Introspection by states and societies has always been important for conflict resolution: Ajit DovalNational Security Advisor Ajit Doval emphasised the significance of introspection in resolving conflicts between state and religion. Speaki...
02 Feb, 2025, 10.19 PM IST
As the Turkish Republic turns 100, here's a look at its achievements and challenges aheadTurkey has, however, taken on a more conservative character under the two-decade-old rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose party ha...
27 Oct, 2023, 10.58 AM IST
AI, Brain Scans and Cameras: The Spread of Police Surveillance TechAdvances in artificial intelligence, drones and facial recognition have created an increasingly global police surveillance business. Israel...
01 Apr, 2023, 03.41 PM IST
Who is leading the crackdown on Iran's protests?During the latest protests, which erupted after a young woman died in the custody of the country's morality police last month, the Basij (b...
13 Oct, 2022, 01.26 PM IST
View: Surprise, surprise, BJP is a net gainer from these assembly electionsThe BJP has retained Assam, lost the single seat it had in the Kerala assembly and come out on the losing side in Tamil Nadu. Its victory i...
03 May, 2021, 09.28 AM IST
View: China, Turkey and Pakistan's unholy nuclear nexus and its global ramificationsAs has been observed by US Office of the Secretary of Defense in its annual report to the Congress, 'Military and Security Developments Inv...
11 Feb, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
The extraordinary rise of Pakistan's only female banking CEOSima Kamil is the only woman heading a private sector lender in Pakistan — and one of the very few women leading companies in the country.
19 Apr, 2018, 03.53 PM IST
UN's R2P law best solution to Syrian crisis: US political scientistOnce he came to the US, many journalists, politicians, scholars and people whom he met encouraged him to write a book about his life story ...
28 Feb, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
Narendra Modi is an ascetic, he hasn’t disappointed: Nassim Nicholas TalebNassim Nicholas Taleb said that the collapse of China’s stock markets and crude prices may not be a bad thing after all.
02 Feb, 2016, 07.03 AM IST
India needs to try again and again to resolve issues with Pakistan: Christophe Jaffrelot"In Modi's first few months as PM, you had Love Jihad, conversion isses, riots, etc. But in the last few months we haven’t heard anything o...
12 Jun, 2015, 08.26 AM IST
Common threads between PM Narendra Modi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip ErdoganThe winning candidates had both campaigned primarily on issues related to the economy and governance, promising to clean up corruption and ...
30 Nov, 2014, 11.27 AM IST
Poke Me: Why India is now a hedgehog nationWe are offended by anything; and by its opposite, too.
30 Jan, 2013, 07.18 PM IST
Verses and Versions of PowerSaul Bellow said that Rushdie may "have believed mistakenly that the civilisation of the west had once and for all triumphed over exotic fu...
31 Jan, 2012, 08.43 AM IST