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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Image: PTI)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Banknotes carrying a portrait of King Charles III (Image: AP)

Kishwar Desai |UK warms to King as he fights cancer; welcome to...

Royals' virtual presence dominates media, their absence sparks speculation. Can journalism survive without them?

4 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Global trade is expected to drop around 18.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020. (AFP Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | A widening gulf: India's trade policy needs a fix

India's foreign trade performance has declined under the Modi government, reflecting policy shifts and missed...

4 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Israels top ally the United States said it began air-dropping aid into war-ravaged Gaza, as the Hamas-ruled territorys health ministry reported more than a dozen child malnutrition deaths. (Photo : AFP)

AA Edit | Hopes rise for truce in Gaza

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens nuclear war if any NATO country deploys troops on Ukrainian soil

4 March 2024 12:00 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)

Pavan Varma | Bonds, not black money, gone: All eyes now on EC

Supreme Court's striking down of electoral bonds underscores the need for comprehensive reforms to combat corruption

3 March 2024 12:00 AM IST

Breaking societal taboos, shedding light on the therapeutic benefits of emotional expression through tears, fostering empathy and mental well-being.

Shreya Sen-Handley | Keep calm and carry on crying

Crying gets a bad rap, doesn't it?

3 March 2024 12:00 AM IST