” is completely unmerited and couldn’t be farther...

Writers who treat English as an Indian language

There was a time when Indian writers regarded the English language with suspicion or post-colonial contempt. But today, English is being Indianised in our...

Authoritarian childcare in Europe’s liberal democracies

In countries like the UK, Norway and Sweden, child-protection authorities have been given a free hand to remove children from their families and to...

Nambi Narayanan’s Calvary

Accountability and its absence in India is the primary reason why the country is still close to the bottom of the scale in several...

Nambi Narayanan’s Calvary

Accountability and its absence in India is the primary reason why the country is still close to the bottom of the scale in several...

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