'Famine in Gaza is not a failure of logistics or aid. What is to blame is deliberate starvation caused by a brutal war.''Any child dying in a war zone is a vote of no confidence against humanity.'......
'I noticed a nine-year-old child hugging another child every few minutes.''The two were sisters and were playing in their village when an armed gang attacked their village and set fire to it.''They......
IMAGE: President Donald Trump hands over to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa copies of articles that he said showed white South Africans who had been killed, May 21, 2025. Photograph: Kevin......
Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. Illustration: Dominic......
Ajit Balakrishnan on the surprising drivers of mathematical innovation. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The other day, in an attempt to lift the mood of three-dozen......
The recovery seen in the increased economic activity till September or October is running out of steam.Labour statistics indicate a substantial slowing down of the economy in November, notes Mahesh......
On the eve -- literally -- of departing for a third stint in Singapore, I looked up its demographic statistics. They confirmed what a British population survey indicated recently - Indians are on......
The labour participation rate tells us how many of the working age population are willing to be employed.If this proportion keeps falling as it evidently is, it does not bode well for India's......
'Under the new GDP series, there has been reallocation of a few items from one sector to another, from services to manufacturing sectors.' The back series data of GDP released recently by a panel......
Violence is just too stark, too TRP friendly and so it gets a lot of attention in the media. But the crime of discrimination is much worse because it is much greater, it attracts no attention and......
Island City should not be missed, raves Aseem Chhabra. Ruchika Oberoi's Island City is set in that massive, over-populated island city called Mumbai. The characters that reside in the three......
'It is a common misconception that people think players who have played more cricket have more knowledge or more power and can bully anybody but it is not the fact.' 'We have groomed around 35 new......
Fascinating predictions for the years ahead.A revealing excerpt from Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde's Cricket 2.0: Inside The T20 Revolution on the eve of the IPL 2021 Players Auction. IMAGE: The......