China's 'pro-birth agenda' to tackle shrinking population dismissed by women, who once saw horrors of 'one-child rule'Amid China's demographic crisis, the Communist Party's 'pro-birth agenda' faces resistance from women scarred by the 'one-child rule.' Desp...
19 Aug, 2024, 01.49 PM IST
Let's fix the dog 'menace' we madeUrban India grapples with dog-related challenges, emphasizing the need for comprehensive solutions in the face of urbanization and evolving...
12 Apr, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
China hits out at criticism over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongXinjiang in particular has prompted Washington to slap sanctions on a growing list of Chinese politicians and companies as well as a diplom...
21 Dec, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
Beijing warns US will 'pay the price' for Olympics diplomatic boycottThe US move -- which stopped short of preventing athletes from attending -- comes after Washington spent months wrangling over what positio...
08 Dec, 2021, 06.53 AM IST
China threatens 'countermeasures' if US boycotts OlympicsCNN and NBC cited unnamed sources Sunday as saying the diplomatic boycott -- meaning no US government officials would attend the Games, but...
06 Dec, 2021, 10.49 PM IST
View: Swachh Bharat nuances and soft coercion may be needed for Covid curbsOne part of the government’s five-fold strategy in Covid management, Covid-appropriate behaviour, has faced the toughest challenge so far. ...
28 Aug, 2021, 07.16 AM IST
China vows retaliation after United States blacklists companiesNo details were given, but China has denied allegations of arbitrary detention and forced labour in the far western region of Xinjiang and ...
11 Jul, 2021, 02.04 PM IST
China sanctions US, Canadian citizens in Xinjiang rowAt least one million Uyghurs and people from other mostly Muslim groups have been held in camps in the northwestern region, according to ri...
28 Mar, 2021, 08.11 AM IST
UK to ban China imports linked to Uighur camps: ReportForeign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to reveal his plans, which are also set to include tougher laws on exporting goods or technology...
11 Jan, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
US sanctions Chinese officials over repression of minorities in Xinjiang; Beijing vows to retaliateChina is accused of mass detentions, religious persecution and forced sterilisation of Uyghurs and others in the resource-rich northwestern...
10 Jul, 2020, 07.09 PM IST
View: Indira was not Hitler, Modi is not AurangzebWith campaigning for 2018 underway, BJP equated Indira Gandhi to Hitler, and Congress responded that Modi is crueller than Mughal emperor A...
01 Jul, 2018, 07.17 PM IST
Indira Gandhi at 100: Why is she still relevantMy own memories of the lady are inextricably tied to the Emergency, when she danced like a present-day Kali on the corpse of Indian democra...
19 Nov, 2017, 10.08 AM IST
It was not notebandi, but nasbandi: Lalu Prasad YadavLalu was addressing a poll campaign rally at Pindra near here to seek support for Congress-SP joint candidate Ajai Rai, who is the sitting ...
28 Feb, 2017, 11.15 PM IST
View: Modi as bad as Mao? Get your history straightThe patience of the mob is rooted in a deeper anger over being cheated by habitual tax evaders like dishonest shopkeepers and rent-seeking ...
08 Jan, 2017, 11.46 AM IST
15 killed in bomb blast outside polio centre in PakistanToday is the third day of a three-day anti-polio campaign which was launched in Quetta and other districts of Balochistan on Monday.
13 Jan, 2016, 11.06 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi's script writers have not read history of India: BJPTaking a swipe, BJP said the Congress vice president was "fortunate" not to have been born as an opposition leader during his grandmother I...
07 Nov, 2015, 11.28 PM IST
Azam Khan attacks poll panel, questions relief to Amit ShahHit by the Election Commission campaign ban on its most prominent Muslim face, Azam Khan, the Samajwadi Party attempted to turn it into a p...
19 Apr, 2014, 03.40 AM IST