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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Trump & US foreign aid: Does global chaos loom?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Trump & US foreign aid: Does global chaos loom?

Trump’s aid freeze disrupts global programs, fueling chaos. Critics warn of rising authoritarian influence amid US...

13 Feb 2025 8:54 PM IST

AA Edit | Ukraine peace: Is Trump serious?

AA Edit | Ukraine peace: Is Trump serious?

A Trump-Putin call may push Ukraine-Russia peace talks. Could Ukraine’s territorial loss be the price for ending the...

13 Feb 2025 8:44 PM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit| SC’s harsh view on freebies has merit, but problem deeper

Govt schemes empower workers, but critics fear declining labour participation. Is welfare creating dependency or...

13 Feb 2025 8:36 PM IST

A senior IAS officer said, Officers who hold charge of more than one department are not willing to let go because they enjoy the additional power. There is a trust deficit between the political leaders and the bureaucrats.â€

Dilip Cherian | Non-IAS officers get empanelled in larger numbers for...

Fewer IAS officers empaneled for JS roles as CSS officers gain ground. Is this a policy shift or a result of stricter...

13 Feb 2025 8:25 PM IST

AA Edit | IAF chiefs HAL rap overdue

AA Edit | IAF chief's HAL rap overdue

Regardless of the complexity of the project, the government must not make the IAF perennially wait for HAL’s Tejas...

12 Feb 2025 11:47 PM IST

AA Edit | India-France hunt for AI consensus proves elusive

AA Edit | India-France hunt for AI consensus proves elusive

India’s approach as the fourth highest rated AI power in the world today in AI vibrancy rankings has tended to lean...

12 Feb 2025 11:43 PM IST

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. (PTI File Image)

Monideepa Banerjie | In Manipur, don’t allow history to repeat itself

Why the apology is not known. Possibly Mr Biren Singh began to feel the pressure. Days after violence in Jiribam, an...

12 Feb 2025 11:40 PM IST

AA Edit | Governors assent to laws: SC needs to set guidelines

AA Edit | Governors' assent to laws: SC needs to set guidelines

Article 200 of the Constitution which deals with the governor’s powers with respect to the bills lists three options...

12 Feb 2025 12:54 AM IST

AA Edit | Sonia warning on Census delay

AA Edit | Sonia warning on Census delay

The National Food Security Act, which was legislated during the United Progressive Alliance-2 government, aims to...

12 Feb 2025 12:52 AM IST

Chandrajit Banerjee | AI for industrial competitiveness: India role rises in global landscape

Chandrajit Banerjee | AI for industrial competitiveness: India role...

The agriculture sector is witnessing AI-powered precision farming, which is enabling better crop yield predictions,...

12 Feb 2025 12:24 AM IST

Dev 360 | Faith & nutrition: Can India afford to have a tug of war?

Dev 360 | Faith & nutrition: Can India afford to have a tug of war?

Last month, Maharashtra, India’s wealthiest state, decided to knock off the egg from its mid-day meal scheme, barely a...

11 Feb 2025 11:34 PM IST

President-elect Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Trump’s new Gaza plan scatters US’ Arab allies

The 20-nation Arab League also found the proposal unacceptable

11 Feb 2025 1:39 AM IST