Opinion

There should not be any fears of Muslims losing their religious identity when the very Constitution, which sought the implementation of the UCC, also guarantees them the right to maintain institutions which are of utmost importance for their religion

Paramu Kurumathur’s ‘108 Facts About Sanskrit You Didn’t Know’ looks at how we can establish Sanskrit as the national language of India

Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia, a two-term Congress MP in 1957 and 1962, had annoyed Indira Gandhi by supporting Ramnath Goenka and ensuring his electoral victory from Vidisha, which was part of the erstwhile Gwalior state

Fast-paced sustainable growth with marked improvement in people’s life can be possible only when we create a highly skilled workforce for which our higher education institutions have to rise to the occasion

The Pelosi visit has given Xi Jinping a golden chance to play to the domestic gallery by taking its attention away from more glaring problems like the growing economic challenges

Fiscal recklessness can wreak havoc as we are learning from Sri Lanka and Pakistan. With the Indian economy gearing up for its takeoff, the culture of offering freebies may have long-lasting repercussions

The outcome will decide the fate of not only the precariously placed provincial government headed by Hamza Shahbaz, but also that of the federal government headed by his father Shahbaz Sharif

More often than not, Moitra is projected as a suave, erudite leader who stands for democracy and takes on fascism, which is nothing but a strawman

China is earning a bad name for allowing such comments to be made on a social media platform whose entire control rests with the Communist regime

Uddhav surrendered the principles of his gutsy father, Balasaheb, to Sonia Gandhi and reached the nadir in trying to please her. Soon after Uddhav announced the alliance with Congress in 2019, Shiv Sainiks knew that the ground under his feet was slipping

Judges are expected to act in accordance with law, and also exercise caution while making observations in open courts

The script of a rebel Shiv Sena MLA now becoming the Maharashtra CM and claiming that his faction with 50 MLAs is the real Shiv Sena was written in November 2019 when Uddhav Thackeray took oath as the CM for a party that chose to go with the Congress and...

The ancient Jyotishi had to be well-versed in Samkhya philosophy, advanced mathematics, astronomy, and religious texts, in addition to leading a purely spiritual lifestyle. But the modern Jyotishi lets a free computer software do the calculations

The idea of blasphemy has no place in a democracy like India and it cannot be fought by issuing conditional criticisms

Masking has proven to be quite effective against Covid-19. Ventilated indoor spaces have helped reduce infections. Around 5% of all RT-PCR tests should undergo Genome Sequencing to know if concerning mutations are present in samples

As of June 18, around 2,100 cases of monkeypox have been reported from 42 countries since January. India should restart manufacturing of the smallpox vaccine until the time we are able to get vaccines for monkeypox