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Even the European Union (EU), with its over-pious climate attitude, is forced to import coal and fire its coal plants in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the EUs economic sanctions against Russia and the Russian retaliation by closing gas supplies to Europe. (Representational Image/AFP)

AA Edit | A victory of sorts in climate change fight

Taken together, the final resolution looks to have followed the agenda of the rich nations.

21 Nov 2022 1:58 AM IST

Cryptocurrency exchanges CoinSwitch Kuber and WazirX have disabled rupee deposits through United Payment Interface (UPI) for the purchase of cryptocurrency. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | Dollar's rise sets off crisis of collapsing...

So far, all attempts to bypass the dollar have failed, but not for want of trying.

21 Nov 2022 1:03 AM IST

Some people believe its inevitable theyll develop dementia because of their genetics. (Photo: ANI)

Suman Sahai | Slipshod way of approvals for GM crops very alarming

The use of herbicide destroys all the vegetation in and around the field where the HT crop is cultivated.

21 Nov 2022 1:01 AM IST

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing a polling station after voting in the US midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Trump is back like a bad penny

To the credit of the US voters, the most dangerous election deniers were not voted into office in the midterms.

21 Nov 2022 12:57 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Unwounded in midterms, will Biden explore Ukraine peace?

With this ambiguous verdict in hand, Mr Biden doesn't need an endless war in Ukraine to redeem himself

20 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?

The question, therefore, is not reservation but how much?

20 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Tourist life, real' life and the fate of being...

Helicopter rides to wave at the gods from on high fails both the religious test and the local outlet tests

20 Nov 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 | Does Qatar deserve this Cup?

FIFA officials are asking nations not to bring political or ideological issues to the World Cup where the focus should...

19 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Nalini Sriharan and V. Sriharan alias Murugan, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after being released from their prisons, in Vellore, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Rajiv killers' release: Govt plea raises key questions

The apex court has made use of two constitutional provisions while ordering the release of all the seven convicts

19 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

One of the implications of climate change that has not received much attention is its impact on civilisations. Representational Image. (ANI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Climate change crisis is deepening...

What is being done? How seriously are we taking the looming challenges triggered by climate change?

19 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a bilateral meeting in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie, Modi and FTA: Why desperate UK needs a deal

Hedgie will, undoubtedly tell the nation that visas will be given to skilled Indian doctors and scientists who can fill...

19 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Passengers wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus wait to get tested for COVID-19 at a railway station in Mumbai. (AP)

AA Edit | Don't give up masks altogether

The world has been on edge ever since a cluster of cases of pneumonia was reported in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on...

18 Nov 2022 12:07 PM IST