Three American scientists share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a multi-scale modelling approach that can simulate all kinds of chemical p

Across Europe, the Right is going through what commentators see as a process of “sanitisation’’ whereby it is trying to shed its “nasty party” image a

A remarkable work on history and world politics not just re-examining the past but shedding light on contemporary realities of terrorism, racism, prop

The growing influence of Wahhabism, a radical stream of Islam, on Indian Muslims and on the political scene, especially south Indian politics, can cau

The Hindutva brigade’s Internet campaign has taken propaganda to new heights of incredulity.

Mediocre access to health, education and job opportunities but significant political empowerment marks the pattern of women's lives in the subcontinen

The series of five cases of mass murder from Bihar must wake India up to the need to strengthen its capacity to deal with the criminal justice afterma

The BJP is advancing the politics of communal polarisation aggressively in various regions of the country through its many Hindutva factories, creatin

Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh harp on the killing of 30 of their colleagues by naxalites in May to garner sympathy for their candidates, but the BJ

Three American scientists, who elucidated the mechanisms involved in the transport of proteins and other essential biomolecules within the cell and th

The Sangh Parivar has successfully dovetailed its concept of “love jehad” with the feudal-patriarchal prejudices of “honour” in north India.

Despite the early perceptions of an easy third term for Shivraj Singh Chauhan in Madhya Pradesh, the reality is that it is becoming a close contest be

In just over one year of its formation, the AAP has projected itself as a formidable player in Delhi’s politics. With constant comparisons between Ch

The Supreme Court awards a non-resident Indian an enhanced compensation for medical negligence by a Kolkata hospital. In another significant ruling, i

With the failure of market ideologies to provide solutions to the pressing problems of our times, the world needs a new mode of governance based on co

The inability of the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan to address the issues of spiralling prices and agricultural decline and the BJP

The PSLV-C25 launch vehicle puts the Mars orbiter into an earth orbit in a mission that has gone according to the script down to the last detail.

Saudi Arabia, piqued by its failure to get the U.S. to effect a regime change in Syria, refuses to take its hard-won seat in the Security Council, acc

The scholar has added a new element of analysis to the already available works on the Gujarat pogrom by focussing on Muslim peace activists.

The articles enrich the understanding of the diverse aspects of the great uprising .

Edward Snowden’s latest revelations that German Chancellor Angela Merkel was at the receiving end of NSA surveillance force E.U. governments to face

Switzerland signs a multilateral convention on administrative assistance in tax matters, but will it help procure information on illicit fund flows fr

While the NAC’s revised draft Bill on prevention of communal and targeted violence has tried to address the issues raised by critics, it still has som

Interview with Rudolf Elmer, banker-turned-whistle-blower.

It requires an honest intellectual effort to grasp three stern realities. India will never agree to plebiscite or secession. Pakistan will never accep

On the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right, essential for the full enjoyment of life.