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Voters show their identification cards as they wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling booth during the Tripura Assembly elections, in Rajnagar, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (Representational Image/PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | What kind of society are we, how much of a...

We were always a hybrid democracy, direct democracy at the local levels and representative democracy at the regional and...

25 April 2023 1:03 AM IST

For those who are not drunk on the magic of numbers, this massive over-population can only warn of a Malthusian disaster looming ahead. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | No. 1 in population, but future is bleak: Demographic...

Not only have we not added new jobs, we have lost some of those we had.

25 April 2023 12:59 AM IST

Radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathizer Amritpal Singh (ANI file image)

AA Edit | Throw the book at Amritpal; vital to ensure Punjab peace

Had it been in the days of princely India, Amritpal Singh may have been tossed into a dungeon and the keys thrown away.

25 April 2023 12:55 AM IST

Union Home minister Amit Shah. (Photo by arrangement)

AA Edit | Muslim quota quip stirs T-pot

Mr Shah restated and reaffirmed the BJP stance that religion-based reservations have no place in India

25 April 2023 12:50 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his September 30 address, threatened Nato with, among other things, his nuclear arsenal. (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Russia-China and West: Who's on top as new world order...

Mr Macron's persistent advice to Europe has been to disengage from US policies, whether in Ukraine or in Taiwan.

24 April 2023 12:50 AM IST

From 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the last census, the Indian population is projected to grow to 1.66 billion by 2050. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

Indranil Banerjee | World's youngest' nation at an exciting crossroads

The great Indian census conducted every ten years since 1881 appears to have been shelved for all practical purposes.

24 April 2023 12:46 AM IST

Heat waves and related biological hazards in particular are expected to increase in East and North-East Asia while South and South-West Asia will encounter intensifying floods and related diseases. (AFP Photo)

AA Edit | Summer may see extreme heat

India's climate vulnerability is very high in summers and people must be made aware of the heat index.

24 April 2023 12:43 AM IST

A civilian was injured in Pakistani firing in Balnoi village along the LoC in Mendhar sector of Poonch district on Saturday. (Photo: Representational)

AA Edit | Don't let J&K hit on Army play spoiler at SCO meet

There have been eye-catching attacks earlier in this sector.

24 April 2023 12:39 AM IST

To some, including author James Baldwin, home doesnt require external trapping.

Shreya Sen-Handley | What does home mean to you?

Think about what you'd rescue in a residential fire and you'll know what home is

23 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf speak to media, moments before they were shot dead. (ANI)

Manish Tewari | End fake encounters; make an example of Atiq killers

There seems to be an implicit acceptance of these extrajudicial killings which are euphemistically referred to as ...

23 April 2023 12:01 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Rahul has legal options

His appeal will soon enough be in the high court and he can go on to the top court if indeed his appeal in the case

22 April 2023 12:20 AM IST

Ahmedabad: Ex-MLA Maya Kodnani along with advocates comes out of the Sessions Court after the verdict on Naroda Gam massacre case, in Ahmedabad, Thursday, April 20, 2023. A special SIT court in Ahmedabad Thursday acquitted all 67 accused, including Kodnani. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Naroda acquittals reflect state of justice system

That 18 of the accused died in the process reflects extremely poorly on the way the justice system in this country works

22 April 2023 12:15 AM IST