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AA Edit: Beijing’s Missing Generals: What Is Xi Jinping Up To?

AA Edit: Beijing’s Missing Generals: What Is Xi Jinping Up To?

But there was more to be decoded. Lt. Gen. Wang Haijiang, who since August 2021 has been commanding the Western Theatre...

6 Nov 2025 12:26 AM IST

The plane was on its way from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Belitung province, to Batam in the Riau Islands. (Photo: Representational Image)

AA Edit: New Refund Rule To Aid Fliers

At the heart of the proposal is the introduction of a 48-hour “look-in” window, which allows passengers to cancel or...

6 Nov 2025 12:06 AM IST

AA Edit | Zohran Mamdani’s Victory A Boost For US Democrats

AA Edit | Zohran Mamdani’s Victory A Boost For US Democrats

To read too much into the wins, which came in largely Blue-leaning states, and project it as a solid comeback for the...

6 Nov 2025 12:00 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | The Battle For Bihar: Democracy Is Dead…Long Live Democracy!

Mohan Guruswamy | The Battle For Bihar: Democracy Is Dead…Long Live...

The democratic path depends most upon one human quality: restraint. From restraint flows the spirit of accommodation,...

4 Nov 2025 10:38 PM IST

Manash Ghosh | Yunus Bid For Silent Coup To Humiliate B’desh Army

Manash Ghosh | Yunus Bid For Silent Coup To Humiliate B’desh Army

Mr Yunus’ real objective is to raise an armed Islamic militia on the lines of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, whose...

4 Nov 2025 10:03 PM IST

AA Edit | Unsafe Roads: Focus On Safety

AA Edit | Unsafe Roads: Focus On Safety

On November 3, a truck carrying a load of gravel collided with a bus coming from the opposite direction near Hyderabad

4 Nov 2025 9:32 PM IST

AA Edit | Lip Service Not Enough, Give Science More Funds

AA Edit | Lip Service Not Enough, Give Science More Funds

The ISC, which predated Indian independence and is considered one of the finest assemblies of scientific minds all over...

4 Nov 2025 9:22 PM IST

AA Edit | Isro Enters Elite Space League

AA Edit | Isro Enters Elite Space League

Weighing 4,410 kg, CMS-03 surpasses the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, and proves the reliability and versatility of the...

3 Nov 2025 10:09 PM IST

AA Edit | As The Women in Blue Make History, Cup of Joy for India

AA Edit | As The Women in Blue Make History, Cup of Joy for India

Beaten thrice in the 8-team preliminary league, Team India slipped into the semi-finals with a win over New Zealand and...

3 Nov 2025 8:53 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Why ‘Smart Cities’ Project Never Took Off In India, And Was Quietly Shelved

Aakar Patel | Why ‘Smart Cities’ Project Never Took Off In India, And...

The “Smart Cities” mission was set up with a concept note that said the aim was to make cities that would offer “decent...

3 Nov 2025 8:43 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan| Stalled J&K Statehood: Engineered Instability

Bharat Bhushan| Stalled J&K Statehood: Engineered Instability

Karl Marx in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte observed that man makes history not “out of the whole cloth” but...

3 Nov 2025 7:26 PM IST

AA Edit | Charles Right In Banishing Andrew

AA Edit | Charles Right In Banishing Andrew

At a time of the monarchy’s popularity further declining after the death of long reigning Queen Elizabeth, the string of...

2 Nov 2025 11:42 PM IST