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Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump

Under US pressure, North Korea back to brinkmanship

North Korea is not accustomed to digest any challenge from any quarter without a robust response.

19 Dec 2019 5:02 AM IST

Bhai Mani Singh, a great warrior, was an efficient leader who guided the panth whenever any crisis arose. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Bhai Mani Singh - A martyr for Sikh faith

Bhai Mani Singh, born in a village near Sunam in Sangrur district of Punjab, came to Anandpur Sahib when he was just a...

19 Dec 2019 5:00 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

As 2020 nears, challenges mount for Xi's China

China seems today to be caught in a vicious circle of repression and does not have a solution to come out of it.

19 Dec 2019 4:56 AM IST

Loneliness is a feeling associated with our relationships with people while depression is a general sense of feeling about everything. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Reclaiming our true nature

One of them was courageous enough to enquire from the master the reason for this gesture.

18 Dec 2019 2:50 AM IST

One could go on and on about the effects of climate change, but this newspaper has only 16 pages.

South Asia must view climate change through regional lens

It has taken the world 25 years of negotiations to reach the point where countries are now required to put words into...

18 Dec 2019 2:47 AM IST

Jesus demonstrated through his life that despite being busy ministering to people during the day, he would find time at night to go and pray in a lonely place .

Mystic Mantra: Who welcomes whom at Christmas?

Even within the realm of spiritual preparation there can be different points of emphases.

17 Dec 2019 7:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump

US-India defence ties growing, to reach new heights in innovation

US-India defence cooperation has been expanding over the past two decades and has seen a rapid increase within the past...

17 Dec 2019 7:53 AM IST

The report also does well to emphasise that higher trade-to-GDP ratios are a signal of competitiveness and an entry point for coupling the Indian economy with the international economy, including through global value chains.

2010-2020: The decade that India has lost'

The most significant cause for the decline of growth is the decline in capital investment.

17 Dec 2019 7:50 AM IST

Police at the site of the alleged encounter of the four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinary on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday morning. (Photo: PTI)

Rule of law vs lynch law: Deliver speedy justice

The desire of revenge is so pronounced that there have been posthumous executions and that too in the name of justice.

16 Dec 2019 12:05 AM IST

The framers of Indias Constitution and its Constituent Assembly deliberately and wisely rejected pleas by an articulate minority for a presidential system. (Representational Image)

Presidential system poses a danger to democracy itself

Its members have to be members of the legislature and can be thrown out of office by a vote of no-confidence.

16 Dec 2019 12:05 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: In hateful times, live those negative emotions fully

It has come to the point where science and religion are agreeing with Osho's repeated reminder that man needs to be...

16 Dec 2019 12:05 AM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia (Photo: AFP)

CAB volte-face by two notables

Akhilesh Yadav's presence in the Lok Sabha on the day the CAB was tabled surprised many in his own party.

15 Dec 2019 12:44 AM IST