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Afghanistans Hashmatullah Shahidi. (PTI Image)

Manish Tewari | Why India must gird itself for Pak-Afghan showdown

The fundamental conflict between Afghanistan-Pakistan can be traced back to the late 19th century.

3 Dec 2023 12:02 AM IST

What happens to the Kohinoor once its returned will be a matter of contention. (AA File Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | UK must return all its loot from the Elgin Marbles to...

The Kohinoor was stolen from the young Dilip Singh by the East India Company's Lord Dalhousie.

2 Dec 2023 12:09 AM IST

Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis pays tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists during 26/11 attack, on its 15th anniversary in Mumbai, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)

Shobhaa De | A not so grand goodbye to 2023 and here's to 2024

Any and everything is converted into a self-seeking image building activity.

2 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

In exit polls seen so far in the elections to five states, depending on which data point you choose, the Congress is winning or can form a government in four states. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Needless drama over exit polls

Information is not seen as a threat to the integrity of the poll, or an undue influence.

2 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (Photo by Gabriel DUVAL / AFP)

AA Edit | Love him or hate him, Kissinger shaped history

Kissinger's policies were thought of as instrumental in the genocide carried out in erstwhile East Pakistan

2 Dec 2023 12:03 AM IST

Even before the current surge of respiratory illnesses in China, in much of 2023, there have been many children and adults in India. (AP File Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Flu-like illnesses' outbreak in China no real...

The flu season has changed in many countries and RSV related infections are more commonly being reported.

1 Dec 2023 12:47 AM IST

Nijjar, whom India had declared a wanted terrorist, was gunned down on June 18 in Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver that is home to a major Sikh community. Pic: Twitter

AA Edit | After US files plot' charges, India needs to come clean

India must convince the US that it is a trustworthy ally

1 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

People at the under-construction Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel after the successful evacuation of the 41 trapped workers, in Uttarkashi district, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Indranil Banerjie | The Silkyara lesson: Can we unite to fight crises?

The country today stands divided, fractious, plagued by conflicting ideas and objectives.

1 Dec 2023 12:05 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)

AA Edit | Guidelines for governors vital

The Supreme Court has recently put paid to the attempts by some governors to denigrate the spirit of the Constitution by...

1 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

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

AA Edit | HC's telling call on ED powers

The orders of the constitutional courts will resonate in the higher echelons of the agency concerned

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Photo: Representational image

Shikha Mukerjee | Public discourse standards fall, distorted by EC's...

The EC has limited power to control the terms of public discourse

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

The former Union home secretary and 1970-batch IAS officer has willingly parted ways with his lifes earnings, a whopping Rs 5 crores, donating them to his deity at the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. (Representational Image: PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Ram Lalla to be recipient of one retired babu's bhakti...

Mr Narayanan's inclination towards maintaining a low profile and shying away from public acknowledgement

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST