Drones: Bleeding India Without War

Unless each attack drone can be neutralised, India will be literally deploying elephants to stamp out ants -- and the ants may still survive! points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Security forces......

Bandipur's tiger boom spells doom for those on the fringe

It was between 2010 and 2014 that wildlife biologists began to realise the heavy proliferation of tigers in the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka. The fiercely-territorial beasts are today locked......

Advance booking: What to read in 2008

Some 'big books' to look forward to in 2008... Fiction The acquisition of Amitav Ghosh's forthcoming Ibis trilogy by Penguin India made big news in literary circles earlier in the year and the......

PM's Independence Day speech to nation

Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the nation on the occasion of the 61st Independence Day on Wednesday: My dear countrymen, brothers, sisters and dear children,......