Latest alterations in textbooks short-circuit established processes of revision, undermine NCERT autonomy

The Legal Information Management and Briefing System aims to improve Union government’s handling of cases. Its data can also be used to reduce litigation, declog the judicial system.

Pranab Mukherjee’s description of RSS founder does not stand up to scrutiny

Rajasthan proposes weekend sermons in schools. There are better ways to strengthen the moral fibre

Individuals like Mariam Khatoon, Yashpal Saxena and Imam Rashidi show the way to a more humane society

Killing of well-known writer, Shahzahan Bachchu, is a grim portent in election year in Bangladesh.

Prepare to be riveted by a football World Cup that features a bevy of contenders, all at the peak of their powers

Simona Halep, Anthony Bourdain exemplify the complexity of ‘mental strength’

In the end, what he is doing may have more significance than who he is

Adivasi agitation in northern Telangana frames a complex policy and political challenge

In Singapore, defying odds and cynicism, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un take a welcome step together

Rate increase by RBI highlights conflict between its role as banking regulator and government’s debt manager

He fuses dominance and endurance like no other player. But even he will need to pick and choose his battles to go on

Sachin’s son has had a net-side view of the action. Now he is on the field.

We have, indeed, entered a regime of “permanent surpluses” in most crops — a reality our policymakers are unable to grasp, stuck as they are in the era of the Essential Commodities Act.

Trump is unravelling world order with energy of a maladjusted infant, could unseat Kim in tinpot tournament.

Delhi statehood issue requires patient dialogue. Combative politics does not bode well for such a conversation.

Simultaneous elections will go against Constitution’s basic structure.

Lateral entry into senior levels of bureaucracy is a good idea. Policy-making, implementation increasingly need specialists.

Prime Morarji Desai said that multinationals will be accorded the same status as domestic enterprises as long as they within the ambit of Indian laws.

The individual is inextricable from the environment.

New study on stents highlights need for adherence to clinical protocols, caution in decision-making.

Transforming state-owned banks will need radical changes in governance and ownership structures. Consolidation is no panacea.

In Singapore and Qingdao, a foreign policy shift became visible — straddling the maritime and continental.