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

AA Edit | Many successes, a few misses as Narendra Modi govt turns 9

Any citizen would agree that the following areas were those where his government tasted its greatest successes

27 May 2023 12:48 AM IST

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar takes part in a press conference in Bangkok on August 17, 2022. (Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Is Pak off Sangh radar? Ties uneasy amid...

At the moment, Pakistan has ceased to be that enemy which ideological fanatics so desperately need

27 May 2023 12:35 AM IST

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak (Photo- AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Amid dog-whistle politics, did Sunak go easy on...

Cruella, in an attempt to drown the noisy negative publicity, has resorted to dog-whistle politics

27 May 2023 12:24 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das addresses via livestream as he announces the central banks monetary policy decisions, in Mumbai. PTI photo

AA Edit | RBI's forecast cause for cheer

At the start of this financial year, there were apprehensions of the national economy growing much above six per cent.

26 May 2023 12:19 AM IST

Rescue operation underway after a car got stuck in a waterlogged underpass following heavy rain, in Bengaluru, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Bengaluru drowning should be a wake-up...

The city lacks a functional system to drain out the water when the water level reaches a certain level following heavy...

26 May 2023 12:11 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese before the start of the fourth test cricket match between India and Australia, at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (PTI File Photo)

AA Edit | India-Australia ties remain on a good wicket, despite...

India and Australia have also pledged to move on towards completing the signing of a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation...

26 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

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

AA Edit | Opp. boycott of opening of new Parl is bad optics

It is ironic, historically speaking, because Mahatma Gandhi was absent in the Parliament on the midnight hour of freedom...

25 May 2023 12:36 AM IST

UPSC civil services examination 2022 topper Ishita Kishore celebrates with family members and relatives after the declaration of results, in Greater Noida, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Hurrah for women toppers

The number of toppers as well as women qualifiers is also rising by the year.

25 May 2023 12:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian community programme, in Sydney. (Photo: PTI)

K.C. Singh | Modi Pacific foray: China, Quad, islands & diaspora

Mr Modi, perhaps mindful of past Opposition criticism of his partisan lectures while abroad, largely focused on...

25 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

File photo of former Telangana chief secretary Somesh Kumar. (Photo:@TelanganaCS)

Dilip Cherian | Ex-chief secy's return as KCR adviser kicks off a...

Having taken voluntary retirement in Feb, the 1989 batch IAS officer from AP has been given a 3-year term in the rank of...

25 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Centre ordinance on Delhi is an open challenge to SC

It is for the apex court to determine how to view the open challenge posed to its prestige and authority by the Narendra...

24 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified that there is no instruction from the Centre to make Hindi learning compulsory. (DC)

AA Edit | Assam: It'll be good if AFSPA goes

While the announcement had a hint of a disclaimer and conditionality, it will have a largely positive bearing on the...

24 May 2023 12:05 AM IST