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The Election Commission must show who decided

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The Election Commission of India has a paradoxical constitutional task. It must make the rules and procedures of elections sufficiently certain that the outcome remains genuinely ... Read More


Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for breakthrough in controlling nerve cells with light

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Three scientists, Peter Hegemannand Georg Nagel of Germany, and Karl Deisseroth of the US, have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicinefor their work that laid the foundation for opt... Read More


Modi and the mobland

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- "It is a denial of Hinduism and ahimsa to kill a human being to protect a cow." - Mahatma Gandhi In the last few days, two reports have landed on my table that have caused me imm... Read More


Holding on through another flood

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Humans, deer, and wild goats-dazed and jittery-gathered together on the highlands in the vicinity of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve when the massive surge of water broke the embankment... Read More


Palestinians must vote to maximise their voice in Israel: Asad Ghanem

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Professor Asad Ghanem is a political scientist at the University of Haifa in Israel and a prominent scholar of Palestinian politics, ethnic states, and minority representation. H... Read More


The frog, the beetle and Annie Dillard's search for God

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The 81-year-old writer and professor Annie Dillard, who passed away on September 15, wrote one of the most-quoted passages in American literature on page five of her classic 1974 ... Read More


Can Israel's Arab parties help choose its next government?

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Drive north from Tel Aviv towards the Galilee another Israel gradually comes into view. Arabic becomes more prominent on shopfronts and signboards. Nazareth, the largest Arab city... Read More


Omar Abdullah's term, measured against his manifesto

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Speaking after he moved the statehood resolution at the recently concluded autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah described the... Read More


"Educated" does not mean equal | Sukhadeo Thorat

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The death of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay student Sahil Wakode has renewed questions about caste discrimination in India's higher educational institutions. Eminent ... Read More


CPI (ML)'s Bihar findings of rigging show why Gyanesh Kumar's resignation is not enough

New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- A day before protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar erupted in New Delhi and Mumbai on October 2, yet another allegation of election riggi... Read More