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Many students have been complaining that giving weightage to plus two marks in state entrance exams was giving advantage to state syllabus students due to the liberal valuations.

Morals keep changing: â€˜As a society, we are more compassionate...

â€˜Throughout 1980s, Anglophone world has â€˜remoralisedâ€™, as moral language became prevalent in its cultureâ€™.

17 March 2019 2:41 AM IST

A still from Playtime, a 1967 French film starring and directed by Jacques Tati.

The community of comedy

Stand-up comedy brings out the political character of live entertainment in its regular engagement with topical issues.

10 March 2019 2:43 AM IST

Joke on politicians they jest' can't take it

The ability of a nation to laugh at itself shows the level of its political maturity.

10 March 2019 2:39 AM IST

Many couples, stressed by conflict and contempt, react by entering the third stage of the breakdown, characterized by the partners increasingly defensive behaviour to avoid further hurt and disappointment.

Relationship matters: Firewalls save relationships

The institution of marriage is designed for the fulfilment and expression of powerful needs inherent in human nature.

24 Feb 2019 3:19 AM IST

Relationship matters: Looks not the clincher

Relationship matters: Looks not the clincher

It's possible for couples to work through one partner.

24 Feb 2019 3:15 AM IST

On January 24, the symbolic Doomsday Clock stood at two minutes to midnight, the closest it has got since it was configured by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947.

Countdown to doomsday: Will the nuclear winter be early?

N-arms, climate change and the increased use of information warfare are key threats.

3 Feb 2019 2:07 AM IST

To doubt if one individual can change the world is to accept defeat. Uncritically submitting oneself to tech giants, who seek to control the world, is to submit to sophisticated slavery.

Computers and authority: Defeatism, enemy of freedom

Fighting a battle when the odds are against you requires a lot of courage and a strong moral conviction.

29 Jan 2019 2:09 AM IST

Computers and authority: Own computing is freedom

Computers and authority: Own computing is freedom

Once there is a computer that runs on the program there is the danger that someone substitutes the wrong program.

29 Jan 2019 2:03 AM IST

Seven reasons why lives of people have improved and are living better today

Seven reasons why lives of people have improved and are living better...

Many people even in advanced economies do not know that the world is graduating into a much better place.

20 Jan 2019 2:26 AM IST

The book by Thomas Picketty, Capital in 21st Century, has clearly described how inequalities in advanced and other countries have gone up and this is becoming a menace to social life.

World better place now: It's not all that rosy as data show

Through struggles the working masses have made the world a somewhat better place to live in.

20 Jan 2019 2:16 AM IST

Children in conflict with law are vulnerable and exposed to varied problems at individual, family, school and in society.

Age of juvenile detention: Intervention among kids in conflicts with...

The age limit of the children in conflict with law, who are committing heinous offence, reduced from 18 to 16.

13 Jan 2019 2:06 AM IST

The Nodia police sent notices to 23 private firms located under its jurisdiction, asking them to stop Muslim employees from offering Friday namaz at a local park. (Representational Image)

Muslims in time warp: Into enlightenment from blind following

Instead of the dominant blind, unquestioning obedience to religious dogma, we should teach critical thinking to our...

6 Jan 2019 7:54 AM IST