The contested capital, along with the unresolved river water dispute, has become a symbol of what many in Punjab see as chronic discrimination by the Centre
Transitions can be painful and frustrating; coaches and senior players will likely call for patience. But the shoddy performance across both Tests against South Africa offers little solace
The Delhi government needs to convince the city's residents of its sincerity by urgently taking measures that are relatively easier to implement — reducing dust pollution, for instance
The Vaishno Devi Medical Institute has only just got off the ground. Pulling up the drawbridges now would be a grave injustice to its students, to its institutional possibilities
In the final act of his six-decade-long career, as he once again played for hearts and laughs in films like Johnny Gaddaar and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, he showed why filmgoers fell so deeply in love with the young man from Punjab
India, unlike countries of the developed West and East Asia, has a huge challenge of feeding a projected 1.7 billion human mouths by 2060 — with less land and water, more nutrient and energy use efficiency, and increased climate uncertainty.
Advanced computers, software, and minds given to puzzles can make information “hack-proof”. But as espionage novelists have long known, there is always the Human Factor.
The new codes, which replace 29 existing laws, seek to modernise labour market regulations, ease the compliance burden, widen the security net for workers, including for gig and platform workers, and encourage formalisation.
For Delhi, the prospect of rival powers warming up to each other is sobering, especially as India now faces an additional 25 per cent US tariff as a penalty on purchases of Russian crude. Delhi must navigate the US-Russia binary with care
US President Ronald Reagen and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev concluded their summit with a joint statement saying that while “serious differences remain on a number of critical issues,” they agreed to accelerate nuclear arms negotiations.
The prescription of strict timelines and directives to the president on the consequences of delay raised questions about the Court overstepping its mandate
