A TEAM of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris have been able to arrive ...

Death sentence CAPITAL punishment should be abolished (“Life-giving verdict”, February 21). Although criminals end the lives of others abruptly by ...

THE first genome sequencing of Ice Age skeletal remains has given scientists definitive proof that the first human settlers in North America were from ...

Japan steps up its diplomatic cooperation with India as part of its “contain China” policy, being pursued since Shinzo Abe became the Prime Minister.

Thailand stands on the edge of an abyss as the early elections called by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra turns out to be a futile attempt to end the long-running political crisis, in the face of stiff resistance by the opposition.

The number of refugees in West Asia riddle the imagination: there are millions of them. Conditions in Syria are deteriorating rapidly now, pushing more and more people to the country’s frontiers.

The challenge of photographing the paintings at Ajanta.

THE Central government, giving in to the demand of civil services aspirants, has allowed them two more attempts for clearing the civil services ...

IT was around midday on February 4, World Cancer Day. A score of students and some faculty members had gathered under the shade of trees on the ...

INDIA’S first monorail transport system began operations in Mumbai on February 2. The pink, blue and green monorail cars do a lot to brighten the ...

ARUN FERREIRA was neither a firebrand activist nor a rabble-rouser. Rather, he was known for his work among the poor and the marginalised. So his ...

A non-Congress, non-BJP grouping of 11 parties takes shape and positions itself as a viable, secular alternative to the two mainstream parties in the electoral race to govern India.

The Penguin case raises doubts about the state’s ability to protect writers’ freedom of expression from those seeking to impose unreasonable restrictions.

Defence personnel are at a great disadvantage in respect of pay, pension and medical benefits compared with civilian government servants.

The Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme is meant to provide cashless health-care services to veterans and their families, but inadequate funding, lack of empanelled hospitals and complete neglect have rendered it ineffective.

Interview with General (retd) V.K. Singh.

OVER the years, the armed forces have lost out in the race to be seen as a lucrative career option for young men and women. The Army is short of ...

India’s armed forces personnel, who put their lives on the line for the country, are denied what is their due in terms of pay, perks and pension in spite of several Supreme Court directives.

A non-Congress, non-BJP grouping of 11 parties takes shape and positions itself as a viable, secular alternative to the two mainstream parties in the electoral race to govern India.

The Penguin case raises doubts about the state’s ability to protect writers’ freedom of expression from those seeking to impose unreasonable restrictions.

Penguin withdraws Wendy Doniger’s book on an alternative history of Hinduism bowing to pressure from right-wing forces.

The Delhi government gets tough with agents at vegetable wholesale markets who charge farmers a 6 per cent commission for selling their produce.

The UPA government is in a hurry to push through the Communal Violence Bill, but the lack of confidence expressed by the opposition and several State governments, including some run by its own allies, forces it to defer the Bill.