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Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia speak with the media during their protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Don't treat wrestlers callously

Their sit-in strike of more than a month at Jantar Mantar was dismantled to bring a brutal end to a sordid chapter

30 May 2023 12:20 AM IST

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters at the AK Party headquarters after polls closed in Turkeys presidental and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Turkey May 15, 2023. Turkey is braced for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Erdogan's victory in Turkey good news for strongmen

The 69-year-old Erdogan who has ruled Turkey, for over 20 years now, has transformed his country in the image of his own...

30 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

An aerial view of newly-constructed Parliament building that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, in New Delhi, Friday, May 26, 2023(Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | New building will not solve the key problems India's...

Like the Vande Bharat trains, it is a solution to problems that do not exist

30 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

The new Sansad Bhavan (Parliament building) under Central Vista Project. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will new House symbolise our democratic...

A re-enactment of a meaningless ritual whose historicity is dubious has now been made the keystone of India's...

30 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog at Rashtrapati Bhawan Cultural Centre, in New Delhi, Sunday, Aug 7, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Niti Aayog makes little impact

There is no gainsaying who loses out more from the thinner attendance at a meeting that was supposed to throw up a...

29 May 2023 12:20 AM IST

An aerial view of newly-constructed Parliament building that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 28, in New Delhi, Friday, May 26, 2023(Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Let new Parliament usher in a great future for India

India has shown the world, again and again, that despite all its drawbacks and shortcomings, democracy works

29 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, at G-7 Summit, in Germany. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | G-7 and Global South: A world of unequals

It is within this world of unequals that India seeks space for its own development

29 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, at Nanjanagudu in Mysuru district, Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Sunil Gatade | As Assembly polls & 2024 LS loom, is Modi now missing...

The single pillar has always been shown as the boon of the world's largest party

29 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Family members during the final rites of Sneha Chaurasia, who was shot dead inside the Greater Noidas Shiv Nadar University allegedly by a classmate, in Kanpur, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Anand | How trauma and rejection led to a murder-suicide tragedy...

Such incidents can be averted with greater awareness and preparedness in understanding our emotions

28 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

The audience at a concert in Lucknow on May 22 Rajesh Bharadwaj

Shailaja Khanna | Surprise! Indian classical music now has young ears

The new listener gives standing ovations with alacrity; but is not hesitant to walk out if the performance does not...

28 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

All Opposition parties, in their own self-interest, must come together to oppose this ordinance when it comes up for ratification in Parliament. (Photo: PTI

Pavan Varma | Opp. must join hands, fight back over Delhi ordinance

It is becoming more than apparent that the BJP is acrimoniously unreconciled to losing electoral battles

27 May 2023 8:54 PM IST

The ceremonial sceptre, which will be installed in the new Parliament building, was given to Nehru to symbolise the transfer of power from the British to India in August 1947. (Photo: Twitter/@AmitShah)

AA Edit | Much ado about Sengol'

The symbol's value is just one of historicity as it was associated with India's tryst with destiny as a nation freed of...

27 May 2023 12:54 AM IST