The rumblings of discontent from Righteous Europe over Qatar's admittedly appalling human rights record can only be viewed as deeply disingenuous and phoney, argues Kanika Datta. IMAGE: Members of......
If you want to be happy, move to Finland. The World Happiness Report published on Wednesday ranked 156 countries by happiness levels, based on factors such as life expectancy, social support......
Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......
Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......
The United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies, by imposing on Afghanistan the corrupt regime led by Hamid Karzai, had stoked an angry insurgency that till then was essentially......
As people struggle with effects of globalisation, political & business leaders need to realise what is legal may not be moral anymore, notes Claude Smadja The list of casualties is already quite......
The report highlights four supports for well-being and their underlying neural bases. Image: A view of Zurich, Switzerland. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters India has not fared well in a global......
India’s exponential growth in the last decade has made it the 10th largest economy in the world. But it lacks far behind (ranks 163) when you look at the richest economies in the world.......
The government on Tuesday ruled out any surreptitious entry of terrorist outfits into the stock market and said that sufficient caution has been administered to the stock exchanges to look out for......
Corruption in nearly half the world's nations is not getting much better and, indeed, in many countries is intensifying--affecting virtually every aspect of life among peoples on every continent.......
Patrick Swayze's co-stars and colleagues have paid high tribute to the star, who lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on Monday. Demi Moore, Swayze's co-star in hit film Ghost, posted two 'tweets'......
IMAGE: Argentina's Manuel Lanzini. Photograph: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters Argentina midfielder Manuel Lanzini will miss the World Cup after injuring a knee in training. "Manuel Lanzini suffered, in......
Uruguay cruise to 3-0 win over Uzbekistan in final warmup IMAGE: Uruguay's Luis Suarez celebrates scoring.Photograph: Andres Stapff/Reuters Uruguay will head to the World Cup on a winning note......
World Cup favourites spared tough groups in Russia IMAGE: FIFA World Cup trophy. Photograph: FIFA/Twitter The favourites to win next year's World Cup in Russia were given navigable paths to the......
IMAGE: Thomas Mueller celebrates with his teammates scoring during the EURO 2016 Qualifier between Scotland and Germany at Hamden Park in Glasgow. Photograph: Mark Runnacles/Getty Images. Bigger......
IMAGE: A view inside the Parc des Princes in Paris. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images. Bigger than ever, the European Championship kicks off in Paris next month with a four-week feast of......