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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Don't set bar too high for India's G-20...

The G-20's consultative and advisory nature argues against the drama of the ambitious and action-oriented programme...

8 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Acclaimed French author and philanthropist Dominique Lapierre during a visit to Kolkata. Lapierre, whose 1985 international bestseller City of Joy earned Kolkata its nickname died at the age of 91. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Adieu to a great storyteller

An affable, kind-hearted and simple man, Lapirerre mingled with ordinary folk and made characters out of them in his...

7 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

AA Edit | To take on BJP, Congress & AAP need to work together

AA Edit | To take on BJP, Congress & AAP need to work together

The Opposition must simply try to unite those who don't want to vote for the BJP and re-elect Narendra Modi for a third...

7 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The hidden politics behind Supreme Court's...

On the face of it, the collegium system is indeed untenable in principle in a democratic system. But it is not a simple...

7 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Mallikarjun Kharge succeeds Sonia Gandhi at the grand old partys highest office (PTI/R Senthil Kumar)

AA Edit | Kharge must crack the whip

Accountability is a cornerstone virtue and a test of fairness of any organisation or system; and the Congress party has...

6 Dec 2022 12:15 AM IST

Over 50 protesters held white papers in support of the Chinese people under harsh zero-COVID policies that prevent them from having normal lives in China. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | People power' on the rise, in China & Iran

History has been a witness to empires being brought to their knees by manifestations of people's power

6 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same ideals

Aakar Patel | Sardar worked differently from Nehru, but had the same...

There is a belief that Sardar Patel would have sorted out Pakistan and we would never have had the Kashmir problem

6 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

If there are two large and rising powers in a region, rivalry is inevitable. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Are India and China going to be rivals for all time?

The roots of our problem with China go back a couple of hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in...

6 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

People pose for photos next to a giant replica on the World Cup trophy in front of Stadium 974 on November 18, 2022 in Doha, Qatar, ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Football proves the great leveller

Sporting tales often become most interesting when the mice roar in the face of the lions

5 Dec 2022 12:15 AM IST

AA Edit | Governors can't hold up bills; rules need relook

Lawmaking by legislatures is an essential feature of democracy, and cannot be at the mercy of individual people

5 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Will the protests compel Iranian regime to begin...

The Iran unrest began in September when 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the morality police's custody

5 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

The departures arent by any means a flood, but when there are just 800-plus families left in the Valley, it matters when even a few go away. (Representational Image/Twitter)

Anand K. Sahay | Kashmir still plagued by undercurrents of crisis

Of the 808 Pandit families in the Valley, 16 left their homes in August

5 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST