For now, Obama and Xi have given their best shot to stabilising ties. But the long-term outlook for US-China remains cloudy.

The Haj tragedy in Saudi Arabia, which resulted in the death of more than 1,000 Hajis and serious injuries to a large number, has led to renewed tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The daily, Roznama Khabrein, has highlighted the contours of this controversy: “Iran has demanded that Saudi Arabia be prosecuted for its criminal […]

The Big City measures merit by manic ambition, morality by money.

Here, administration was reoriented to facilitate behavioural change rather than just provide individual toilets. This is the way forward for Swachh Bharat.

The PM is pushing for a seat on the UN Security Council, yet the media seems to have little interest in global issues. Unless it’s the world according to Modi.

Several of innovations and interventions emanate from the young. There’s a slice of the young generation that does want to change India, for the better.

Or maybe Malayalam is English. The lingua franca of digital India is an ingenious, mind-boggling blend of regional language and the English alphabet.

RSS-BJP equation is indeed unique. And an anathema for a modern liberal democracy.

Start-up India can become a reality. But for that, government needs to update policy.

RSS's Organiser writes that ancient India’s knowledge system has a lot to offer the world. “The insights about life offered by this system are not meant for any sect but for the entire humanity.”

The Dhirendra Singh Committee makes a controversial recommendation

... as they wait on the runway for the economic takeoff the Modi government promised but failed to deliver

India does well to revise its approach to international peacekeeping

The first step to revisit immunity for diplomats should be taken by the UNGA

Government’s actions on the commodity reveals it is ignorant of how a market economy is run

A word of advice to fellow young people: an innocuous Facebook post could affect your life in unimaginable ways.

Bhagwat’s sense of timing is terrible coming so close to the Bihar elections. Even so, it is legitimate to raise the question of how long will reservations last.

Shahnawaz Hussain, thanks to being party spokesperson and having been a minister in the Vajpayee government, is well-recognised. Under Modi, the party spokespersons are more visible than a majority of the ministers.

The need for privacy, and the degree of privacy that each citizen desires, are best left to the citizens.

Last year, I was in Madison Gardens and reported in this newspaper that rock stars would be lucky to get the adulation that Modi got, writes Tavleen Singh.

Indian-Americans are in a frenzy yet again over yet another visit to the US by Narendra Modi.

It’s hard to reconcile the oath of ministerial office with what the RSS stands for

Given long and variable lags, unknown base effects, and confounding inflation expectations, can a monetary official ever get a policy action wrong?

Unlike the MDGs, the sustainable development goals have been arrived at via wide consultations among nations big and small