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The five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha during pronouncement of verdict on same-sex marriages, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | No legal status yet for gay couples; rights to expand

It is now for the Union government to make good the promise it has made before the court

19 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

There is a strategic bent to Mr Bidens visit in the sense that he will be hoping that the message of his presence in Israel is strong enough to deter Iran, Syria and other powers, and militant players in the region, from expanding the war against Israel to more than the one front that the Hamas is involved in. (Image: AP)

AA Edit | Biden goes to Israel amid fears of a larger conflict

In his 15 years in office, the belligerent Netanyahu had never engaged in an all-out war

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Israeli tanks move near the Israeli Gaza border, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | As migrants in war zones return, do more to...

This is not the first time Indians have been trapped in a war zone. Nor is this the first rescue flight

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu honours renowed geneticist M.S. Swaminathan (right) at an award function organised by Tamil Nadu Agriculture University in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Amitabha Bhattacharya | Rethinking the Padma and Bharat Ratna Awards

No wonder that in recent years, some dedicated grassroots workers, far removed from the limelight, are getting noticed...

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Nithari killings surfaced when skeletal remains of 16 people, mostly children, were discovered from the backyard of Pandhers house by the local police. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Nithari: Justice not delivered

Monumental state failures in the conduct of criminal prosecution have created a new section of society which cries for...

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ( Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

AA Edit | Centrist swing in New Zealand

Jacinda's strict isolationist rules during the Covid-19 pandemic when New Zealand cut itself off even more from the...

17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Israel has been striking targets throughout Gaza since a bloody, cross-border attack by Hamas militants killed over 1,300 and captured many Israelis on Oct. 7. (AP/PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | The Gaza war: Has Israel now lost its heroic sheen?

Israel heroically defied the odds and many writers like the late Leon Uris captured this new spirit of the Israeli...

17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Pakistani cricketer, Mohammed Rizwan. (Image: Twitter)

AA Edit | End the communal, political invasion of cricketing arena

A Pakistani cricketer, Mohammed Rizwan, offers a religious prayer in the playground and dedicates his century in a...

17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering during Nari Shakti Vandan - Abhinandan event, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Transparency in Modi era? CAG's working shows it remains...

It is hard to reconcile these words with the actual actions of Mr Modi and his government on vital issues where opacity...

17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Singer Madonna (Twitter)

Kishwar Desi | Madonna gives the world hope; Keir Starmer is the...

Madonna re-imagined life for post-menopause women with six children

16 Oct 2023 12:42 AM IST

Once India accepts to play host to major sporting events it must also follow freer visa policies and travel, allowing spectators to come in freely from abroad. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Confident India ready to pitch for 2036 Olympics

The pell-mell ways of our traffic even on thoroughfares are also to be considered a hazard.

16 Oct 2023 12:37 AM IST

Cheriyapani, a ferry which will run between Nagapattinam (India) and Kankesanthurai (Sri Lanka), during its flagging off ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar digitally flagged off the ferry service. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Ferry revives link to Lanka

It is making history in that the ferry, reintroduced after four decades, shows that the two communities can move ahead

16 Oct 2023 12:30 AM IST