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India is home to around 75 percent of the worlds tigers. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | Tiger count lifts spirits

India's forest cover is under a quarter of the total geographical area.

31 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, AAP MP Sushil Gupta, TMC MP Sushmita Dev and other members of a delegation of opposition INDIA alliance MPs meet with Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey, at Raj Bhavan, in Imphal, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Repairing loss of trust in Manipur a challenge

The visit of the INDIA team must have inspired confidence among the people that their fellow citizens in the country...

31 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

In the current Monsoon Session of Parliament, the government aims to pass the fundamentally flawed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. (Photo by rawpixel.com Freepik)

Manish Tewari | Build legal framework for intel to safeguard privacy

The snooping saga using the Pegasus spyware is still pending adjudication in the Supreme Court.

30 July 2023 12:17 AM IST

The female mosquito uses the red liquid to raise its offspring. (Photo by brgfx on Freepik)

Sucheta Dasgupta | Why only the female mosquito lets blood

It's the female mosquito that lives off our anatomy!

30 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

BJP National President JP Nadda at a meeting with partys National General Secretaries at party headquarters in New Delhi.(Photo: Twitter @BJP4India)

Nadda's Team Sees Inclusion of Prominent Leaders from Diverse...

In the BJP, organisational secretaries in the central team and state units are deputed by the RSS to coordinate

30 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (AFP)

AA Edit | Why BJP is looking for a toehold in Tamil Nadu

Since past election results indicated that the BJP was an anathema for many voters in the state.

29 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron. (AFP File Photo)

Shobhaa De | Why we chose to go to Belgrade over Paris

We landed in Belgrade from Budapest to face white heat and an unimpressive airport.

29 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

AA Edit | Stand up to China's silly games

It is time India stood up to China and called its bluff.

29 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media as he joined London Ambulance workers in observing a minutes silence at the London Ambulance Service headquarters at Waterloo, central London, in honour of the London Bridge terror attack victims, Tuesday June 6, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour in fix: Dilute ULEZ or allow London to...

Sadiq Khan has now proposed that the ULEZ be expanded from Inner London boroughs to the Outer ones.

29 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Hordes of monkeys enter Taj Mahal from the riverside (Photo: AFP)

Suman Sahai | Agriculture faces a threat as man, animal conflicts...

The culling of natural populations of fast-breeding animals like deer, boar, etc, is practiced in many countries,...

28 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Fisheries is a state subject, Tamil Nadu is not governed by Mr Modis BJP. And yet, the subject was on the agenda in New Delhi last week. (Representational Image: DC)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Colombo-Delhi card games: On China, Tamils &...

Our fishermen face highly restricted access to traditional fishing grounds

28 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) awardees, through video conferencing, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI)

AA Edit | India's democracy now needs to course correct

What Indians are seeing today is an attempt by every player in the game to turn the idea of representative democracy on...

28 July 2023 12:00 AM IST