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Ganga needs joint efforts to regain its old strength
Published on Jun 23, 2024 10:24 PM IST
This river requires regular, phased dredging from Haridwar to Ganga Sagar.
Yoga’s health benefits are proven but a competent instructor is crucial
While Hatha Yoga has taken the world by storm, people are less aware that Yoga is an eight-layered philosophy, of which the exercises are only the first part.
Published on Jun 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST
SP out to counter BJP with their new temple town hero
Awadhesh Prasad won from Faizabad-Ayodhya after addressing local issues, overshadowing the BJP's focus on the temple.
Published on Jun 23, 2024 12:44 AM IST
Sunita Aron
The interconnected world of Vinoba, Ray and Saul Bellow
This is a story about Moses Elkanah Herzog, after whom the Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow has named his 1964 novel, Herzog.
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 09:03 PM IST
A pink auto route to empowering women
The pink e-autos initiative could be replicated across India. It will tick several boxes, empowerment of women, getting more women into the labour force, contributing to a cleaner environment and breaking gender stereotypes about what work a woman can or cannot do
Published on Jun 22, 2024 09:01 PM IST
Seditious hearts and mature democracies
Today, when we claim to be vishwaguru, leader of the Global South, deserving of a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, does not this treatment of Arundhati Roy reveal a sad but inescapable truth about us?
Published on Jun 22, 2024 08:57 PM IST
Preparing our children to encounter the world
Erasures and deletions of inconvenient truths from textbooks cannot enable them to rise to global leadership
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 08:53 PM IST
Male feminist allies: Why every woman needs one
Baba was my feminist ally, the sort of man every woman should have in her corner. Someone who believes in her, thinks twice before questioning her decisions, and remains her most enthusiastic cheerleader.
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 08:59 PM IST
Road ahead for PM Modi, India in a China +1 world
India still faces enormous long-term challenges. But Modi’s personal appeal at home and the inroads he has helped open for India abroad make this country’s development one of the most important stories of the next decade.
Published on Jun 21, 2024 08:44 PM IST
NEET fiasco is a test of the govt’s outreach skills
Government mishandles student protests over NEET exam, exposing broken examination system and political nexus. PM Modi's communication strategy needs a revamp.
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 08:38 PM IST
The barefoot historian who saw Calcutta from its streets
What will be the legacy of P Thankappan Nair? As a writer who employed many methods to construct the history of the common man?
Updated on Jun 20, 2024 09:56 PM IST
Building India-US ties with shared priorities
Amid the complexities of the global landscape, the US-India partnership remains a beacon of hope and progress for all of humanity, including those who can only dream of democratic freedoms.
Published on Jun 20, 2024 09:18 PM IST
Transform MSMEs to address the jobs gap
Better access to finance can boost growth and unlock the true potential of the sector, a key employment provider
Published on Jun 20, 2024 09:11 PM IST
Ravi Venkatesan
Kanchanjunga Express accident: Safety and tech issues need to be addressed
Over the past few years, the Railways seems to be focusing more on visible events, which may show that it is on the path of modernisation.
Published on Jun 20, 2024 08:41 AM IST
Four ways to conduct a fair, top-quality NEET
The sanctity of the test needs to be upheld at all costs. It can be done with a few tweaks
Published on Jun 20, 2024 05:31 AM IST
Seize the opportunity in global capability centres
India should not lose the opportunity to become the foremost marketplace for end-to-end service delivery in the world.
Updated on Jun 19, 2024 09:33 PM IST
Juvenile justice and Vimukta children
While the minor in the Pune case might eventually be granted a shot at a fresh start, erasure of Vimukta childhood by State institutions begs to be underscored.
Published on Jun 19, 2024 09:32 PM IST
Nikita SonavaneSagar SoniTasveer Parmar
A new dawn for Nalanda: Reviving an ancient seat of learning
The newly revived Nalanda University aims to influence modern education and foster global education and cultural harmony.
Published on Jun 19, 2024 03:05 PM IST
India must engage closely with global legal systems
As a nation that seeks to shape international affairs, India should engage closely with specific international law developments based on its national interests.
Updated on Jun 19, 2024 02:20 AM IST
Capturing curriculum to sculpt young minds
All schools are passionate about shaping young minds. Popular ideas and ideologies actively use schools to intellectually sculpt young minds
Updated on Jun 19, 2024 02:20 AM IST
Treating heatwaves as health care emergency
Record-breaking heat in 2024 may soon be surpassed by 2025 due to worsening climate crisis. Heatwaves pose serious health risks, requiring urgent mitigation and adaptation efforts.
Updated on Jun 18, 2024 08:19 PM IST
K Srinath Reddy
How AI is paving the way for antibiotic discovery
Breakthroughs using machine learning have identified nearly 900,000 genetic sequences with antibiotic potential, providing a path forward in combating superbugs
Published on Jun 18, 2024 05:44 PM IST
Anirban Mahapatra
China in horizon, G7 eyes the Global South
The policy implications of a change in administration at Washington will raise valid concerns on the continuity of policies that came out at Apuli
Updated on Jun 18, 2024 12:14 AM IST
Harsh V PantAngad Singh Brar
Three governance tasks that confront new government
How it addresses them will determine whether the BJP wins back its mojo or cedes ground to a resurgent Opposition
Updated on Jun 18, 2024 12:15 AM IST
In defence of personal liberty, fairness in law
Recent rulings collectively signal the Supreme Court’s commitment to ensuring that law enforcement agencies adhere to due process
Updated on Jun 18, 2024 12:10 AM IST
Border dispute, Agnipath scheme irritants in India-Nepal ties
PM Modi’s 10-year engagement has won hearts and minds in Nepal but there are still major irritants in bilateral ties
Published on Jun 17, 2024 06:54 PM IST
The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: The legacy of mashed potatoes and Indian dal bukhara
In the late 1970s, Joel Robuchon's buttery mashed potatoes in France and India's creamy dal Bukhara redefined traditional dishes with meticulous techniques.
Published on Jun 17, 2024 01:25 PM IST
State, UT polls hold the key to stability at Centre
The BJP needs to address local issues in these states, but without leaders with statewide clout, it has to rely on Prime Minister Modi’s appeal
Published on Jun 16, 2024 08:22 PM IST
Grand Strategy: Time to reset the rules of the game in South Asia
China’s approach has changed from co-existence with India to containment in the neighbourhood. New Delhi needs to shift the goalposts
Published on Jun 16, 2024 08:14 PM IST
Voters have spoken, but what did they say?
A deeper analysis of constituency-level data suggests that the BJP’s footprint has increased in eastern and southern states, but voters in many of its stronghold states have sent a negative message
Published on Jun 16, 2024 08:10 PM IST
Deepankar BasuKartik Misra