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The flag was used since 1978, but only in 1994 did it become a symbol for LGBTQ pride. (Photo: Pixabay)

AA Edit | Let society evolve; resist return of regressive laws

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has time and again spoken about getting rid of the colonial laws

16 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Oberoi Group chairman emeritus Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi and Sahara Parivar chairman Subrata Roy. (Image: Twitter)

AA Edit | Adieu to 2 India biz legends

If Oberoi was a man of luxury, Subrata Roy was the son of soil

16 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting, in Mumbai, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil

Shikha Mukerjee | Does single-minded Congress bode ill for INDIA...

It's true that when votes are fractured, outcomes are unpredictable.

15 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Rishi Sunak, front-runner to the British PM post (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Sunak's political gamble may be too little, too late

The UK PM may have had little choice in sacking his rebellious home secretary Suella Braverman

15 Nov 2023 12:01 AM IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reviews the ongoing rescue and relief operations after a portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed, in Uttarkashi district, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Do our citizens' lives come last?

We as a nation must go back to the drawing board and also learn to respect the lives of our citizens.

14 Nov 2023 11:57 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin during a bilateral meeting, in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | India, US deepen defence ties

India is being nurtured by the US now as a counterweight to China's dominance of the eastern and southern parts of the...

14 Nov 2023 12:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to a meeting in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | India's challenges amidst shifting global equations

India may also discover that the anti-China alliances woven by the US are also losing their glue.

14 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

If the women voters of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu vote the way they have voted in the past, it would give an edge to these two parties in the respective states. (Representational Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | In praise of a season when voter is king'

In a world defined by the stations of class, all those millionaires are forced to even pretend to drink the water they...

14 Nov 2023 12:01 AM IST

Raghuram Rajan resigned as governor after having discussed and disapproved of this move. (PTI Image)

Aakar Patel | In 2016, RBI had warned Demo will not work, but govt...

In a country like India where 70 per cent of people survive on just Rs 150 per day, why do we need currency notes of...

13 Nov 2023 11:58 PM IST

Smoke and flames rise from burning paddy stubble at a field, near Patiala, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | AAP Faces Stubble Issue in Punjab; Poll Worries for...

Mr Kejriwal's party is heading the government in Punjab and Delhi and is facing flak in both states on this grave...

11 Nov 2023 11:51 PM IST

Fudge and Squark. (Image by Shashi Warrier)

Shashi Warrier | Squark, the dog on the doorstep

Warrier's Decision to Adopt Stray Pup Challenges Initial Agreements

11 Nov 2023 11:49 PM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (PTI file photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Caste census to hide Nitish record? Let's rethink...

The unfortunate truth is that increasingly reservations have become a substitute for administrative competence and good...

11 Nov 2023 11:45 PM IST