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The farmers are hard-nosed realists and they are not sentimental romantic fools like their urban supporters and urban opponents. Representational Image. (PTI)

AA Edit | Govt must talk to farmers, try to avert fresh agitation

The other demands the farmers have now raised include a total waiver of agriculture loans, pension and crop insurance

21 March 2023 11:27 PM IST

amil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan. (Photo:Facebook)

AA Edit | TN FM shows juggling skills

In presenting his third Budget, PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan may have outdone previous efforts.

21 March 2023 12:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Modi 2.0: There's a contradiction between the myth and...

On corruption, the BJP has been on the backfoot since January because of the Adani affair.

21 March 2023 12:45 AM IST

Security personnel stand guard following crack down on Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh and his supporters, in Jalandhar, Sunday March 19, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Restore order in Punjab, with zero tolerance for extremism

The extremist preacher Amritpal Singh has used foreign funding and brainwashing techniques to create an atmosphere for...

21 March 2023 12:14 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC wades into uncertainty in bid to check...

The Supreme Court had stepped in to check the Modi government's inaction in one case, and lack of transparency in the...

21 March 2023 12:07 AM IST

President Xis dual circulation plan, as part of Chinas 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25), the bursting of the real estate bubble and an economic slowdown have combined to put global firms on alert. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | As China bridges Gulf divide, can India draw right...

West Asian energy constitutes an important geo-economic dimension to China's growing stakes in West Asia.

20 March 2023 12:53 AM IST

Several pacts in defence, trade, energy and other sectors will be inked on Monday after talks between President Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening as well as the 2+2 talks at the foreign and defence ministerial level between the two nations earlier in the day on Monday morning. (AP)

AA Edit | All eyes on Xi-Putin meet

The Chinese supremo may, however, view his association with Russia as a golden opportunity to pursue his agenda for...

20 March 2023 12:50 AM IST

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the government needs to answer opposition queries on various issues. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Akhilesh is right: Regional parties key to beating BJP

Akhilesh Yadav is right in his assessment that the big fight to the BJP led by the Modi-[Amit] Shah duo must come not...

20 March 2023 12:48 AM IST

Jetsetting is no longer fashionable. Why not fly less to save the planet? (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Jetsetting glitzy no more, try the 'flycott'

Far from the glamorous mode of transportation it once was, not even catering for basic human needs, air travel is now...

19 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Mahua Moitra seen holding her Louis Vuitton bag. (Photo: Twitter)

Anita Katyal | Why feisty Mahua made to retreat; place in CWC at last...

According to the political grapevine she was asked to take it down as Mamata Banerjee did not approve of the tweet

19 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

A multi-store building burns after being attacked by Russian airstrike in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023. (Photo: AP)

Pavan K. Varma | It's America that can end war in Ukraine

Social and religious divisiveness, and new threats of insurgency, weaken us too, and provide fodder to our enemies

19 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

The BCI also hopes to make India a hub of international commercial arbitration. (Photo: Representational/AP)

AA Edit | Bold move on foreign lawyers

The BCI notification seeks to allay the fears of Indian lawyers about whether the decision will hit them directly

18 March 2023 12:33 AM IST