Buddha's teachings of middle path, avoiding extremes solution to global challenges: PM ModiPrime Minister Modi, in a video address at Samvad in Thailand, suggested that Buddha's middle path approach can resolve global conflicts. H...
14 Feb, 2025, 11.38 AM IST
Jharkhand elections: Sarna Religious Code for tribals resurfaces in pollsAs the Jharkhand assembly elections approach, the demand for a separate Sarna religious code for tribals has resurfaced. While the BJP has ...
10 Nov, 2024, 04.08 AM IST
View: How debates are increasingly becoming a duelWhen you talk about capitalism today, there are people who oppose it with communism or its toned-down version, socialism. Capitalism focuse...
09 Nov, 2024, 12.37 AM IST
View: India is turning into a world-broker, returning to a period of Great Power politicsThe shift in alliances today is from the Evangelical to the Intuitive. No longer sure of the universal acknowledgement of the superiority o...
26 Oct, 2023, 11.05 PM IST
Tamil Nadu assembly resolution favours SC benefits to Christian convertsThe Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a resolution urging the central government to extend benefits given to Scheduled Castes to Dalit Christi...
19 Apr, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
Thinking of turning vegan? Adopting a plant-based diet needs proper planningThere are several benefits attributed to a vegan diet as long as it is carried out properly.
20 Jan, 2023, 05.17 PM IST
SC status to converted community members will open 'floodgates' for religious conversions: VHPThe RSS affiliate claimed that demands for giving scheduled caste status to such persons have "once again" gained momentum, and announced t...
17 Oct, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
Modi's Buddha Purnima trip to Nepal packs many engagementsThe visit will start with a darshan at the famous Mayadevi Temple, which lies at the very heart of Lumbini. The temple marks the site of th...
16 May, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
How Bindumati, a courtesan, made the Ganga flow in reverse directionThe story of the courtesan mentioned in 2000-year-old Buddhist text Milinda Panha draws attention to the role of integrity as well as equal...
08 Jan, 2022, 08.06 AM IST
It is the beginning of Hindutva politics in West Bengal, not the end: Author Badri NarayanRSS is constantly changing and those who want to contest its influence don’t understand these changes .Attacking its stereo-types will not ...
06 Jun, 2021, 10.09 PM IST
View: Interfaith marriages must be celebrated, not criminalisedLove jihad sounds gender neutral, but in reality it’s a pernicious anti-woman term aimed at denying agency and individual freedom to women.
29 Nov, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
China vows 'necessary measures' to counter India's Dalai Lama inviteThe 81-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader reached Bomdila in West Kameng district yesterday, starting his nine-day visit to Arunachal Prades...
13 Jul, 2018, 12.57 PM IST
Give your wanderlust dreams a twist by opting for Voluntary Tourism or VoluntourismThis will not only make the trip worthwhile but will help to enrich your own life.
21 Jun, 2018, 09.09 AM IST
If India takes the lead in ethical and moral education, China will follow: Dalai LamaThe Chinese government must respect Tibetan culture and the Tibetan language, said Dalai Lama.
07 Dec, 2017, 10.47 AM IST
Politicians ignore Ambedkar's dislike for hero-worshipThe manner in which Ambedkar's birth anniversary is celebrated and the speeches made by politicians are ample proof of hero-worship.
18 Apr, 2016, 12.46 PM IST
Muslims, Christians not eligible to contest from reserved seats for scheduled castes: Haryana High CourtHC has ruled that a Muslim or a Christian cannot contest elections from a constituency reserved for SCs, restricting eligibility to Hindus,...
01 May, 2015, 06.38 AM IST
- Census moves Backwards to 1931
Backward leaders forced govt to concede demand for caste-based census.
08 May, 2010, 04.14 AM IST