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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden hold talks on the sidelines of Quad Summit meeting, in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | As India, US draw closer, Delhi must stay...

PM Modi and his advisers must carefully balance India's permanent national interests

20 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

As the monsoon plays truant in an El Nino year, as reflected in its setting in over many parts of southern and western India much later than usual, cyclone Biparjoy is being blamed for spoiling its path. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Hot weather can be a killer

Medical analysis seems to suggest that extreme heat and humidity are exacerbating the existing preconditions in the...

20 Jun 2023 12:00 AM IST

V Senthil Balaji, Transport Minister in the previous AIADMK government headed by late J Jayalalithaa, was elected from Aravakurichi in 2016, but he was not inducted in the cabinet. (Photo: File)

AA Edit | TN gov steps over the line with moves to sack Balaji

The Constitution does say that a minister will continue in office during the pleasure of the governor .

19 Jun 2023 12:52 AM IST

There was no urge to impose a culture, as in the north, but to adapt to local cultures as a means for expanding trade. (AA File Image)

Saeed Naqvi | When it comes to politeness, culture, is South now ahead...

Not only is there no evidence of Urdu promoted except under the Nizam, there are prodigious works in Malayalam or Tamil...

19 Jun 2023 12:46 AM IST

Prabhas starrer Adipurush released on June 16. (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Art & films: Showing the way

No one also called for the artistes or writers of the putatively cringeworthy dialogue to be hanged.

19 Jun 2023 12:44 AM IST

The BJPs outreach initiatives will also include public rallies to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi covering Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Could India get all it wants from US, not...

No none has paused to ask what is it that the United States is looking for in India as its strategic partner.

19 Jun 2023 12:04 AM IST

The BJPs outreach initiatives will also include public rallies to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi covering Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | The Chinese ascendancy and America's dilemma

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is slated to make his visit to Beijing on June 18 just ahead of Modi's visit...

18 Jun 2023 12:39 AM IST

Talking of cultural differences in sleeping, Indian families can snooze very differently to their Western counterparts. (Photo by arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Who's been sleeping in my bed?

The size of our beds has grown over the ages, and that's as much about evolution as it is about socioeconomics.

18 Jun 2023 12:31 AM IST

Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi, P Chidambaram, KC Venugopal and other members stage a protest near the Gandhi Statue demanding discussion on national security and Indo-China border dispute issue during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Anand | Protests, and how to handle them: A wake-up call for all...

The fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression means citizens can express themselves, in peaceful ways.

18 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

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

Farrukh Dhondy | Caesar vs Brutus or Boris vs Rishi? Morality twist to...

BoJo read the graffiti on the wall and resigned his seat before the judgment and penalty were announced.

17 Jun 2023 12:22 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits a Meitei relief camp in Imphal. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Centre's credibility hit after Manipur clashes escalate

In hindsight it appears that the steps proposed by the home minister did not show sufficient understanding of the...

17 Jun 2023 12:18 AM IST

Strong winds and rains lash the city after the landfall of the Cyclone Biparjoy, in Porbandar, Gujarat, Friday, June 16, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Bravo India for averting Biparjoy toll

The NDRF and other government agencies have learnt the art of minimising the loss of human lives.

17 Jun 2023 12:16 AM IST