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Sanjaya Baru | Global South can make G-20 much less of a G-2

India must set out an agenda of interest to the developing countries

28 Nov 2022 1:47 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds a folder-case containing the Union Budget 2022-23 as she poses for a photograph with the Finance Ministry officials, outside the North Block, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

AA Edit | Make middle class growth engine in coming Budget

The middle classes are not seen as too crucial and are all but forgotten

28 Nov 2022 1:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba at the sacred Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Political uncertainty ends in Nepal

The Nepali poll results are a mixed bag for India, which has kept off the internal affairs of its closest neighbour

28 Nov 2022 1:40 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Bulldozer justice unjust under all circumstances

Pavan K. Varma | Bulldozer justice' unjust under all circumstances

Although it is clearly verifiable that bulldozers have especially targeted the minority community, Hindus too have not...

27 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Any parent with a teen or two under their rooves will have dealt with this accelerated development this transformation of their tender tots into fully-formed individuals in the blink of a bleary, parental eye. (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Smells like teen spirit? Don't sweat it, step...

The fallout is an odd mix of terror at losing control, excited anticipation at what comes next, and even relief

27 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

There are lurking doubts about Himachal Pradesh where anti-incumbency and the rebel factor have queered the pitch for the ruling party. (DC Image)

Anita Katyal | Nadda, Anurag sleepless on HP; Shah lobby plans to...

BJP president J.P. Nadda has reason to worry because a defeat would reflect poorly on him as he hails from the hill...

27 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Mr Gehlots claims that Sachin Pilot tried to undermine his government at the behest of the BJP and that money changed hands in the process are of a very serious nature. (DC Image)

AA Edit | Kharge must halt Rajasthan drift

The latest allegations, coming from none other than CM Ashok Gehlot, raise legal, moral and ethical issues that need to...

26 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint the countrys former spy chief Gen. Syed Asim as the head of the countrys army, the information minister said Thursday, Nov. 24 . (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Pakistan's new Army chief might face troubled times

If the Army under Gen. Munir does the unthinkable and goes neutral, it may be speculated that it is inviting internal...

26 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Rahul Baba baiters want to know more about his weird beard -- a question only Rahul and his barber can respond to. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | From Chai Pe Charcha to Daadhi Pe Charcha

The politics of beard-keeping demands a book

26 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Meghan Markle (Photo: Instagram)

Farrukh Dhondy | When fantasy pretends to be history Does truth...

Gentle reader, there has always been a conflict between truth and blind nationalist interpretation of events

26 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Congress party presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor addresses a press conference at the UPCC office in Lucknow, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

AA Edit | Is Tharoor a problem for Cong?

Mr Tharoor possesses qualities that are sellable among the aspirational middle class Keralites, too

25 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Four people, including a forest guard, were killed in violence at the Assam-Meghalaya border after the police intercepted a truck transporting illegal timber. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Centre must help resolve border flareups in N-E

The Centre is likely to be concerned that the next round of talks, due later this month, is not derailed on account of...

25 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST