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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinas President Xi Jinping make a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | A few positive outcomes at SCO, despite the rifts

India's presence in Quad as well as SCO places it in a unique position

6 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag raising ceremony on the ferry Marshal Rokossovsky via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on March 4, 2022. (Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | US needs Russia rethink to avert a new Cold War

The long hand of the Central Intelligence Agency reached into some unlikely places during the Cold War. It may be doing...

6 July 2023 12:09 AM IST

Brajendra Navnit. (Photo by arrangement)

Dilip Cherian | Centre extends envoy's tenure ahead of WTO meeting in...

This extension comes ahead of the crucial 13th ministerial conference of the WTO in February 2024.

6 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

BJP names G Kishan Reddy Telangana president. (Twitter)

AA Edit | BJP sets tone for battles ahead

In Telangana, where the BJP rose spectacularly in the last three years under first-time president Bandi Sanjay Kumar.

6 July 2023 12:04 AM IST

An independent human rights watchdog in France found that young men perceived to be Black or Arab were 20 times more likely to be stopped by the police than their peers. (Image: PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Europe at a crossroads: Why France is burning

Continued immigration has led to France having over four million immigrants in a population of 67 million

5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Palestinians run from sound grenades thrown by Israeli police in front of the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem, Friday, May 21, 202, as a cease-fire took effect between Hamas and Israel after a 11-day war. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

AA EDIT | Israel Strikes Again, World Mute

The direct toll in the latest operation was 10 Palestinians

5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Ajit Pawar was getting restive after Sharad Pawar virtually anointed his daughter Supriya Sule as his successor. (Image: PTI)

Sunil Gatade | Maha Erupts as BJP in Search of Allies, Old & New,...

The PM suddenly singing paeans for the NDA looks a bit strange

5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inaugural ceremony of Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA EDIT | Modi Exhorts Ministers as NDA Gets Poll Ready

Mr Modi was smart enough not to play those up in the 2019 election

5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

National security adviser Ajit Doval will chair the meeting. (AP file image)

Aakar Patel | What's our actual national security doctrine? Can Doval...

To understand New India's national security doctrine, one has to look at what is called the Doval Doctrine .

4 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Not counting the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just begun his innings, Karnataka has handed the BJP its worst electoral drubbing in Mr Modis nine years in power, when he has presided over not just the Union government but also over his partys fate, bending it to his every wish. (Photo: PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | The Need For A Common And Secular Civil Code

All personal laws in India are misogynistic and medieval.

4 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (ANI)

AA Edit | Uncertainty lies ahead as Maha in political ferment

The NCP is part of an overarching opposition agenda, where Sharad Pawar continues to be a much respected voice.

4 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Hundreds turned out for the burial of the 17-year-old whose killing by police triggered the unrest. (AP/PTI)

AA Edit | France burns on systemic racism

The discontent is clear and Mr Macron, with powers extensively in his hands as President, is being blamed for it.

4 July 2023 12:03 AM IST