$50,000 gold watch on Monaco yacht: The 'Iranian rich kid' gifts girlfriend Audemars Piguet as millions back home survive on $3 a dayIranian diplomat's son Sasha Sobhani gifted his girlfriend a luxury Audemars Piguet watch on a yacht in Monaco. The extravagant display spa...
09 Jun, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
China’s Tiananmen crackdown: A timeline of 1989 eventsThirty-seven years ago, China's military violently ended pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The government has never rel...
04 Jun, 2026, 11.48 AM IST
Quote of the day by the man who led Vietnam against America, Ho Chi Minh: “To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100 years, cultivate the...” — A timeless lesson on patience, wisdom, leadership, and why true success is built through people over generationsHo Chi Minh quote of the day on cultivating people still shapes modern leadership, education, and human development conversations worldwide...
20 May, 2026, 07.30 AM IST
Quote of the Day by Nihon Hidankyo "What we carry is not only memory of fire, but a warning— humanity’s future survives only if......" Life lessons from those who lived through nuclear fire— and chose to turn unbearable reality into a warning humanity must never ignoreThe quote of the day by Nihon Hidankyo carries a sharp warning about human suffering and humanity’s future. History shows repeated pain, ye...
25 Apr, 2026, 10.00 PM IST
Morocco building collapse kills 19 in third-largest city; authorities probe cause of disasterTragedy struck Fez, Morocco, as two four-story buildings crumbled overnight, claiming 19 lives and injuring 16. This marks the second fatal...
10 Dec, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
It is a tragedy that educated people are increasingly becoming casteist: SiddaramaiahKarnataka CM Siddaramaiah warned about rising inequality fueled by divisions of religion and caste. At an international symposium, he expre...
24 Aug, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
Convenient for those in power to appropriate Gandhi's legacy but difficult to walk in his footsteps: Rahul GandhiIn a statement, the former Congress chief said, "We remember and pay our respects to that great son of India. Our remembering is made more ...
03 Oct, 2022, 12.40 PM IST
Over 16 crore more people forced into poverty in two years of pandemic: OxfamThe world's ten richest men saw their fortunes grow at a rate of USD 15,000 per second during the first two years of the pandemic and if th...
17 Jan, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
Income equality is over-rated, Mr PikettyTrue equality is not just equality of income. It is also, crucially, about equality of opportunity, something sorely missing in India.
14 Jan, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
View: India cannot become a modern economic powerhouse without shedding casteAfter India obtained Independence, anti-caste movements have withered. Social mobilisation against caste has given way to caste solidarity ...
10 Jan, 2018, 08.42 AM IST
China should be wary of following India's unfair education system: Chinese mediaThe rich-poor gap reflected in India's education is not just related to money, but also the gap in economic and social rights, Global Times...
27 Apr, 2017, 02.38 PM IST
Poor sex ratio: Put birth record of girls online, says Supreme Court to states, UTsA bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra directed all state governments and union territories to keep records of all births of boys and girls ...
09 Nov, 2016, 01.13 AM IST
Solution to world's problems in Lord Mahavir's principles: Sushma SwarajNoting that terrorism, climate change and inequality are the key challenges facing the world, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today...
15 Apr, 2016, 05.41 PM IST
Six catastrophic risks of a highly connected worldAs connectivity between industries and countries increases, the system has become more fragile.
25 Jan, 2016, 07.02 PM IST
India doesn't need FDI in retail to grow: Joseph StiglitzOne of the few economists who predicted the financial crisis of 2008, Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz is also credited with starting the "1%...
21 Oct, 2012, 08.15 AM IST
Tails' TalesCharlotte's Webis 60 years old. The magic of this children's classic by E B White who also gave us Stuart Little is based on suspension or ...
14 Jun, 2012, 06.07 AM IST
Three cheers to equality?Richard Wilkinson had just finished his Master's degree in epidemiology when he wrote an open letter to the then British Prime Minister in ...
13 Jan, 2011, 04.30 AM IST