HindustanTimes The images of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan breaking down when he heard that the Chandrayaan-2 mission had not gone off as planned set off a flutter on social media. Many sympathised with the brilliant scientist and Pri... More »
HindustanTimes Farmer suicides are the convergence of multiple facets of rural distress in a single act of desperation and helpless surrender. Each of the staggering numbers represents more than a life that ended tragically; it also signifies a widow who now s... More »
HindustanTimes On 15 September 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in the US. Lehman was brought down by its overexposure to financial products based on sub-prime (poor quality) housing mortgages. Its crash is seen as the event that set off the financia... More »
Nicholas Clegg, vice-president of global affairs & communications at Facebook, wants to see the social media giant play an active role in formulating new rules of the internet lest future generations regret decisions taken today — around privacy, data, open in... More »
HindustanTimes Ahead of the elections, several frontline leaders of Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have been shifting to the ruling BJP or Shiv Sena. The defections are happening in the Congress too but they are mostly legislators or middle ... More »
The third dose of economic adrenaline delivered by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman are less energising than they appear at first blush. A special window of Rs 10,000 crore to finance housing in the sub-Rs 45 lakh category sounds promising. But then comes t... More »
HindustanTimes On this day in 1959, at the height of the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States, the Russian spacecraft Luna 2 crashed (intentionally) on the surface of the moon. It became the first human-made object to ever reach another ce... More »
HindustanTimes The Congress was dismantled bit by bit before its big 2014 defeat when its tally was reduced to the lowest-ever in the Lok Sabha. Unable to recover from the debilitating decline, it tripped from one crisis to another in the intervening five year... More »
HindustanTimes India’s democracy is not well. If the centralisation of political power envisioned in the presidential orders on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), endorsed by Parliament, withstand legal challenges, the extent of power arrayed to the central leadership w... More »
HindustanTimes When I met Pinki (name changed) a couple of years ago, she appeared to be like any other shy teenager, but her story was anything but normal. Sexually abused by her father at the age of 11, she had to wage an incredible battle for justice agains... More »
HindustanTimes India and Pakistan faced off at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over New Delhi’s decision to reorganise Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and revoke its special status. Pakistan, which fielded its foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, ado... More »
BusinessLine The proposed amendments to the Employees’ Provident Fund Act may pave the way to extend provident fund benefits to many workers who have so far been outside the net. Among the changes proposed, a significant one is to allow rates of contribution b... More »