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Art experiences boost critical thinking, teaching students to take the time to be more careful and thorough in how they observe the world. Here students at the Pencil Park School of Art during a drawing session.

Devi Kar | Hiring teachers gets increasingly harder for most schools...

From flawed applications to uninspiring demo lessons, the process of selecting school teachers in India faces numerous...

21 Feb 2024 12:00 AM IST

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin speaks during the TN Assembly session, in Chennai, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | TN budget tries to please all

Tamil Nadu's 2024-25 budget: A visionary blend of social justice, economic growth, & environmental sustainability,...

20 Feb 2024 12:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | PM exhorts poll-ready BJP to perform, win trust of all

PM Modi charts a bold course for BJP-NDA in 2024 elections, eyeing 370 seats, emphasising welfare, social engineering,...

20 Feb 2024 12:39 AM IST

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | SC bonds ruling a reminder how weak India's key...

India's electoral bonds declared illegal; a rare victory against authoritarianism

20 Feb 2024 12:30 AM IST

United Nations Security Council. (AP/PTI)

Debotri Dhar | Time for the Tiger: India must be on UN high table

India's UNSC bid symbolises its global role, bridging diverse interests, fostering friendships, and advocating inclusive...

20 Feb 2024 12:23 AM IST

Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. (DC)

AA Edit | KCR in hot water: CAG nails graft by BRS govt

Telangana's Kaleshwaram project: CAG uncovers financial disaster, design flaws, & rampant corruption, leaving a stain on...

19 Feb 2024 12:05 AM IST

A sign for the new Windrush line which was unveiled by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in London Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. London Overground services will be split into separate lines, which will be given individual names and colours to make the network easier to navigate. The six lines will be named Lioness, Mildmay, Windrush, Weaver, Suffragette and Liberty (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Kishwar Desai | New-look London Overground open; Baroness Shreela's...

London's New Overground: Sadiq Khan's Frugal and Imaginative Move

19 Feb 2024 12:05 AM IST

The Supreme Court also directed the Election Commission of India to hold the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30 next year. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | The bond of wealth, power: SC verdict won't end nexus

Supreme Court's verdict on electoral bonds aims for transparency but the nexus between wealth & political power persists...

19 Feb 2024 12:05 AM IST

People attend a protest march near the Russian emabssy in Berlin, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, to comemorate Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putins fiercest foe, died Friday, aged 47, in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russias prison agency said. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

AA Edit | Navalny a heroic figure of hope

World mourns Alexei Navalny's death, questions his return to Russia; Wife Yulia to lead dissident movement from abroad...

18 Feb 2024 11:48 PM IST

Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi. (Image: Ranjona Banerji)

Ranjona Banerji | If only we knew that we are all still slaves

Unpacking India's protest dynamics, Ranjona Banerji stresses civic engagement's crucial role in fortifying a resilient...

18 Feb 2024 1:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. (DC Images)

Pavan K. Varma | Govts a continuum: Modi, Nehru face-off ill-advised

Comparing leaders like Nehru and Modi is facile; history should be judged in context. Both have strengths and weaknesses

18 Feb 2024 1:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a bow and arrow by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav during the Janjatiya Sammelan in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | ED hand behind INDIA collapse? For Mohan Yadav, it is...

Political maneuvers unfold: Sonia Gandhi's Rajya Sabha move, factional battles in Congress, BJP's strategies, & MP CM's...

18 Feb 2024 1:28 AM IST