Word of the Day: In an era shaped by polarisation and entrenched viewpoints, obdurate has gained renewed relevance. Whether describing poli...

Recalcitrant describes someone stubbornly resistant to authority, rules, or guidance, actively refusing to comply even with reasonable expe...

Like many people his age, Biden, 81, has long experienced instances in which he mangled a sentence, forgot a name or mixed up a few facts, ...

Using the momentum garnered at MC12, the WTO must urgently deliver on institutional reforms. By going back to the drawing board, Members mu...

The fear is that just RBI was behind the curve earlier, it might find itself ahead of the curve in the near future.

When K Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR) quit the Telugu Desam and formed the Telangana Rasthtra Samithi (TRS) to start an agitation for a separate ...

Naresh Chandra had to take the flak from President Clinton, Madeline Albright and pretty much anyone who mattered in the State Department a...

The World Bank's 2016 edition of ease of doing business rankings placed India at 130th position in a list of 189 countries it ranks below e...

As Phizo took up this issue with America, Nehru was forced to ink the 1964 ceasefire (with NNC). Nehru would have continued the armed opera...

Sinha said the new govt has set out to usher in reforms that aim to give PSU banks operational autonomy with accountability but no politica...

The Baltic, sylvan surroundings and a varied cultural scene make Stockholm a city with surprises at every turn.

A recalcitrant B S Yeddyurappa continued to push around the BJP leadership by refusing to abide by the party’s diktat to step down as Karna...

The US is scrambling to extricate itself from a logistical nightmare in the Af-Pak theatre.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extended olive branch to Opposition, hoping to put an end to the acrimony and bitterness that had marked the ...

The JMM will stake claim for formation of a new government in Jharkhand after meeting governor Syed Sibtey Razi on Monday.