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NDRF personnel on standby at the entrance of the Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel during the ongoing rescue operation of the 41 workers trapped inside the under-construction tunnel, in Uttarkashi district. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Miracle in Himalayas, but don't forget eco-lessons

The rat-hole miners are experts at a mining task that is banned now

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

he Indian wedding, from the humblest to the most extravagant, is still a pillar of consumption that drives a healthy part of the services economy. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Weddings can boost economy

India has progressed away from old socialist era thinking of not displaying any ostentation that could reach the poor &...

29 Nov 2023 12:13 AM IST

The unholy trinity of its Army, the notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the many terror tanzeems sponsored by the Pakistan Army -- keeps only its personal interests in mind while ignoring what is good for the nations well-being. (Representational Image: AP)

Bhopinder Singh | As institutions get trivialised, selfie points'...

The image of the military as an apolitical entity has been getting compromised and drawn into vicious and divisive...

29 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip on November 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. A truce between Israel and Hamas entered a fifth day on November 28 after the deal was extended to allow further releases of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | As 2 wars rage in world, is India facing a...

The fatal hostilities by the belligerents since 2022 has already had adverse effects on the food sector even outside the...

29 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

BRS president and Telangana CM K. Chandrashekhar Rao. (File Photo: DC)

AA Edit | BRS vs Cong: Telangana heads for a 2-horse race

The Congress hopes that anti-incumbency based on failure to deliver on promises like jobs and 2BHK homes

28 Nov 2023 11:57 PM IST

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan (PTI File Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of governors: How Centre...

Kerala Guv Arif Khan should have known better than to use the office of governor as an obstacle in functioning of the...

27 Nov 2023 11:38 PM IST

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. (PTI Image)

AA Edit | Manipur problem should be tackled in its entirety

Attempts to cover up the serious shortcomings of the state government could undermine peace in the long run

27 Nov 2023 11:35 PM IST

Assuming the census is held soon, the government will have to do some deft management of perceptions. (PTI Image)

Aakar Patel | When will India conduct its next census? And then the...

For the first time since 1880, no census was conducted as should have been the case in 2021.

27 Nov 2023 11:33 PM IST

Rescuers near the under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway, in Uttarkashi district, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Get tunnel workers out safely

Such development work must be undertaken after due consideration to the most scientific methods and safety norms.

27 Nov 2023 11:28 PM IST

Much of Telanganas development over the past decade has been within and close to the Nehru Outer Ring Road (ORR). (AA File Image)

Sanjaya Baru | Correct the imbalance' of the two Telanganas

Telangana requires more urban centres rather than the continued growth and over-expansion of Hyderabad.

27 Nov 2023 12:10 AM IST

Police personnel and others at the Cochin University where a stampede killed at least four students and left several injured during the anniversary celebrations, in Kochi, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Kochi stampede was avoidable

Being lackadaisical about safety is a national trait.

27 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Arif Mohammed Khan

AA Edit | Governors must now fall in line with definition of role

Supreme Court's Ruling: Governors Can't Sit Indefinitely on Bills, Upholds Legislative Powers and Democratic Principles

27 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST