If you Google "Edmund Hillary" you will get seven million references to his summitting Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1952. But when you Google "George Mallory", who made a gallant effort 30 years before that but who disappeared on the treacherous slopes, you get nearly 17 million references. It is still a mystery if George Mallory died on the way to summit or while descending after scaling it.


Montreal Protocol on ozone protection survives a hiccup (Comment)


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The Gateway of India, at first instance, appears to be an odd frame for the type of conversations that follow. It was, after all, built to commemorate a state visit of a foreign invader.


The power of the Moderate (Exclusive Book Extract)


Religious leaders who were taken into preventive detention from the Sabarimala temple premises on Friday night were granted bail on Saturday.


Sabarimala protests: Detained religious leaders granted bail


Mumbai, Nov 17 (IANS/Monggabay) In November 2012, a tigress and her two cubs began a journey from their home in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh. She had somewhat uncharacteristically left the forest. Over the next two years, this tigress is recorded to have travelled 260 km -- from the Amariya region in Pilibhit, along the Devha river, criss-crossing through the densely-populated village areas of Gularia Bithra, Khali Nawada, Bishanpur, Surajpur, Bhadsara, Dhaki, all the way up to Kanpur, where she was finally sighted in February 2014. A close-knit team comprising officials of the state's Forest Department and tiger conservators of WWF-India were on the trail of this feline family.


Was it necessary to kill Avni? (Comment)


Like many proud Indians I get upset when faced with alarming reports that point to the poor employment rate of India's college and university graduates.


Enhancing employability for young Indians: Lessons for policymakers, academics (Comment)


Given the current economic scenario of India, it would be prudent to have our eyes on the pressing issues that need the attention of the government over the next six years. Policy changes, new policies and an environment that facilitates investment will be vital.


Investment policy: Looking at 2019 and beyond (Column: Behind Infra Lines)


As the world stands on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, powered by a wide range of new technology breakthroughs such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), advanced robotics, Internet of Things IoT), Cloud computing and 3D printing, major changes are expected in the labour market globally.


India's higher education system needs drastic changes to address tech-induced challenges (Column: Active Voice)


Read this: "The world is falling apart. The future of humanity is hanging on a cliff, on the edge of catastrophe. But there still is hope and a window of opportunity to take action." That sounds like a stereotypical UN moralising rhetoric on climate change or loss of biodiversity.


Ray of hope as ozone layer recovery on track, world safer than in 1980s (Comment)


In a refreshing change of pace for the government, which has been reeling under challenging economic circumstances of late, the release of the World Banks Doing Business report last week provided some respite.


Time now to breathe life into the country's languishing business environment (Column: Active Voice)


The four-year report card of Haryana's Manohar Lal Khattar-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is marked by significant developments in housing, particularly affordable housing. But the pace of infrastructure development leaves much to be desired.


Four years of Khattar government: Reforms boost affordable housing, infra poses challenge (Comment)


Among the more important things we do in life is to take decisions. At a time of information overload, this can be particularly challenging. And yet, this is the time of year when students have to make up their minds on their future course of study. It is one of the most difficult and important decisions they would need to take and would, most certainly, impact them for the rest of their lives.


Five tips to decision-making if you want to study abroad (Education Tips)


The adage that "investing in the right industry is at least as important, if not more, than choosing the right investments" holds true in India as much as it does in any other country.


Industry choice vital to benefit from India growth story (Column: Behind Infra Lines)


As per the United States Department of Energy (US-DOE), lighting causes 5-6 per cent of the overall Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions globally. Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) can greatly help in mitigating the adverse effects of GHG emissions. They consume 80-85 per cent less electricity than conventional lighting sources and have much higher operating lifetimes (more than 50,000 hours). Unlike the preceding generation of lights, such as Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), LEDs release zero mercury toxicity into the environment.


India can save more than 50 per cent electricity usage through LEDs (Comment)


The 2019 general election is now just months away. This means that the time for any significant change on the ground has passed as the government will soon get into campaign mode.


India in dire need of long-term growth strategy (Column: Active Voice)


The Whos Who of Indian literary circles assembled at a five-star hotel here earlier this week to attend the announcement of the winner of the inaugural edition of the JCB Prize for Literature -- conceptualised on the lines of the Man Booker Prize -- at a specially curated dinner. It was a saga steeped in hypocrisy.


A Booker-like evening for Indian literati -- and the hypocrisy (Comment)


(Attn Editors: Shashi Tharoors new book "The Paradoxical Prime Minister" has just arrived at the stands. Presented below is an exclusive extract from the book)


The 'New India' we seek (Book Extract)


I interviewed Jamal Khashoggi in Jeddah in December 2001, months after 9/11. What struck me were his strong opinions on the Palestinian issue. Since US military action in Afghanistan, following the destruction of the twin towers in New York, was the big story, that naturally was the focus of my interview (it can be seen on www.saeednaqvi.com) but Palestine is what riled Khashoggi.


Khashoggi, Saudi Crown Prince, Thomas Friedman and lamb kebabs (Comment)


The co-working revolution has swept across the global business environment and announced itself as the future of work. While 2017 witnessed the absorption of more than 1.5 million sq ft by co-working spaces, CBRE group, the world's largest commercial real-estate services and investment firm, reported that the estimated space acquisition by 2020 is 10 million sq ft. With start-ups looking to cut down on operational costs and professionals opting to work out of places of convenience, the co-working space offers a win-win situation for everybody.


Co-working spaces evolve into community-building centres (Comment)


Hospital infrastructure is an area of interest for policymakers, the consuming public and investors alike. Access to hospitals is critical for a healthy nation, especially given that there are only 0.9 hospital beds per 1,000 people in India. Lack of infrastructure and poor availability of hospital beds indicate both the opportunity and challenges of creating hospital infrastructure.


Hospital infrastructure: Specialised focus for private capital (Column: Behind Infra Lines)


The worrisome reality in India is that agriculture is facing a crisis. In village after village, farmers are looking at selling their land and moving away from farming as a livelihood.


Precision agriculture can do wonders for Indian farming (Comment)


The Indian growth story has been far from perfect. That is not an understatement by any stretch of imagination. A growing challenge for the economy is the fast-evolving problem of inequality.

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