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A portrait of Prof C R Rao.

C R Rao turns 100: A statistician by chance

Celebrating an unparalleled contribution to statistics and mathematics spanning 80 years and counting

10 Sept 2020 7:12 AM IST

Indian politics has changed. The Chinese are responding to that change. PTI Photo

N.V. Subramanian | Understand the politics behind China tensions

Dependence on a professional military and career diplomats can only take a nation state so far

9 Sept 2020 6:10 PM IST

It is important to understand the performance of Telangana in education. PTI Photo

G. Kishan Reddy | NEP presents Telangana with opportunity to...

This is an opportunity that the state of Telangana cannot afford to miss at any cost

7 Sept 2020 5:39 PM IST

Justice Arun Mishra has demitted office, and it is worth evaluating the implications of his tenure on the independence of the judiciary

Justice A.K. Mishra: A controversial judge with a tumultuous legacy

As his critics have argued, his tenure may have contributed even more to the already alleged transformation of the...

7 Sept 2020 5:17 PM IST

Taslimbano Harun Pathan, the school principal of Aasha Marathi Vidyalay, points to a writing from textbooks of various subjects painted on the wall of a house to teach students who are unable to carry smartphones to attend online school classes amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Solapur. AFP Photo

S.B. Shashank | Early childhood education the worst hit during COVID...

On the education front, countries across the globe are grappling with back-to-school plans.

5 Sept 2020 5:33 PM IST

An Indian police officer gestures as he guards near the site of a gun battle on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. AP Photo

Delimitation next stop in Modi government-'s Kashmir project

There is no plan underway to talk to Pakistan or to the dissenting political and militant groups in J&K to arrive at a...

2 Sept 2020 6:58 PM IST

A worker sanitises public transportation buses after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai. AFP Photo

-'Act of God-': As coronavirus rises, India-'s economy falls to...

Given the less-than-ideal economic scenario, a nationwide complete lockdown was bound to have a considerable impact on...

1 Sept 2020 6:40 PM IST

Over 6,000 complaints of distressed women deserted by their NRI spouses were received between January 2015 and October this year. (Photo: Representational)

Ayesha Khaliq | Legal marriageable age tweak wonâ€™t meet gender,...

The opponents hold the view that the proposed law is not likely to succeed in changing the socio-cultural realities at...

29 Aug 2020 4:59 PM IST

Suicide was decriminalised in India in 2017, but Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code still stays

Sudhanshu Sarangi | Suicide probe: Not the â€˜whoâ€™ but the...

For a variety of reasons, investigative findings of the Indian police have suffered from trust deficit historically

28 Aug 2020 6:51 PM IST

COVID-19 related lockdown has brought education to a halt in government schools. (Representational image)

Challenges for gender equity when schools reopen: Early warning signs

These past few months have brought unthinkable disruption to education systems all over the world

28 Aug 2020 6:19 PM IST

Author Pankaj Mishra.

Glib and bland: Liberalismâ€™s illiberal legacy

In this critique of liberalism, Pankaj Mishra lobs 16 Molotov cocktails at an ideology that pretends to be humanityâ€™s...

27 Aug 2020 9:50 AM IST

â€˜Unsung Heroesâ€™ of Thailandâ€™s victory over COVID-19: Lessons for Indiaâ€™s Asha workers

â€˜Unsung Heroesâ€™ of Thailandâ€™s victory over COVID-19: Lessons for...

An exclusive interview with the doctor who founded Thailandâ€™s little-known but all-powerful brigade of Village Health...

26 Aug 2020 5:22 PM IST