SpaceX: Five key moments, from first launch to Starship megarocketMore than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX made history Friday with its record-high stock market debut, crowning a unique journey marked...
13 Jun, 2026, 08.13 AM IST
Loud, broken, baffling: Britain reflects on America at 250 in the age of TrumpBritons view America in 2026 through the lens of President Donald Trump. This perception often precedes any admiration for the nation's qua...
21 May, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
Quote of the Day by Mark Twain: ‘The difference between the almost right word and the right word is…’ - Why people reread texts after hitting send, explained by the father of American literatureQuote of the Day by Mark Twain is on thoughtfulness and emotional conversation. He believed the difference between an almost correct word a...
09 May, 2026, 11.35 AM IST
The rupee at record low will end India’s cheap-money eraElevated energy import costs have pushed the Indian rupee to a record low, prompting urgent questions about Reserve Bank of India rate hike...
01 May, 2026, 06.29 AM IST
Word of the day: PinnaclePinnacle meaning: The word pinnacle signifies the highest point. It applies to literal peaks and career achievements. Historically, it refe...
26 Feb, 2026, 01.42 AM IST
'Roti should be flipped otherwise it would burn': Lalu Prasad calls for govt change in BiharRJD chief Lalu Prasad has taken a bold stance, advocating for a fresh start in Bihar's governance. Using the metaphor of flipping roti on a...
06 Nov, 2025, 02.25 PM IST
China probes Wuhan ex-mayor who presided over Covid-19 responseChinese authorities have initiated an investigation into Zhou Xianwang, the former mayor of Wuhan, on suspicion of "serious violations of d...
08 Jul, 2025, 10.24 AM IST
Don't call war 'WAR' until it's called soAnd if a conflict - no matter how deadly - happens in a place the world ignores, it's unlikely to graduate beyond 'regional unrest'. So, it...
17 Jun, 2025, 11.50 PM IST
When euphemisms get tasty: How people have used words to combat food taboosFood euphemisms help with marketing too. Patagonian toothfish is delicious, but was never going to look good on menus; as Chilean sea bass,...
21 Jul, 2024, 03.38 PM IST
Ghost first, stranded passengers laterWhile irrational explanations would have been the first ones sought after in our times where social media itself is really ectoplasmic ethe...
02 Nov, 2022, 11.17 PM IST
From 'Go Forward' to 'Rightsizing': How layoff euphemisms may dehumanise the processEmployers often refer to cutting roles rather than employees.
29 Oct, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
When you have to go, why be coy?his profusion of phrases for the function, not to mention for the chamber for such activities, can naturally lead to confusion—and therefor...
17 Jun, 2018, 11.16 PM IST
Secularism of Congress, Left a ruse for hating Hindutva: Murali Manohar JoshiThe people had rightly dumped them "at the dustbin of history", Joshi said addressing a public meeting organised by BJP's party unit in Ben...
26 Jun, 2016, 03.10 AM IST
Sarbananda Sonowal's oath-taking resembled the euphemism for Mehanta in 80sGuwahati, was dotted with saffron flags, cut-outs of BJP functionaries, over lakh supporters descending on the venue of the ceremony, raisi...
25 May, 2016, 02.07 PM IST
Will go to the people with work, BJP will take help of jumla: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar"Others would go to the people taking help of 'jumla' to befool the people on the basis of false promises once again," Kumar said.
07 Aug, 2015, 06.41 PM IST
RJD, JD(U) hit out at BJP on Amit Shah's 'achhe din' remarks"BJP President honestly said that it will take 25 years for the promised achhe din to come," RJD President Lalu Prasad told.
14 Jul, 2015, 10.20 PM IST
- Path from euphemism to outcast is a short one
Too many words should not be allowed to tread the short path from definition to euphemism to outlaw.
18 Dec, 2012, 06.28 AM IST