Opinion
Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Hike Indian Navy funding to befit a rising sea power
A strong, effective Navy can’t be built in a day, nor does it forgive a lackadaisical approach to maintenance or modernisation
Farrukh Dhondy | Of right-wing bigots, religion & (in)tolerance in today’s UK
What the statistic tells us is that the influence of religion over life in Britain, unlike, say, in Iran or Afghanistan, is dwindling
AA Edit | India can give new direction to G-20
As host nation, India is determined to showcase and celebrate before the world its diversity, which is the country’s unique selling point
AA Edit | How warming has changed winters
Winters are getting colder (in some parts), warmer (in many more parts), and more uniformly across the world, confusing
Manish Tewari | What ails Parliament?
A salient instrument of holding government accountable is Question Hour
Shashi Warrier | The Internet limbo: Where have all the orders gone?
He was using the browser and at some Railways site in no time at all, with a form that he filled in while asking me questions
Patralekha Chatterjee | In a democracy, we need all the stories, all voices...
Why should criticism of a cinematic approach to portraying a topic be conflated with criticism of the topic?
Dinesh C. Sharma | How the Nizam of Hyderabad secretly plotted war with India
In the end, all preparations proved futile as the Hyderabad forces surrendered to the Indian Army in September 1948
DC Edit | China must end LAC row; not target India-US drills
At a time when its economy is tanking dues to Covid restrictions, China should be content with India as a buyer of its goods
AA Edit | Slowdown blues hit home
Though the economic growth had declined in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, the country spent Rs 1,31,453 crores more
Interview of the Week
‘I don’t see any Modi tsunami... both Cong and NDA have failed’
On Karnataka pivots the BJP’s hope of launching the southern leg of its Congress-Mukt Bharat operation.
How Kerala flattened the curve, lowest death rates: Health minister Shailaja explains
Health department constituted 18 expert groups in training health care staff for detailed stock-taking of beds, equipment in each hospital
‘India can be argumentative but not intolerant...’
Demonetisation has immobilised a large amount of cash, a part of which was black money on which no tax was being paid, says Pranab.
‘Mayawati no longer talking about dalits... she is scared of losing upper caste votes’
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has been in the thick of Dalit politics since the dilution of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.
‘Impact of #MeToo will take time... It’s a step towards a just world’
The Act allows for complaints to be made within 30 days of the incident, and in case of delay within an additional 30 days.
The Age Debate
Home truths on foreign soil?
Rahul Gandhi criticising the Modi government in the US is not an insult to India.
The games politicians play
Congress has itself to blame for defection of its MLAs.