Protect hotspots from long weekend floodsThe tourists themselves are blithely oblivious to the eco-systems that are being affected by their insatiable appetite for 'getaways'. Very...
06 Oct, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
The breathtaking hypocrisy of rich countries telling developing world to switch to renewablesA single person in the rich world uses more fossil fuel energy than all the energy available to 23 poor Africans. The rich world became wea...
29 Aug, 2022, 10.59 PM IST
View: What did India's scientists advise our political establishment about fighting COVID-19?The cold assessment of scientific reality is supposed to come from government’s scientific advisors. They have access to all the relevant d...
24 Apr, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
View: We must understand relationship between economy and ecologyZerodha CEO Nithin Kamath and The Farming Collective’s co-founder Sameer Shisodia work with the Rainmatter Foundation, which has committed ...
03 Apr, 2021, 09.13 AM IST
China-Pakistan get closer while Afghanistan becomes hub for ISI: Where does India stand?Afghanistan President Ghani has taken "cooperation" with Pakistan - which many in his country see as "capitulation" - to an absurd degree.
12 Jul, 2018, 04.03 PM IST
View: Argue for a privacy law, not against AadhaarThe problem is not with having a unique identity number but with the potential for misuse of the data on individuals it collects and stores.
07 May, 2017, 10.36 AM IST
'No doubt' Syria behind chemical attack: Pentagon chiefIf they use chemical weapons, they are going to pay a very, very stiff price, said US defence chief Jim Mattis.
12 Apr, 2017, 02.36 PM IST
Silicon Valley taught us a new ethics lesson in 2016Y Combinator founder and investor Paul Graham feels the most successful founders are the ones that “delight in breaking rules, but not rule...
31 Dec, 2016, 12.20 PM IST
McCullum drowns India, 19 runs short of maiden triple centuryFor someone with the reputation of being a happy-go-lucky ballstriker, McCullum is within 19 runs of joining fellow blithe spirits Virender...
18 Feb, 2014, 04.59 AM IST
Its time AFSPA was strategically rolled back from Jammu and KashmirIn the absence of substantive political initiatives required to resolve the Kashmir dispute, New Delhi allowed the army to maintain its mil...
13 Jun, 2013, 06.19 AM IST
Pfizer's slams India's patent regime, says Indian standards are vague and malleableUS drugmaker Pfizer has slammed the patent regime in India, telling that all patents that the company has managed to get in India do not ha...
05 Jun, 2013, 05.01 AM IST
Raise urea prices & export grain before it rots, after needless hike in MSPStocks have to be run down to prevent grain rotting by millions of tonnes in public stocks.
08 Jan, 2013, 08.56 AM IST
Travel special: Prepping for paradiseBosses are volatile beings and dropping the H-bomb (the holiday one, I mean) can lead to wild tempers, days of grumbling and thunderous exp...
25 Apr, 2011, 03.02 AM IST
Just a thinking person's realityThe range of our knowledge of reality is limited by our pre-existing beliefs and expectations.
16 Dec, 2008, 02.34 AM IST
- The curious case of India's oil policy
The latest report on the oil sector by former petroleum secretary B.K. Chaturvedi has proposed a phased raise in oil product prices so that...
24 Aug, 2008, 11.04 AM IST
- High prices unlikely to stay for long
It’s a plethora of local, seasonal and man-made factors contributing to the hike in key vegetable prices in metros in this part of the year...
28 Jun, 2006, 02.08 AM IST
- Panel suggests hive-off of ESIC medical service
The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) should set up subsidiary corporations and make them fully responsible for medical benefit ...
03 Feb, 2003, 12.22 AM IST