Children in 21st century India are having to deal with a rapidly gathering danger: a degrading environment from pesticides, air pollution and unsafe toys to contaminated rivers and more. Ramesh Menon surveys the troubling landscape.

Most public matters before judges are simply 'in court', and not necessarily sub judice to the extent that voicing one's views about them publicly would merit contempt charges. The courts should recognise the distinction formally, with a clear standard for separating the two. The India Together editorial.

What's in a name? Apparently a lot in a country like ours, where even today regressive practices like identifying a person's caste by his or her surname or identifying a woman by her husband's name continue unabated, writes Navya P K.

A recent Bombay HC ruling on the powers of the NCW, with regard to a case involving sexual harassment at the workplace, could have significant implications for gender justice in the long term. Revathi Siva Kumar looks at the facts of the case and the debate that it has stirred up. 

The Confederation of Voluntary Associations discovered that religious symbolism is best left to personal choice; instead, harmony is more easily attained by linking peace with people.

A new report on finds agribusiness corporations from India and abroad are reneging on their promises to stop employing children in Andhra Pradesh. Gomati Jagadeesan reports.

India is unilaterally opening its doors to imports of wheat at a time when several contentious issues remain to be settled in the World Trade Organisation. This deliberate step up will result in serious consequences, and weaken the country's bargaining power, writes Ashok B Sharma.

The search for a viable national alternative to the Congress goes back more than fifty years, But India is too large, and too unwieldy, to be represented by two parties alone, or even, as it now seems, by two coalitions each dominated by a single party, says Ramachandra Guha.

An excess of secularism may be as problematic as bigotry, whereas pragmatism is in salutary contrast to both of those, writes Ramachandra Guha.

Conceived as an anti-poverty effort, the Navodayam project in Andhra Pradesh has grown with government support into a full-fledged media entity taking up coverage of serious local issues. Its members see themselves playing a vital role, and making a difference to the lives of lakhs of women in their districts. Shoma Chatterji reports.

In 50 percent of the killings of Indian journalists since 2010 there have been no arrests so far. We need to come together to protect our tribe, urge Geeta Seshu and Sevanti Ninan.

Motivated by the media attention in Nandigram, six volunteers of Child Rights and You decided to examine how the urban poor are faring against State-sponsored eviction. Shoma Chatterji reports.

Violence during college union elections, the death of a protesting 22-year-old student in police custody and a resultant chain of events have led to earnest debates in West Bengal over whether students should stay away from active politics. Promona Sengupta explores the reality underlying prevailing sentiments.

Mother is prowling around the house like an overzealous detective looking for clues of my ineptitude as a homemaker. This is an old habit. In the past, when I once asked her to babysit while...

President Trump congratulated UFC for restarting the sports world Saturday night after a nearly two-month hiatus. Trump's taped message was played during ESPN's broadcast of the UFC 249 undercard from a fan-free arena in Jacksonville.

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has proposed radical changes in the LBW laws, stating that a batsman should be given out leg before as long as the ball is hitting the stumps irrespective of the spot of its landing and impact.

Malegaon blast accused and BJP's Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur went on a temple run on Thursday, a day after the Election Commission imposed a 72-hour campaigning ban on her. The EC ban followed complaints against Thakur for her offensive remark against 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks martyr Hemant Karkare

This is probably the book that twihards have been waiting for.

Masterji followed the men through glass doors on to a rectangular balustrade terrace, where the sea breeze blew into his hair.

Amitav Ghosh digs out a hidden part of the Raj history in a compelling story

The festival has its origins in the combination of two different medieval events. Commercial secular fairs were held at the beginning of the summer.

Israel believes it is constantly at war, facing an existential crisis in a sea of hatred. The national narrative is clear and society's expectations of the young are rigid.

Progressive Maharashtra is dotted with temples and dargahs that keep women out

नयी दिल्ली। केंद्रीय वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने एक वीडियो कॉन्फ्रेंस के जरिए गांधीनगर में जीआईएफटी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय वित्तीय सेवा केंद्र में दो अंतरराष्ट्रीय एक्सचेंजों पर INR-USD फ्यूचर्स एंड ऑप्शन (एफएंडओ) का शुभारंभ किया है। इस ट्रेड ऑप्शन को बीएसई के इंडिया

