As a lot of information provided in a small box can be difficult to read, data stories should be given more space Sridhar Venkatraman, a subscriber of the e-paper from Milton Keynes in the U.K., wrote to us with a few interesting questions about data visualisation in news stories and …

The recent hearings in the Supreme Court relating to the Sabarimala case have turned the spotlight on the status of religious faith in a system governed by the rule of law and the Constitution. Any attention bestowed on such discussions by a person of faith and belief appears to leave …

It is not his travel writing that makes him one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, it is his fiction The joke, considered by some to be factual, runs like this. An Englishman, an admirer of the descriptive writing of the blind Ved Mehta, goes to a literary …

The Delhi High Court order striking down the Begging Act heeds the Constitution’s transformative nature In 1871, the colonial regime passed the notorious Criminal Tribes Act. This law was based upon the racist British belief that in India there were entire groups and communities that were criminal by birth, nature, …

Centre notifies due date for filing GST returns The government has modified the due date for filing of final GST sales returns by businesses with turnover exceeding Rs. 1.5 crore to the eleventh day of the succeeding month. In a notification, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has …

Northeast China has high stakes in North Korea. A durable peace on the Korean Peninsula could mean much needed jobs for China’s industrial rust belt. China’s northeast, historically known as Manchuria, was among the first to industrialise. The region’s plentiful reserves of iron ore and coal premised the rise of …

We could look for new allies: Erdogan President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s partnership with the U.S. may be in jeopardy as ties strain, warning Ankara could start looking for new allies, in an op-ed published in the New York Times on Saturday. Relations between the two NATO allies have …

Another demonstration will celebrate Independence Day A rally to mark India’s Independence Day and a pro-Khalistani demonstration dubbed the “London declaration” are both set to go ahead on Sunday, in Trafalgar Square, central London, despite New Delhi’s strong and publicly stated reservations about the latter, which it views as an …

Following a meeting with 18 staff members, Twitter chief Jack Dorsey said he is contemplating systemic solutions to regulate content Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey on Friday gathered with 18 colleagues, including the safety team, to debate ways to make the social media service safer for its users. The discussion …

America’s addiction to sanctions does not allow negotiation to take place: Zarif Iran gave its most explicit rejection yet of talks with the U.S. on Saturday, and accused Washington of an “addiction to sanctions” over its latest spat with Turkey. The U.S. reimposed harsh sanctions on Iran on Tuesday, following …