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President Ram Nath Kovind addresses the nation on the eve of demitting office, in New Delhi, Sunday, July 24, 2022. (PTI)

AA Edit | Kovind, a President who went by the rule book

Kovind obliquely agreed with political historians who would complain that the quality of parliamentary debates has...

25 July 2022 10:32 AM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Why Shinzo Abe emerged as Japan's most significant PM

At the purely government-to-government level, the India-Japan relationship went through its ups and downs over the past...

25 July 2022 4:24 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a press conference at the BJP office in Lucknow, Friday, Jan. 21 2022.. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

Anita Katyal Yogi anti-Brahmin bias comes to fore; outrage over I-Day...

24 July 2022 12:05 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | It's the Hindutva police versus Sanatan Dharma

Hinduism has no one God, no one mandatory text, no compulsorily prescribed form of prayer, and no Pope

23 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Ageing to perfection sneering, the fine art

Is fiery the same as a sharp tongue or does that just mean I have a bad temper

23 July 2022 11:52 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

AA Edit | Putin gains visibility on Iran trip

The one positive outcome from a face-to-face round of diplomacy helped fructify UN-brokered deal to resume Ukraine's...

23 July 2022 10:19 AM IST

Droupadi Murmu, who is set to be the first tribal woman President of India, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (PTI)

AA Edit| Madam President must act as custodian of Constitution

To a considerable degree, the prospects of positive change come down to the individual

23 July 2022 10:18 AM IST

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 | With just 2 left in Tories' PM race... Can Brutus be...

If you are reading this anywhere in the world apart from the UK, you will be spared the 'news' about the rivalry between...

23 July 2022 1:31 AM IST

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

Shobhaa De | Will Dishy Rishi end up as India's damaad at No. 10?

Even if Dishy Rishi does make it to 10 Downing Street, please, please remember technically, he ain't one of us!

23 July 2022 12:50 AM IST

AA EDIT | Sinhala-Tamil politics can wait, first rescue economy

The one thing that is in Ranil's favour is his experience in government, which could come in handy as IMF negotiators...

22 July 2022 9:37 AM IST

AA EDIT | Zubair: Courts must emulate SC

The Supreme Court has just thwarted one such effort when it ordered the release of Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of...

22 July 2022 9:34 AM IST

Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair comes out of Tihar Jail after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged against him in UP, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Let SC act: End arbitrary arrests over...

The BJP and other right-wing entities have taken up cudgels against Mr Zubair, and the secular elements are up in arms...

21 July 2022 11:30 PM IST