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Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut leaves after being produced at a court, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Raut was on Wednesday granted bail in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Raut case exposes gross abuse of powers by ED

The ED is endowed with vast powers most other investigating agencies do not enjoy

12 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | Two conundrums that make very little sense

Bhupendra Patel had better deliver, or else! In an overturn, during the 2017 polls, the BJP tally shrank to 99 seats,...

12 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Activists from the group Just Stop Oil block a road in London, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 demanding to stop future gas and oil projects from going ahead. British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks with soup said Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, that they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major highway around London. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Why protests matter and stifling them is unacceptable

In professed democracies such as the UK or India, the State's antagonism to the freedom of speech cannot and must not be...

11 Nov 2022 8:13 PM IST

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing a polling station after voting in the US midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Midterms: Democracy gets a boost; setback to Trump

Significant as it may be for Joe Biden's regime, the verdict pales when compared to the process keeping its credibility

11 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan during the press conference at Raj bhavan on Wednesday. (K. Durga Rao/AA)

AA Edit | Clear the air on gov phone tap

It is important that a probe be ordered into Ms Soundararajan's accusation, possibly under the supervision of a high...

11 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

A healthworker prepares an oxygen triage facility for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases surge, at Omandurar Government hospital in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Covid virus hasn't gone, but risk now is very...

A key question remains whether Covid-19 is still a cause of worry or not? The short answer is no

11 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

AA Edit | A tale of two eclipses

AA Edit | A tale of two eclipses

As we witnessed it, we were one human race, but obviously, two clearly distinct sets of people

10 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Can India do more to help end Ukraine war?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi did convey forcefully enough, to Vladimir Putin in Samarkand that this is not an era of...

10 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | N-E officers still unhappy after Centre looks into...

The babus are upset with the Centre for discontinuing the additional monetary allowance introduced in 2009 for AIS...

10 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

n early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the US Capitol Building in Washington Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, one day before the midterm election will determine the control of the US Congress. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Dems defy midterms' rout: Ties with India won't be hit

For India, the change of balance in the US Congress, total or partial, is unlikely to impact relations with the United...

10 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP/File)

AA Edit | Bibi return powered by Ben-Gvir

The signals from Bibi's latest comeback carry dangerous portents because of the rise of some of those on whom he has...

9 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

AA Edit | Use data to frame quotas, update them periodically

That logic of affirmative action for handholding discriminated communities has changed now

9 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST