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Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Cosying up to Liz To get a Cabinet job, or become a...

Offering my flattery to Liz Truss may at last fulfil my long-standing ambition to be a member of Britain's House of...

27 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

Chinas new Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said that with two strong leaders at the helm in both the countries, the ties are set to reach new heights. (Photo: Twitter/ VikramMisri)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Time to join forces to take on Beijing's wolf...

Ambassador Sun Weidong only signalled the acute fear psychosis of his masters in Beijing, owing to transcontinental...

27 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav at a function. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Dust settles in Bihar, but testing times loom ahead

Mahagathbandhan is an alliance of 7 parties with a strength of 164 in a House of 243 and the Nitish ministry passed the...

26 Aug 2022 12:12 AM IST

The first e-passport would be issued by the end of the year. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | E-passport move welcome

Digital identities are safe and can be scaled to meet common global standards so that e-passports become the norm

26 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

One wonders what, given the recent past and the record since 1947, the next quarter century holds in store for India. (DC Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | A lot needs to be done for developed' India by...

Development , like beauty, is a word that triggers lively discussions and polemical exchanges

26 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the situation in the oil and gas sector via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | When will Putin's war end?

When will good sense prevail in this endless war that is defying Russian military superiority? Not soon enough by the...

25 Aug 2022 12:23 AM IST

AA Edit | We need zero tolerance for insult to any religion

No one must stop condemning people who are openly calling for violence, demanding that the culprit be beheaded

25 Aug 2022 12:08 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Railway officers now likely to face appraisal by...

The Railways Board has introduced a process that allows peers and juniors to evaluate their reporting officers

25 Aug 2022 12:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the four-nation India-Israel-US-UAE (I2U2) virtual summit to be held on Thursday, New Delhi announced on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | After Bihar move, is PM's sense of unease growing?

Although the Opposition parties are divided, the ruling party can bleed in many states

25 Aug 2022 12:06 AM IST

Sex workers of Sonagachi, South Asias largest redlight area are seeing brisk business as they are accepting the banned notes as demonetisation hit small businessmen across Kokata. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Sunitha Krishnan | Court did not legitimise sex work; focus on women's...

Several news articles have reported that a May 2022 Supreme Court ruling recognised sex work as a profession. Did it...

24 Aug 2022 12:39 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Sunil Gatade | Will a Jagjivan Ram' rise in BJP ahead of 2024 LS...

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has also been forced to cool his heels by not being included in the all-powerful...

24 Aug 2022 12:21 AM IST

Team Indias flagbearer Nikhat Zareen during the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG). Photo: PTI

AA Edit | Sports bodies must do better

Our athletes' national marks are beginning to look good enough for winning medals in international events

23 Aug 2022 10:16 PM IST