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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets as he addresses at SCO Summit via video conferencing, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Towards the Amrit Kaal': A Boston Plan for Bharat

There was a time when Indian political & intellectual leadership had the self-confidence to think long-term about...

30 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

A replica of the proposed Ram Mandir on display at Karsewakpuram in Ayodhya on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Celebrate Ram's values, don't politicise Ayodhya

Ram's message is clear: goodness has its own intrinsic power, and will always prevail over evil.

29 Oct 2023 12:11 AM IST

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Gandhis mum on Kharge milestone; Dhami goes Yogi on...

Mr Kharge, on his part, has been doing a neat balancing act over the past year.

29 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

Our attitudes to noise also reflect cultural differences. (Image by macrovector on Freepik)

Palash Krishna Mehrotra | The unlikely uses of a noisy mixer-grinder

It comes in handy when one wants to block the noise out, whether from ISKCON or from a tile cutter.

28 Oct 2023 11:51 PM IST

$The Israeli army on the evening of October 27 carried out bombings of \unprecedented\ intensity since the start of the war in the north of the Gaza Strip, particularly in Gaza City, according to images from AFP and the Hamas movement. (Photo by AFP)$ Opinion

Farrukh Dhondy | How Israel's war against Hamas is roiling politics in...

The conflict in Israel-Palestine has divided the world, not only through political allegiances and points of view, but...

28 Oct 2023 12:36 AM IST

Tigers Nest or Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan. (AA File Image)

Claude Arpi | To integrate border areas, devise a new philosophy

All factors, including military, need to be taken into consideration to arrive at a holistic philosophy .

28 Oct 2023 12:33 AM IST

Indian Navys MiG 29K jets, the Royal Navys F-35B aircraft and Indian Air Forces SU-30 and Jaguar fighters were among the key assets deployed for the exercise, the officials said. (Twitter)

AA Edit | India must strive hard to reverse Qatar ruling

India will have to sit with Qatar on equal terms given the power equations and the fluid political climate in the...

28 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

In this image taken from video released by the Androscoggin County Sheriffs Office, an unidentified shooter points a gun while entering Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Maine State Police ordered residents in the states second-largest city to shelter in place Wednesday night as the suspect remains at large. (AP/PTI)

AA Edit | US gun violence out of control

It is a curiosity of America that virtually anyone can own weapons more powerful than a simple yet deadly handgun

28 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Dilip Cherian | Fresh intake of officers in CBI, IB, RAW, NIA to...

Now officers with a minimum of five years of service are eligible for induction into R&AW, IB, NIA & CBI

27 Oct 2023 12:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an interview with PTI, in New Delhi, on Wednesday. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Will Hindutva help Modi to win record 3rd term?

The Hindutva project for electoral gains has been overriding the topics Modi tried to bring to the focus of late.

27 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

Newly elected US House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference after his election at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)

AA Edit | At last, US House gets a Speaker

It is being said that the arch Conservative Johnson made it as he had lesser enemies within the Republican Party

27 Oct 2023 12:02 AM IST

Bulgarias President Rumen Radev is seen on video screens as he addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly remotely, Sept. 21, 2021 at U.N. headquarters. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

AA Edit | Did UN chief cross a line?

Apart from pedantic calls for an immediate ceasefire, there is little the association of nations can do.

26 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST