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Love has no boundaries
Dutee Chand has declared that she is in a same-sex relationship; she should be applauded for her bravery Same-sex relationships in India have only recently become legal after the Supreme Court read down the infamous Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code last year. That was a long time coming and...
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Choking the Opposition
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Trouble in the skies
21 May 2019 | Pioneer -
Vote for leadership
21 May 2019 | Pioneer -
Trump’s rulebook
20 May 2019 | Pioneer -
Get down to business
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Curbing celebrations
18 May 2019 | Pioneer -
Best left alone
18 May 2019 | Pioneer
Space age diplomacy
NASA to send payload on Chandrayaan-2, signals extra-terrestrial cooperation This, too, is happening. The US space agency NASA is literally hitching a ride on Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission satellite. Planned for a July launch, it will have 13 payloads and one passive experiment from NASA. No doubt that our second...
Sonia’s olive branch
The Congress has woken up to the grand alliance alternative but it may be too little too late As election results draw closer, with some predicting the possibility of a reduced tally for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a strong showing by federal players, the Congress has decided to croak...
Slipping on oil
India has bought some time on volume of imports from Iran but is caught between it and the US Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif may have looked for some middle ground on India’s oil purchases from his country despite US sanctions but we are in no position to commit. Although...
Ocean of darkness
The vandalism of Vidyasagar’s bust is way beyond political point-scoring, it is a demolition of the idea of India Had revival of the true Hindu consciousness been the real intention and the mind had indeed perceived its sacredness, then nobody would have smashed the statue of Bengal’s Renaissance man, Ishwar Chandra...
Whatsapp cracked
A fear of surveillance made users switch to this platform but now it has admitted it has been compromised. What next? Security and the knowledge that communications are direct and private are the underpinnings of any major communications service. So the knowledge that Whatsapp, the world’s most widely-used communication service with...
Modi, Patnaik warm up
The Odisha CM is keeping the door ajar for a post-poll pact by negotiating a Central largesse for the cyclone-hit State If he wins another term in the Assembly, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik would enter the club of the longest serving Chief Ministers of the country by dint...
Breaking up Facebook?
Chris Hughes has argued that the platform is an existential threat to the world and needs to be fragmented Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes made his millions when the social networking giant went public, but after that he has taken a strong advocacy point and even during a visit to India almost...
