Commentary
Mobile phones: Our modern fetters
As modern gadgets and devices go on to exemplify the giant strides technology has made, one is left wondering at the way they have transitioned from being ‘luxuries’ once to…
Poonam Gaonkar bags silver for Goa in CFCC
NT BUZZ The Cook for Change Challenge (CFCC) – Season 3, organised by the…
Pitch for sustainable growth in Goa
It has been a case of rampant degradation and destruction of the state’s environment which…
Give hope a chance Â
As New Year kicks in, government and people must resolve to improve happiness index There…
EDM death: Report points to mix of drugs, alcohol
Panaji: The preliminary report into the death of Delhi youth, who died in a hospital…
Lasted Commentary
Rising risk of raging urban fires
For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could – and…
Tracing the evolution of Earth
Imagine floating in space, gazing on a frozen white orb. The ball hangs in the void, lonely and gleaming in…
Soft power use in global politics
India has one of the most influential soft powers abroad in the form of elements such as Bollywood, food, yoga…
Pay heed to World Bank, IMF advice
The twin Bretton Woods institutions, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that largely shaped the global economy’s…
Tharoor at political crossroads
He can’t be slotted easily into any ‘camp’, an intellectual who is perhaps far more comfortable in the rarefied environs…
Height of cybercrimes and gullibility
Emotionally manipulating victims to gain trust and compliance from them, scammers these days liberally utilise the Internet and messaging apps…
US in for ‘shock and awe’ strategy
It is good to be ever wary of a nation and a leadership that is and has historically been all…
In chains: US deportations draw fire
Migration is a sad truth of victimisation, deep poverty and neglect. People move when they cannot make ends meet, in…