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French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (C) sits in an aircraft departing from Kathmandu to France, on December 23, 2022. - French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on December 23 after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali prison. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Revisiting the Serpent' saga: My encounters with...

Sobhraj first got in touch with me in 1997. He rang my office at Channel Four TV, UK, where I was a commissioning editor

31 Dec 2022 12:21 AM IST

Rescue workers clearing rubble of a destroyed school after an attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 4, 2022. The Ukrainian militarys General Staff says that Russian forces are trying to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing a key stronghold. AP/PTI

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Waiting for the dawn after world faced a...

A revolt against the Kremlin was predicted. Some warned of a military mutiny. President Vladimir Putin was reported to...

31 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

The faceoff, which was reported near Yangtse in the Tawang sector, had lasted for few hours before both sides disengaged. Representational Image. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Fight terror, so J&K develops

The threat of cross-border terror has not abated and the security establishment must not lower its guard even...

30 Dec 2022 1:22 AM IST

Over 50 protesters held white papers in support of the Chinese people under harsh zero-COVID policies that prevent them from having normal lives in China. (Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Where does India figure in a very uncertain...

India is better prepared even if the coronavirus knocks again as a new variant.

30 Dec 2022 1:19 AM IST

An air passengers undergo gives sample for the COVID-19 tests at the airport, in Kolkata, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Preparedness is the key to tackling any spike in Covid

Anecdotal evidence thus far suggests that the symptoms are not any graver, which leads to the conclusion that a wave of...

30 Dec 2022 1:17 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during Chintan Shivir of home ministers of all states, at Surajkund in Faridabad, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (PTI)

AA Edit | Maharashtra, Karnataka must resolve border issue peacefully

Drawing parallels for internal state-border issues with international conflict situations is one of the many dangerous...

29 Dec 2022 2:22 AM IST

Today there are 5.03 billion Internet users around the world and 4.9 billion of these use social media. (Photo: AFP)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | How the fatal tug of social media got bigger,...

Social media fills the spatial, societal and relationship gaps which separate individuals from their dreams.

29 Dec 2022 2:18 AM IST

The Indian Railways is one of the biggest landlords after the central government. (Photo: Twitter@RailMinIndia)

Dilip Cherian | With AI & data analytics, will govt files now move...

The new chairman and CEO will get a new team, with the recent empanelment of six officers for holding Level 17 posts...

29 Dec 2022 2:15 AM IST

With the knowledge acquired so far, India is better equipped to handle the challenge though (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | China endangering world again

India's vaccines, once derided and which went on to save lives, are now readily available, but people are reluctant to...

29 Dec 2022 1:45 AM IST

People protest against executions and detentions in Iran, in front of the Iranian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York City on December 17, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | After 2022's big challenges, looking at 2023 with hope

The year gone by brought war in Ukraine, saw Covid-19 epidemic abate and now turn vengefully on its source, the People's...

28 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

The Bharat Jodo Yatra is not a journey without maps . It has crept up on the existing grammar of politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | Early signals of a churning, in India's politics and...

In the regions where state elections will be fought, the real contest will be between the BJP and the Congress

28 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Begumpet, Telangana (ANI)

India's history without blinkers

For far too long, Independent India has believed that history must be partisan, sanitised, shackled

27 Dec 2022 11:32 PM IST