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A blanket of haze over Delhi thickened this morning with the national capitals pollution levels increasing overnight by around 50 points, taking the overall air quality index to 459. (Photo: ANI)

Severe to very poor: Air quality is a metaphor for political...

The Delhi Met Bureau may have actually made a deeply philosophical observation with its imagery applicable to several...

20 Nov 2019 2:36 AM IST

Anyone suffering from 30 per cent and above disability is eligible to get disability pension, which is over and above the service pension that all Army personnel are eligible for. (Representational Image)

Is a State apology in order for the abolition of privy purses?

In one stroke, the word given by Sardar Patel and constitutionally committed as a sovereign guarantee was suddenly...

20 Nov 2019 2:34 AM IST

Individuals ideas and activism can be effectively tracked through their social media footprint or through cyber surveillance.

Censorship isolates dissenters, then tries to demonise them

Broader constituencies must recognise how censorship skews the public record, data, national narratives and social...

19 Nov 2019 6:46 AM IST

Hindu activists climb up the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished by end of the day. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Ayodhya judgment: About faceless judges and the moral of Ram Katha

Many a time it happens that a division bench dictates the order/judgment in open court and both judges sign.

19 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

The Centre was rapped by the apex court for failing to finalise the draft Cauvery management scheme. (Photo: File)

Mystic Mantra: Time to embrace and nourish our rivers

If you put so much water in one place, the soil gets leached and all the bio-activity in the soil is reduced.

19 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

It takes time to hone and propel a higher purpose in life, just as much it takes leisure to mature, or mellow.

Mystic Mantra: Desire - The main cause of mental disturbance

Necessity is out of compulsion to live, desire is out of competition.

18 Nov 2019 7:17 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

The cruelty in Pakistan over Sharif's health

While we sink deeper into the hole we have dug for ourselves, the establishment remains the elephant in the room.

18 Nov 2019 7:14 AM IST

World trade and China aside, the situation doesnt get any better for India even with the Asean countries, which constitute the 10 core countries of the proposed 16-nation RCEP. (Photo: PTI/File)

The truth about Ladakh's Shaksgam: Correcting historical wrongs in J&K

It is strange that the governments of China and Pakistan announced the agreement on the eve of important Indo-Pak talks...

18 Nov 2019 7:08 AM IST

Dilli Ka Babu: TN Seshan - The babu who roared

Seshan's stint at the environment ministry from 1985 to 1988, especially needs mention.

17 Nov 2019 12:44 AM IST

Hindu activists climb up the dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya which was quickly demolished by end of the day. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Babri verdict based on faith, not evidence

There now comes the Supreme Court's strange verdict strangely expressed with a stooge addendum which belies its...

17 Nov 2019 12:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Maharashtra: Modi's poll prowess fearsome

The Sena, the Congress and the NCP fear increasing irrelevance because of the BJP.

17 Nov 2019 12:03 AM IST

Pilot of Air India Jaipur-Delhi flight refused to fly due to duty limitations prescribed by the DGCA. (Photo: File)

Is India prepared to bid the Maharajah a royal goodbye?

Despite all of this, regulars insist there was no better service than the one offered by Air India on its non-stop...

16 Nov 2019 7:26 AM IST