The plains truth Local elections in Nepal Two months after the first phase of local elections, Nepal has completed the second, and mor...

A welcome sale Air India disinvestment With the Union Cabinet’s ‘in-principle’ approval for the sale of Air India and five of its s...

New tech, old values European Commission's fine on Google The long arm of the European Commission has once again struck the tec...

Pay to publish Making paid news an electoral offence The Election Commission’s order disqualifying Madhya Pradesh Minister Narottam Mi...

The Marawi siege: IS enters Philippines The city of Marawi in the south of the Philippines has been engulfed by a deadly, ongoing siege ...

Warm in Washington: Modi in U.S. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first meeting with President Donald Trump, concern had grown...

In another court: men who transformed badminton in India K. Srikanth brought joy in two equal helpings. The 24-year-old won back-to-back...

Qatar crisis: mending the rift The fact that Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have handed over a list of demand...

Being smart about Smart Cities Mission The Centre would like us to believe that the  Smart Cities Mission  will transform urban life in ...

Karnataka Assembly resolution to arrest journalists: Whose privilege? The  Karnataka Assembly’s resolution imposing a one-year prison se...

Engaging Pyongyang: On US-North Korea relations The tragic death of Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old American student who was imprisone...

A foregone conclusion: On presidential poll race It may have the trappings of an ideological battle, but the 2017 presidential election ...

Game of thrones: On the crown prince of Saudi Arabia The rapid rise of Mohammed bin Salman, from one among many princes in the al-Sau...

The clean-up begins: On RBI's move against 12 borrowers Armed with the powers, a little over a month ago, to get lenders and defa...

Kumble’s farewell: On Team India coach exit A ghastly fissure ripped through Indian cricket as Anil Kumble quit as the national team’...

Jailing a judge: On Justice Karnan arrest The  i mprisonment of Justice C.S. Karnan , who recently retired as a judge of the Calcutta Hi...

Macron once more: On LREM's victory in National Assembly elections The large majority for his La République En Marche in the Nati...

American voyage: On Narendra Modi's U.S. visit Three years after his first visit to meet U.S. President Barack Obama, Prime Minister...

Sunday revival: On Pakistan's victory in Champions Trophy Pakistan’s thumping 180-run victory over India in the ICC Champions Tro...

End the violence: On Darjeeling imbroglio Longstanding issues such as the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland in the Darjeeling...