The word isn’t actually a Trump coinage — it first swaggered into existence in the late 16th century.

Agency is critical for harnessing India’s demographic dividend

He was perhaps the rare umpire who was as popular as the players – his stoop, the nervous tug at his jacket, or the way he would raise his finger to give a player out are all part of cricketing folklore.

The inauguration of the historic Mysuru Dasara festival by Banu Mushtaq, this year’s International Booker Prize-winning Kannada writer and activist, carried more than ceremonial heft. Her participation in the ceremony, including in the prayers at the Chamundeshwari temple, was both a substantive gesture and an assertion of constitutional values.

Donald Trump's General Assembly speech was a recap of his domestic political rhetoric. It also underlined the challenges he represents to the global order.

In a different time, perhaps, the boy who snuck into the wheel well of a plane flying from Kabul to Delhi could have been another Ibn Batuta or Marco Polo.

In a different world, the 13-year-old Afghan boy who snuck onto a flight could have reached his destination

Friendships can’t be enforced, but a certain civility is mandatory on the field. Umpires must be empowered to act immediately at the first sign of offence

It’s the latest in a series of measures that could make the world more vulnerable and dent the credibility of American science

Assertion of caste by upper caste individuals or groups might, intentionally or otherwise, intimidate marginalised castes. For the latter, in contrast, public displays of identity – especially in political contexts -- are a way to counter historical injustices.

An actor’s trajectory is often defined by the tension between two attributes — popularity and artistry — often seen as being inversely proportional to each other. To see this as the shibboleth that it is, all one needs to do is go through Mohanlal’s five-decade-long filmography

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interpretation of Swadeshi -- no matter from which country the company comes from or even if the product has a foreign name, it should be manufactured in India -- sends quite the right signal.

India's IT sector leaders have formidable talent; they need to look beyond their cost-plus, labour arbitrage mode

But the pact should still prompt reflection on India’s reluctance to extend security support to partners in the Gulf.

Court calling for prior restraint, government’s takedown order, both undermine free press

And that writing off Neeraj Chopra would be premature

Since US tariffs are a big reason, possibly the biggest one, for the slide in the value of the rupee, Nageswaran’s statement provides hope

By resigning, Jerry Greenfield has highlighted that in the face of injustice, companies and people, always have a choice

It will have its task cut out for itself as Trump continues to attack its independence

While Delhi must maintain a productive relationship with Moscow, it also needs to balance its ties with Brussels and Moscow. The rapidly rising stakes in India's relationship with the European Union require such a recalibration

From the moral ambiguity of ‘Three Days of the Condor’ (1975) to the charisma of ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (1969), to the intensity of ‘All the President’s Men’ (1976), he captured the tensions of a changing America.

Punjab can either continue spending colossal sums on relief and rehabilitation every few years, or invest a fraction of that in prevention.

With a cloud over the investigations, a modicum of closure for the victims will remain elusive. The Delhi Police must be held accountable for its shortcomings.

New research shows that molluscs organise their limbs with precision. It holds a lesson in balance and adaptability

In their zeal to expand tourism in the state, Centre and Uttarakhand government have shown inadequate sensitivity to the idiosyncrasies of the mountains