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The BJPs invocation of Ram Rajya -- literally Rams kingdom, a utopian paradise flowing with milk and honey -- for electoral purposes is seen as just that, and not taken seriously by thinking persons who cannot forget that 2.5 million Indians would not have migrated every year if India had really achieved so much. (iMAGE: AFP)

Sunanda K Datta Ray | Compromise vital as India tries to expand global...

7 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

$A protester lays a candle next to a banner reading \Embryo\ during a demonstration against abortion and euthanasia, called by the association \La Marche pour la vie\, in Versailles, southwest of Paris. (File Image: AFP)$ Opinion

AA Edit | France sets landmark on abortion

France sets trend with landmark constitutional inclusion of abortion rights, signaling support for women's autonomy over...

7 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modis preferred lateral entry, introduced with much fanfare in 2018, received a lukewarm response and soon got passed over and forgotten. But Mr Modi never dropped the ball. Now, lateral entry has made a formidable comeback as Mr Modis second term comes to a close. (Image: PTI)

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Dilip Cherian | 3rd term in sight, Modi govt pushes ahead with lateral...

Modi-led government greenlights appointments of private sector specialists in key government roles, marking a departure...

7 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhay addresses the media after tendering resignation from his post, in Kolkata. (iMAGE: PTI)

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AA Edit | Cooling-off period needed before judges join politics

Calcutta HC judge's rapid resignation to join politics prompts debate on judiciary's independence and proximity to...

7 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

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AA Edit | Verdict on MPS' bribery puts free speech at risk

While welcomed for curbing corruption, concerns arise over potential impact on free and fearless discussions in...

6 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Image: PTI)

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Shikha Mukerjee | Modi's guarantees' on India's growth can be a...

Examining the promises, challenges, and contradictions of India's development journey in the past decade

6 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump. (Image: AFP)

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AA Edit | US SC clears decks for Trump

Supreme Court decision paves the way for Trump's candidacy, but legal battles over election interference loom

6 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

A new generation of RSS and BJP leaders are not inclined to update the Hindutva ideology because their basic presumption of glorifying a dead national past is their basic principle. (Photo:PTI)

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Aakar Patel | How RSS, world's largest NGO, led to Jan Sangh/BJP,...

Hedgewar died in 1940, by when the RSS had spread beyond Nagpur and had 100,000 members

5 March 2024 12:37 AM IST

This picture taken from Rafah shows flares lighting the skies over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 4, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP)

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K.C. Singh | Gaza bleeds as Israel lacks endgame, hits US politics

Israel has announced that the next interim ceasefire is acceptable to it, provided of course that Hamas concurs

5 March 2024 12:37 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, DMK leader Tiruchi Siva, CPI General Secretary D. Raja and others during a protest of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) at Jantar Mantar. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

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AA Edit | Opposition INDIA bloc yet to get its act together

It's time INDIA bloc overcame the teething troubles and got its act together for the all-important show

5 March 2024 12:15 AM IST

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

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AA Edit | Shehbaz faces tough challenge

Shehbaz may have many more pressing priorities than Kashmir for a country that is on the edge of an economic precipice

5 March 2024 12:04 AM IST

Labourers make flags of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. (Image: PTI)

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AA Edit | BJP's first list heralds youth power, change

BJP showcases confidence and change, dropping controversial MPs and embracing youth and experience nationwide

4 March 2024 12:00 AM IST