'COVID-19 will not stop the expansion of China's 'infrastructure power'.'
'We cannot be naughty and expect the government to do good!' 'We have to behave ourselves and then we can expect the government to support us.' 'If we are able to protect ourselves well, then we should not be having deaths.' 'Unfortunately, people have gotten into this super scary event participation (mode) -- birthday parties, large gatherings.' 'Among the people who have attended those, 80 to 90 per cent of them have come down with COVID-19.'
About 98.5 per cent of all spam calls in India originate from domestic numbers. However, spam calls received by users in India have decreased by 34%.
The Adhyayan Quality Standard engages schools in self-review to improve education standards, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Pakistan is once again becoming a frontline State in big-power rivalry. But this time around, Pakistan stands to gain out of its geography, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra offers career advice.
He possessed an IQ of 180, higher than Albert Einstein's, but his life and career took unexpectedly bizarre routes. Dhruv Munjal salutes the strange genius of Bobby Fischer.
India lost around 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical forest in the last decade. Nearly 14 per cent of the country's tree cover! It is one thing for Modi to announce that India will reach a net-zero level of emissions in 2070. But if it is serious, it needs to start today, points out Ramesh Menon.
Even as plans to redevelop Dharavi continue to gather dust in government files, its young residents have chalked their own course and chosen to fly high. Hepzi Anthony recounts a few inspiring tales.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international university.
The survey, conducted by non-profit organisation Catalyst in 2013, covers 5,977 companies in 44 countries and draws on work done by GMR Ratings.
'India does not have the wherewithal to successfully manage a full blown covid-19 crisis,' warns Vivek Gumaste.
Why are students being forced to go abroad to study?
This is one of those crises where it does not only matter that you do something, but how you do it, suggests Mihir S Sharma.
A summary of Thursday's finals in Track and Field at the Tokyo Olympics.
Consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international education.
The growth in imports was led by product categories such as diagnostic items, ultra-sonogram machines, MRI and ECG apparatus, syringes with needles, suture needles, digital thermometers, malaria diagnostic kits, and hearing aids.
'Prevention plus vaccination is what is going to take us into better territory by September or October.'
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions
Ajit Balakrishnan on how Indian society and the polity need to be carried along.
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra shares career advice.
'We lost our place in being first in the epidemic, when it hit India so hard, but we were actually the epicentre of the epidemic from essentially April 2020, for almost an entire year. We had such high cases. We were the country that had the most mixed response.'
The Bombay Hemp Company offers goods fashioned out of hemp, the lesser known cousin of ganja.
The benefits of modern medicine have led people to demand more from the State, and to value every life. Even a modest death toll caused by an epidemic today is unacceptable, says Dipankar Gupta.
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Denmark has been rated as the country with the best retirement system in the world.
UAE has the cheapest passport.
Marriage is the most common purpose of migration, with 49 per cent migrating for marriage, followed by moving with households (15 per cent) and work/employment (10 per cent), discovers Devanik Saha.
'In a part of the world where the government tells people what not to eat and what slogans to shout and not shout, it is beneficial to develop a mentality that is science minded and therefore open-minded.' 'That is possibly why the space programme has always had support from all sides of the political divide,' says Aakar Patel.
'For people in the fashion industry or any job that is unconventional, it is hard to find a place (to stay). Loans are denied to anyone who doesn't have a salaried job,' says leggy model Radhika Nair
President Mukherjee warned that "worst impulses of intolerance" are confronting the world and the time has come to reinforce civilisational values that bind us together.
'I have a voice and must use it to do as much as I can.'
The United States leads the world with more than 1.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
China's National Space Administration landed the Chang'e 4 lunar probe at 10:26 am Beijing time on Thursday, in the South Pole-Aitken Basin which is an impact crater, China Central Television reported.
'If Indians are as smart as their counterparts in university, and have equal opportunity, then what is the reason that we cannot produce inventions of quality that are recognised by the world?'
Britain has ordered a scoping review into the police handling of hate crimes after a sharp rise.
Gareth Southgate's England team has started a new chapter, and rekindled genuine hope.
'Studying History, we come close to all of the messiness of human life -- we understand what motivates people, what makes them get along or go to war, what dreams they had for themselves and their futures.'
Triple European champions Manchester United and their under-fire coach Louis van Gaal face a tricky task against little-known Midtjylland in the last 32 of the Europa League following Monday's draw.
The answer cannot be that we will beat the disease at the end of the 21 days. And the answer cannot be that it is to halt the spread because the spread is going to happen anyway, notes Aakar Patel.
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