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It's time to democratise science in India

A democracy that leaves science alone will not remain democratic for long.

2 Oct 2017 4:04 AM IST

NDTV co-founder Prannoy Roy (Photo: File)

Keep arrogance aside, focus on facts

We have had a long period when ministers and politicians behaved like they did not owe any explanations for their...

2 Oct 2017 3:58 AM IST

Police provide security at Paddington mainline train station in London, after a terrorist incident was declared at nearby Parsons Green subway station Friday (Photo: AP)

Cabbages & Kings: Britain and the roots of terror

Britain's capitalism imported the cheapest labour it could find from its ex-colonies in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

30 Sept 2017 1:36 AM IST

The registration of marriages must be made mandatory and government must implement the law strictly.

View from Pakistan: Marriages of desperation

No one, it seems, is willing to point out the many injunctions that stress the equality of men and women.

29 Sept 2017 12:36 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Talking Turkey: Merkel's top priority - Restore order to EU

Angela Merkel is often billed as the world's most powerful woman.

26 Sept 2017 12:15 AM IST

Singer K J Yesudas

Hindus, proud of their own prejudice

A board in many languages outside Jagannath temple says that only Hindus are allowed.

24 Sept 2017 7:47 AM IST

Modi sarkar is seriously considering a proposal to introduce khadi as Friday dressing for Central government employees.

Dilli Ka Babu: Forest fire in Karnataka

Sources say that the government is scrutinising employees for performance in the same post for longer periods.

24 Sept 2017 7:41 AM IST

Cabbages & Kings: Gurus & shishyas on first-name terms

In the last year in Britain the generation gap has played a severe hand in politics.

23 Sept 2017 1:51 AM IST

Students arrive at Gurugrams Ryan International School which re-opened on Monday after 10 days closure following the murder of an eight-year-old boy inside a toilet of the school. (Photo: PTI)

Why not rate schools on how safe they are?

Bengaluru hit the headlines when a series of child abuse incidents were reported.

21 Sept 2017 1:14 AM IST

Police observe the crowds outside Wembley Park Station ahead of a soccer match, following a terrorist attack Friday on a train at Parsons Green Station, in London. (Photo: AP)

Technology is what you make of it

The bomb is suspected to have been placed by someone who was given shelter as a refugee by a well-meaning British...

18 Sept 2017 2:58 AM IST

A Rohingya Muslim man walks to the shore carrying two children after they arrived on a boat from Myanmar to Bangladesh in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh on Thursday. Nearly three weeks into a mass exodus of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar, thousands are still flooding across the border in search of help in Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Good immigrants, bad immigrants?

The coldness with which the Indian government has responded to the brutality against the Rohingya is disappointing to...

17 Sept 2017 7:42 AM IST

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba (Photo: AP)

Dilli Ka Babu: A Time-saving initiative

As the Telangana government has introduced several schemes, the district officials now have more time to address them.

17 Sept 2017 7:38 AM IST