భారత ప్రభుత్వం నిర్దేశించిన నియమాల ప్రకారం 2020 ఏప్రిల్ 01 నుంచి బిఎస్ 6 ఉద్గార ప్రమాణాలకు అనుకూలంగా నవీనీకరించాలి. ఈ కారణంగా చాల కంపెనీలు తమ వాహనాలను నిర్దిష్ట గడువుకు ముందే బిఎస్ 6 ప్రమాణాలకు అనుకూలంగా నవీనీకరించారు. బిఎస్ 6 ఉద్గార ప్రమాణాలకు అనుకూలంగా నవీనీకరించని వాహనాలను దేశీయ మార్కెట్లో నిలిపివేశారు. ఇక్కడ బిఎస్

మహీంద్రా తన బిఎస్ -6 ఆల్తూరస్ జి 4 ఎస్‌యువిని భారతీయ మార్కెట్లో విడుదల చేసింది. కొత్త మహీంద్రా ఆల్తూరస్ జి 4 ఎస్‌యూవీ ధర రూ. 28.69 లక్షలు. ఈ కొత్త మహీంద్రా ఆల్తూరస్ జి 4 ఎస్‌యువిని గురించి పూర్తి సమాచారం ఇక్కడ తెలుసుకుందాం.

మహీంద్రా తన బిఎస్ 6 ఎక్స్‌యువి 500 ఎస్‌యువిని భారతీయ మార్కెట్లో విడుదల చేసింది. ఇండియన్ మార్కెట్లో మహీంద్రా ఈ ఎస్‌యువి యొక్క బుకింగ్స్ అధికారికంగా బుధవారం నుంచి ప్రారంభించింది. బిఎస్ -6 ఎక్స్‌యువి 500 ఎస్‌యూవీకి రూ. 5 వేల ధరతో బుక్ చేసుకోవచ్చు.

ಇಂದು ವಿಶ್ವ ಅಸ್ತಮಾ ದಿನ. ಪ್ರತಿವರ್ಷ ವಿಶ್ವ ಅಸ್ತಮಾ ದಿನವನ್ನು ಮೇ ತಿಂಗಳ ಮೊದಲ ಮಂಗಳವಾರದಂದು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು. ಈ ವರ್ಷ ಮೇ.5ಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಈ ವರ್ಷದ ಅಸ್ತಮಾ ದಿನ ಥೀಮ್‌ ಅಂದರೆ ಅಸ್ತಮಾದಿಂದ ಸಾವು ಸಂಭವಿಸುವುದು ಸಾಕು ("Enough Asthma Deaths"). ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ವಿಶ್ವ ಅಸ್ತಮಾ ದಿನವನ್ನು 35 ದೇಶಗಳು ಸೇರಿ ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಸ್ತಮಾ

The police here aiming to spread the message to not venture out of home unnecessarily during relaxation in the curfew, started the ‘Stay Home’ campaign through paragliding. The town residents were pleasantly surprised on Saturday to a see a paraglider making rounds of the city from the sky with a banner 'Stay Home - Barnala Police'.

Trump has been criticised as abdicating any leadership role in guiding the country through one of its worst crises in a century, leaving states on their own to grapple with the pandemic and even bid against each other to obtain critical medical equipment on the open market or abroad.

In the capital, Santiago, where the largest cemeteries ordinarily attract tens of thousands of visitors with associated road closures and chaotic scenes, the national federation of cemetery workers this week urged people to stay away.

The distortions in the US president's statements emerged over the past week alongside his relentless bragging about the US testing system, which failed in the crucial early weeks and remains globally subpar.

It was unclear whether his statement referred to a $19 billion relief plan announced by the US Department of Agriculture in April. The agency said it would buy $3 billion worth of agricultural commodities as part of that program.

A team at Columbia's Center for Radiological Research is experimenting with UVC, rays whose wavelength of 222 nanometers makes them safe for humans but still lethal to viruses.

Tesla boss Elon Musk and his partner Claire Grimes Boucher welcomed their first baby on May 4 and baffled everyone with the choice of the name.

In light of the COVID-19 lockdown situation, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued a notification on Friday allowing some insurance companies to provide the Aadhaar-based authentication to complete KYC procedure to provide insurance services. "To facilitate

Indian currency rupee against the dollar has tumbled to a historic low of 76.91 per US dollar on April 22, 2020 and as per reports it may touch levels of 80 as the pandemic Covid 19 brings with it a lot

Brokerage firm, Motilal Oswal is bullish on the stock of Larsen & Toubro and has set a price target of Rs 1,200 on the stock, as against its current market price of Rs 825.