EU Space Envoy Urges Rules-Based Order Amid China’s Posturing

New Delhi: Space is for everyone to explore and technology for everyone’s benefit, emphasized European Union’s special envoy for Space Marjolijn van Deelen, who is in New Delhi to explore possibilities and further enhance cooperation in space between India and Europe. Her visit to India comes weeks after the historic and landmark visit by European … Read more

What Trump Told PM Modi Over Reciprocal Tariffs

Washington: While announcing his country’s “reciprocal tariffs” on those who tariff the United States, Donald Trump recalled his brief remark to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding trade ties with India, when the two leaders met in Washington recently. “You’ve not been treating us right,” he recalled as saying to PM Modi, when he spoke about … Read more

Women’s Sexual Pleasure Is Still Taboo

The title page of Sir Richard Burton's translation of the Kama Sutra

For some people, the Kamasutra is little more than a name associated with condom brands, scented oils and chocolates shaped into erotic positions. In India, where sex remains a taboo subject, this ancient sex manual has often been reduced to merely a “dirty book”. But beneath this narrow view lies a deeper message: the Kamasutra … Read more