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The remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Beware of spies in the sky

It appears the world is suddenly looking up to scan the skies, avowedly for man made objects and shooting them down as...

14 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inaugural ceremony of Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Modi's push for tradition with modernity welcome

Spirituality without physical, modern, financial and social development has no value and is not desired

14 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When news is no longer news

Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When news' is no longer...

Not many modern democracies have gone down this path before, setting it upon themselves to use the law and the media to...

14 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Kharge's strategy: How the Congress can corner Modi

If the parliamentary performance is any indication, the combination of Rahul and Kharge is effective in making Mr Modi...

14 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Pakistans former President Gen. Pervez Musharrafs popularity dropped and the attack by the security forces on Lal Masjid conservative seminary in Islamabad in July 2007 further increased his unpopularity. (File Photo: AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | How Siachen obsession got better of Musharraf

The Siachen phenomenon is hardly known to the public in Indian

13 Feb 2023 2:15 AM IST

Indian bowler Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates after taking his fifth wicket during the 3rd day of the 1st test cricket match between India and Australia, at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

AA Edit | Shocking Aussie meltdown

Team India were not a success on their last two England tours when they lost the WTC final

13 Feb 2023 2:13 AM IST

CRPF personnel patrol Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Nagrota outskirts, in Jammu. (PTI)

AA Edit | CRPF role welcome, but don't bypass J&K police

No central force, the CRPF or any other, can be effective unless it has the backing of the local police

13 Feb 2023 2:11 AM IST

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | What did the balloon tell China about US?

Why on earth would China fly a balloon into US territory?

12 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

nurse prepares a ward that is set up to treat patients infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant, at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo)

Shashi Warrier | The fitness of the bystander

Off goes the bystander on a hundred-metre sprint to the pharmacy, which is always at the far end of the hospital.

12 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

Hanif Kureishi. (Deccan Chronicle Photo)

Shobhaa De | Why time for maun vrat' is over: Silence not an option

Kureishi collapsed on a street in Rome on Boxing Day and has been recuperating in a hospital in the vicinity ever since.

11 Feb 2023 1:04 AM IST

An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syrias rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following the earthquake. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | India is Turkey's good dost'

Operation Dost was a very important operation which demonstrated friendship between the two nations.

11 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | On truth' in the Age of Internet: How Wikipedia is...

There lies one of the instant hazards of Internet biography -- one can't tell lies about one's age any more.

11 Feb 2023 12:54 AM IST