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Former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Shringla for Darjeeling MP ticket? It's Shah vs Yogi in...

Efforts have been on over the past few months to boost Mr Shringla's profile.

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

School children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend a class on the first day of partial reopening of government schools in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Confronting bigotry and violence in the...

Many teachers see nothing wrong in using violence to teach a lesson to a child, though corporal punishment is strictly...

2 Sept 2023 12:25 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

AA Edit | Opposition unity is a work in progress, in better shape

The search for Opposition unity is a given in the face of the BJP's strength in the art of preparing for and winning...

2 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Inflation eased to 6.80%, significantly lower than Januarys 7.59%, according to the March 4-6 poll of more than 40 economists (PTI)

AA Edit | Inflation, exports still a concern

The real cause of concern for the economy emanates from the path of inflation and exports.

2 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Asylum-seekers tags intrusive, but theres also a positive aspect

Farrukh Dhondy | Asylum-seekers' tags' intrusive, but there's also a...

Controversy Erupts Over UK's Asylum Seeker Tagging Plan Amid Family Ties

2 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Restore J&K statehood, hold polls

India is an electoral democracy and the Constitution offers no alternative to it, except for a brief period of...

1 Sept 2023 12:36 AM IST

It is difficult for security software to detect attacks perpetrated with legitimate tools as these actions could be either a cybercrime activity or a regular system administrator task, Kaspersky warned. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

DC Edit | India must up its ante on digital security

India, the world's now most populous country has a huge allied risk and threat cybercrime.

1 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Several houses are damaged as the flood water makes its way in the aftermath of the Cyclone Biparjoy, in Kutch district. (PTI Photo)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Reducing risk of disasters: Taking it to India's...

Despite the modernisation of DM which the government is following ardently, it is non-compliance of laws & norms that...

1 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

The United Nations remains the best platform for global discourse. (PTI Photo)

Unite for peace in the world and for the inclusion of Taiwan in UN

It is vital to make China and authoritarian governments aware that they will be held accountable & settle differences...

1 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

AA Edit | Ignore China's pinpricks, make G-20 big success

has invested much time, energy, and money in making a success of G-20 and can least afford to let its neighbours spoil...

31 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

A worker carries LPG cylinders in a cart, in Nadia district, Wednesday, Aug 30, 2023. The government cut prices of domestic cooking gas by Rs 200 yesterday. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | LPG gift' good, not enough

Inflation and spiralling prices is the last thing sought for by a government in an election year.

31 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Gujarat's uphill battle against online babu...

From eminent senior bureaucrats to dedicated doctors on the frontlines, the impact spans sectors.

31 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST