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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the historic Red Fort on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Developed India' Story: Conversations we...

India remains a poor and very unequal country, with an affluent elite where the top 10% holds 57% of the total...

18 Aug 2023 12:33 AM IST

Threats are now lurking for children on apps like YouTube Kids. (Image: pvproductions on Freepik)

Shraddha Pandey | Newer threats to kids emerging, parents must be...

There are more than one lakh accounts on YouTube Kids made by child predators targeting children.

18 Aug 2023 12:33 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

AA Edit | Face up to obdurate China

There is little that India can do now except to pursue its strengthening the infrastructure along the border

18 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | No place for sexism: SC manual intent laudable

Sociological changes are supposed to visit the judiciary the last.

18 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

The proposed substitute to the existing CrPC 1973 will be the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. (Representional Image: DC)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Unshackling or rebranding India's basic criminal...

The laws themselves have rarely been a problem, it is how they are implemented that must change.

17 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort during the celebrations to mark countrys Independence Day in New Delhi. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Inflation an opportunity in disguise for government?

The current uptrend in retail inflation is an opportunity for the Modi government to show people how it is different...

17 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

Womens SHGs are a key proven success model in several states. (PTI Representational Image)

AA Edit | Women's employment a steep challenge

Modi has announced that the government has been planning to offer skill development training to two crore women.

17 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Junior doctors stage a protest to condemn the police action on a peaceful protest of resident doctors in Delhi who were agitating over delay in NEET counselling, at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in Guwahati. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Time to Exorcise NEET Bogey

Tamil Nadu is looking for an immediate solution, The ball is in the President's court

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi painted a broad canvas, drawing from several hues with contents ranging from history to politics, anecdotes and statistics, rhetoric and polemics. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | PM's words aim to motivate Indians to meet 2047 goals

Mr Modi said the people stand at an extraordinary cusp of history

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

An Indian ragpicker collects reusable material from a garbage dump. Coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty. (AP Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Caste and poverty: How India's confusion grows

How long, O Lord, how long?

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Under this reshuffle, the 1989-batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre Safi Ahsan Rizvi and five other officers have been promoted as Special Directors in the IB from the post of Additional Directors.(Representational Image/File)

Dilip Cherian | Delayed promotions: Haryana IPS officers demand...

Their call for expeditious examination of the matter underlines the urgency they attach to this concern

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Young women pose for photographs while selling Indian flag at roadside ahead of Independence Day celebrations, in Jammu, Friday, Aug 11, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | A proud nation, but a troubled society at 76

We need better governments; we need better politicians and bureaucracy, indeed a large-scale shift in the quality of...

15 Aug 2023 12:18 AM IST