The NEET failed to harmonise the qualifying exam, making it fair while rewarding the brightest. Not without reason, the NEET is seen as elitist, favouring the rich, urban families.

The next step in the India-Japan partnership has to be constructive engagement with China

Kamal Haasan hints at forming a new party in Tamil Nadu. The more the merrier

The zero has aged gracefully, but the history of mathematics is more or less unchanged

The assailant described by the police as an Australian aged 23, broke into the home of Colonel Iqbal Singh, 45, before dawn and plunged a dagger into the sleeping diplomat’s chest.

The public focus on safety of our children must yield concrete measures on the ground

Thomas Piketty points to the widening income disparities that have accompanied economic growth in India, which endanger social stability

Can the civil society of J&K take a leading role to stem the slide of its youth towards radicalisation?

The governments of India and the Soviet Union decided to upgrade the Indo-Soviet Joint Committee to enable closer collaboration in the economic, technological and cultural fields.

Hillary Clinton attempts to justify, rather than understand, her defeat to Donald Trump

The problem goes back to the way in which we view education, the hierarchy drawn of ‘educational needs’

High speed train could be a game-changer on some counts. Railways would do well not to lose sight of its other problems

Consumers have reason to complain about high fuel prices. Government should ignore pressures to slash excise duties

AIADMK factions joining hands to project collective leadership is a radical step in the long term

PM Abe’s visit is about acknowledging progress in India-Japan ties, thinking more boldly about the future

On the Rohingya, Aung San Suu Kyi lets political expediency dominate principles

Government is getting a free pass on the economy, which remains vulnerable to voodoo interventions

The one-man Capoor Commission, inquiring into alleged excesses committed during April 1974 in Rewasa village in Bhiwani district of Haryana, is likely to submit its report to the Haryana government in the first week of October, it was reliably learnt here on Tuesday.

The Cassini probe is one of the last heroes of the age that celebrated technology and exploration

JP’s AIR Interview In an interview to All India Radio, Jayaprakash Narayan spoke of the inevitability of a “struggle” in achieving “total revolution”, but said it might not necessarily be on the lines of Marxian “class struggle”. The reason why it would not be a class struggle in the Marxian sense was due to the […]

In tennis, we are witnessing greatness and its prolonged run. It is also casting a shadow.

At Berkeley, Rahul Gandhi seemed the troubled student of Congress, not its next leader.

The BJP moves in mysterious ways to demonstrate its commitment to free speech.

First, we need to create a sub-cadre within IAS, trained in the management of national security issues.