'Conspicuously muted': Sonia Gandhi slams govt's Palestine stance

Asserting that India needs to demonstrate leadership on the issue of Palestine, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Modi government's stance, saying its......

RSS: 'Any Type Of Violence Is Not Good'

Prime Minister Modi will visit RSS headquarters in Nagpur on March 30. IMAGE: Paramilitary personnel keep a vigil as curfew remains in effect in 10 police station limits in Nagpur, March 19, 2025.......

Diljit's Chandigarh concert: 'Songs on alcohol' forbidden

Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) has advised singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh, set to perform in Chandigarh on Saturday, to refrain from singing alcohol-themed songs......

'India Has No Need To Support Baloch Movement'

'When so many young Baloch men and women are willingly volunteering as fighters and even suicide bombers.' IMAGE: Women supporting the Balochistan Yakjehti Committee at a protest in Karachi, March......

10 most dangerous places to work

Children dressed in costume sit together during a party celebrating. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters A recent MBA graduate, Puneet Kohli, got a job offer from a global commodity giant to join their......

Poverty figures: Does it make any difference to the poor?

Angus Deaton's Nobel Prize should spark off more research on the measurement and usefulness of poverty percentages, notes Nitin Desai. A recent report prepared for this year’s annual......

Budget 2018: An Exercise in Mindlessness

'In the final analysis, all Budgets everywhere are like the schemes hatched by A A Milne's lovable Winnie-the-Pooh.''They may be well-intended, but often go awry.''Although Pooh and his friends......

The economics of happiness

This does not mean isolating parochialism but of new way of thinking about economic systems, says Rajni Bakshi.What might an “Economics of Happiness” look like? This question brought......

How 'Guru Gary' is using cricket to keep slum kids away from drugs

Photograph: Andrew Couldridge Livepic via Reuters Notorious for drugs and crime and afflicted by large-scale poverty, the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town is better known for being one of the......

WTA welcome dialogue with Osaka over PC boycott

IMAGE: Noami Osaka on Wednesday had expressed her decision to skip post-match press conferences at the French Open. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) said it......

'Never thought I would be able to make this'

IMAGE: Russia's Daniil Medvedev with the Italian Open trophy. Photograph: Internazionali BNL d'Italia/Twitter Given his solid form on European clay courts prior to Rome, the World No. 3 Daniil......

Osaka fined $15,000 after win, warned of French Open expulsion

IMAGE: Japan's Naomi Osaka in action during her first round match against Romania's Patricia Maria Tig. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 by Grand Slam......

Russia-Ukraine war: Spartak Moscow out of Europa League as UEFA suspends Russia

IMAGE: RB Leipzig, who were to host Spartak Moscow on March 10, with the 2nd leg scheduled for March 17, will now progress to the Europa League quarter-finals. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters......