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Farrukh Dhondy | On truth' in the Age of Internet: How Wikipedia is...

There lies one of the instant hazards of Internet biography -- one can't tell lies about one's age any more.

11 Feb 2023 12:54 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (AP)

AA Edit | Message in Biden's scrappy speech, for US and the rest

Mr Biden's pitch, focused on the economy, was premised on the US being on a roll regarding jobs and record low...

11 Feb 2023 12:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to the Motion of Thanks on the Presidents Address as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi listens to him in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | India's democracy needed Modi-Rahul epic face-off

It was a telling tale on the rise of Mr Gandhi's stature as an Opposition leader

10 Feb 2023 1:32 AM IST

Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Using stick isn't the way to deter child...

Sarma has followed the letter of the law in his zeal to fight the social evil of child marriage.

10 Feb 2023 12:39 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 | Collegium's opaque ways exposed

There is no escaping the fact that the collegium has all the drawbacks built in an arbitrary system

10 Feb 2023 12:26 AM IST

An elevated inflation rate is also a cause of concern for the RBI, though it has decided to accord priority to economic growth in the near future. (AA file Photo)

AA Edit | RBI focus still on inflation

The central bank observed that inflation excluding vegetables has been rising well above the upper tolerance band

9 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

View of Parliament House ahead of its Monsoon session in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Let Opp. use Parliament as debate platform, not stall it

If Opp. thinks it can stop the govt from going ahead with its policies by stalling parliament, they must disabuse...

9 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

NewsThe continuous tussle between Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is the most likely reason for senior bureaucrats in Maharashtra to be unhappy. (Photo: PTI)

Dilip Cherian | IPS officers in Maha need to wait longer for their...

Fadnavis may be the second in command but is clearly the one who calls the shots

9 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Drug regulators in India must do better oversight

Patralekha Chatterjee | Drug regulators in India must do better...

India's drug regulators must do a better job to detect non-standard quality drugs before an international alert

9 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syrias rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following the earthquake. (Photo: AFP)

AA EDIT | World responds to biggest calamity of the decade

The UN believes 2.3 crore people, including around 10 lakh children, may be affected in Turkey and Syria

8 Feb 2023 12:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 57th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | Will the BBC TV documentary be revived here for...

Ban a TV show, and you are guaranteed a record audience

8 Feb 2023 12:35 AM IST

Following a decision of the state cabinet, the police are now booking men who married girls aged below 14, under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and those who married girls aged between 14 and 18 under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. (File Photo)

AA Edit | Child marriages: Bring awareness

Marriage is a social institution in India and Assam is no exception

8 Feb 2023 12:30 AM IST