The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday [October 29] flatly decreed that all American public schools, which still remain segregated, must desegregate at once. From now on, the Supreme Court ruling said school districts must operate only unitary schools which both white and black students can attend. Yesterday’s decision was as historic …

The Centre must change the situation in Kashmir, not just the global perception of it On the face of it, the government’s decision to allow the first foreign delegation to visit Srinagar, nearly three months after the decision to amend Article 370 of the Constitution and split the State of …

Innovation is inevitable in the longestand oldest of cricket’s many formats In these times of instant gratification, Test cricket with its five-day tenure might seem an anachronism. To make it seemingly worse, these long-winding contests can also throw up a draw, which flies against sport’s result-oriented culture. Yet, despite a …

India’s publicity overdrive about development can come back to bite it at the WTO While on the one hand, the official narrative in India is that of a country making rapid developmental strides since 2014, on the other, when it comes to developmental status at the World Trade Organization (WTO), …

Fair trade is often an excuse to raise more protectionist barriers to serve domestic special interest groups Free trade, which enjoys almost unanimous support among economists, has come under severe attack from politicians across the world. According to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, the U.S.-China …

The Tamil Nadu government should match its outreach activities with speedy decision-making Tamil Nadu is not known to be a State that markets itself on a large scale to grab the attention of the rest of the world. Even when the process of economic liberalisation gained momentum in the late …

Bright-line recusal rules demand that a judge looks not to his moral sense but considers what a reasonable person thinks The right to a fair hearing is at the heart of the rule of law. But in India today this notion increasingly appears to be a chimerical dream. The latest …

After the visit by MPs of the European Union to the Valley, India’s rejection of mediation will seem contradictory Now that the visit of European Union (EU) parliamentarians to Kashmir has ended, it is time to assess what it achieved. Was it a clever gambit that could change the discourse …

Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia’s east coast. Volunteers are hoping to begin their search of the fire zone for survivors among wildlife on Thursday. Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/conservationists-fear-hundreds-of-koalas-died-in-wildfires/article29837496.ece

Waddling up the beach in single file, their heads held high with an almost self-important demeanour, king penguins are a major draw in the Falkland Islands’ tourism industry. Their fluffy brown chicks are nearly fearless of humans, meaning tourists at Volunteer Point, a peninsula on East Falkland Island, might get …

Pakistan on Wednesday issued a commemorative coin to mark Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary in November. In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Imran Khan shared a picture of the coin. The coin comes ahead of the inauguration of the Kartarpur corridor on November 9. Last November, both India and Pakistan …

Cheaper imports from Vietnam via Sri Lanka, duty-free, blamed for distress A drastic fall in the price of black pepper and low production owing to climate vagaries are the major concerns of farmers in Kerala and Karnataka, the two major pepper producing States in the country. Black pepper prices have …

Telecom major seeks formulation of a ‘constructive mechanism in the best interest of all parties ‘ Bharti Airtel on Wednesday expressed hope that the government would take a ‘balanced approach’ on the issue of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) to ensure long-term viability of the industry. The statement comes a day …

Over 22,000 Indians, including nearly 7,000 women, have applied for asylum in the U.S. since 2014, according to the latest official figures. The reason behind Indians seeking asylum in the U.S. can be “unemployment or intolerance or both in India”, Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director of North American Punjabi Association …

President Sebastián Piñera of Chile said on Wednesday that his country, which has been rocked by a wave of recent protests, was not in a position to host a key UN climate change meeting and major Asia-Pacific trade summit later this year. The announcements underscored how destabilising the recent wave …

Ankara slams the move, says Turks too died during the war Armenia rejoiced but Turkey was furious on Wednesday after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a historic resolution recognising mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide. With tensions already high over Turkey’s assault on Kurdish-controlled areas of …

What began as a protest against a monthly tax on WhatsApp users has snowballed into a mass movement for systemic change Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri announced his resignation on Tuesday following two weeks of street protests that brought the capital Beirut to a standstill and led to violence between …

India Meteorological Department has warned that the coastal districts in the State are likely to receive heavy rain on Thursday and Friday. Rainfall in the districts are likely to exceed 65 mm on Thursday with heavy rainfall in isolated places in the coastal belt. Heavy to very heavy rain is …

The bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories came into effect at midnight Wednesday. Girish Chandra Murmu and Radha Krishna Mathur will be sworn in as Lieutenant Governors of J&K and Ladakh respectively at two separate ceremonies on Thursday. J&K Chief Justice Gita Mittal will administer the oath …

The House Democrats in the United States have unveiled plans to open up the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump with public hearings, after criticism from Republicans that the process has been overly secretive. The White House responded that it still considers the proceedings a “scam,” signalling no let-up in …