India would do well to look at the Paris Agreement on climate change through the prism of opportunity, not adversity, and move to a green growth trajectory. Ramping up renewables output and decarbonising the transport sector are good starting points
Urgent steps are needed to restore Parliament’s role as a deliberative body rather than as one prone to disruptions.
The Smart Cities Mission should aim to provide citizens a better quality of life using social and cultural yardsticks instead of focussing merely on physical infrastructure
Agencies that are vested with regulating coastal development and enforcing the laware nothing more than wasteful rubber stamps .
Moscow, Delhi sign 16 deals, urge joint action on terrorism.
Negotiations are at an advanced staged for Unit III and IV, says the Russian President,
Union Minister Arun Jaitley is indeed on a sticky wicket. The suspension of Mr. Kirti Azad (Page 1, Dec.24) is bound to raise eyebrows as his concerns appear to be genuine. Now that Mr. K.P.S. Gill h...
It is disappointing that the concerns of developing nations like India were left unanswered in the Nairobi package (Editorial, Dec.24). Even though certain agreements were arrived at, the major conce...
The writer (“All that was discussed at Dhordo”, Dec.23), has showered praise on the Prime Minister for being the first to have spent three full days with the police top brass in the Rann of Kutch. Fa...
It is surprising to see the media making such a fuss about an Air India flight (AI-048), from Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram, taking off without waiting for the Kerala Governor. (“Governor misses flight...
The touching article, “Kipling’s ghost in the land of Mowgli” (‘Open Page’, Dec.22), especially with its reference to “beloved Madhya Pradesh” took me down memory lane. I hail from the area, Seoni, w...
For Dhawan, with four Test and eight One-Day International centuries, the important thing is to stay fit.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday met the parents and other family members of the 2012 Delhi gangrape victim and announced that the government would set up an inter-college and ...
In an apparent swipe at his detractors back home, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said some people only cry about problems while his government was trying to resolve them. “Yes we also face...
The initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Booker Prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy by the Bombay High Court appears to be an excessive reaction to adverse comment. Judges are expected ...
The National Democratic Alliance government has just introduced a cess of 0.5 per cent on all taxable services for the Swachh Bharat campaign. In February 2016, it will introduce a 2 per cent cess on...
Yellow jersey, roaring lion. Entities that Chennaiites have come to associate with Chennai Super Kings will now be a part of Chennai Smashers’ identity. “I’m a big fan of CSK. This, in a way, is a tri...
Police recorded statements of Sanjeev Khandekar and Vaishali Narkar on Wednesday
The Bastar police on Thursday claimed that around “1,500 villagers” from the Chintalnar area of Sukma district “arranged” the surrender of 70 alleged Maoists in the “biggest event of Maoist surrender...
Mumbai Garuda maintained its unbeaten record, defeating Haryana Hammers 4-3 in the final match before the semifinals of the Pro Wrestling League here on Thursday.But in what seemed perplexing, the or...
Union government has sanctioned a proposal to open six more border haats (markets) in its northeast frontier with Bangladesh. Four such facilities to trade limited commodities with participation of b...
Former enclave dwellers find dipping night temperatures unbearable; children among the worst affected
Eugeneson Lyngdoh wasn’t serious about a career in football even though he turned up regularly for Ar-Hima club (later Rangdajied) where his father was the president. It was when he failed to clear h...
