Golden yarn Sir — Storytelling is an art that not everyone can master. Deft storytellers often have a rich pool of life experiences to tap into. Perhaps this is why grandparents make the best s...

Global summits are often as much about symbolism and messaging as they are about well-defined outcomes. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended, virtually, a meeting with leaders of Brazil, R...

Even as the world continues to be focused on the challenges being posed by the Russian aggression in Ukraine, the battle lines in the Indo-Pacific are getting sharply defined. Addressing the Shangri-L...

At least 46 migrants were found dead in the back of a truck in the southern US state of Texas on Monday, officials confirmed. The swealtering semi-trailer was discovered on the outskirts the city of ...

At least 46 migrants were found dead in the back of a truck in the southern US state of Texas on Monday, officials confirmed. The swealtering semi-trailer was discovered on the outskirts the city of ...

Neglected shelves Sir — Libraries have been repositories of knowledge for millennia. Even a few decades ago, public and community libraries were integral parts of almost every neighbourhood in ...

US President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders unveiled ambitious plans to mobilise $600 billion in funding by 2027 to deliver transparent and game-changing infrastructure projects in developing countrie...

Leaders of the Group of 7 nations are close to an agreement in principle to begin the process of potentially imposing price caps on Russian oil and are set to impose other new economic penalties on Mo...

Rewrite the past Sir — Witch-hunts resulted in the trial, torture and execution of thousands of women — although it was mostly the poor, the vulnerable and the social outcasts who were ta...

US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bipartisan gun safety bill into law, the first major federal gun reform in three decades, days after the Supreme Court expanded gun rights. “This is ...