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Members of law enforcement investigate a tractor trailer on June 27, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. According to reports, at least 46 people, who are believed migrant workers from Mexico, were found dead in an abandoned tractor trailer. Over a dozen victims were found alive, suffering from heat stroke and taken to local hospitals. (AFP)

AA EDIT | Texas horror an eye-opener

It is a microcosm of the world's problem of the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor

29 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

K.C. Singh | A fine balance? Liberalism on lips; realpolitik at home

K.C. Singh | A fine balance? Liberalism on lips; realpolitik at home

The G-7 faced especially acute challenges this year as the global effects of Covid-19 pandemic have been compounded by...

29 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

Amitabha Bhattacharya | Like a meteor': An IAS officer's reminiscences...

NTR was above pettiness and parochialism, as his vision of Telugu Ganga, one purpose of which was to supply drinking...

29 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, at G-7 Summit, in Germany. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | G-7: Modi scores energy points

Modi was on a tougher mission this time in promoting a vision of the future in which green energy would play a...

29 Jun 2022 7:39 AM IST

Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde with Minister of Agriculture of Maharashtra Dadaji Dagadu Bhuse and other rebel MLAs at a hotel, in Guwahati, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Judiciary-legislature divide: SC order raises questions

It is a plain fact that the ruling front and the rebel Sena faction are engaged in a political game which will be...

29 Jun 2022 7:31 AM IST

Ruchira Kamboj (Image credit: Wikipedia)

Dilip Cherian | Protocol chief background to help India's new UN...

Like good wine, protocol often sets the mood and creates the right atmospherics for the serious diplomatic business that...

29 Jun 2022 7:24 AM IST

A woman runs from a house thats on fire after shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | If Ukraine war goes on, no return to status...

We can only hope that the present doesn't emulate the past to make the future murkier, darker and dirtier

29 Jun 2022 7:15 AM IST

Madhya Pradeshs players celebrate their win after their team beat Mumbai by 6 wickets in the Ranji Trophy final cricket match, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Ranji: A dream triumph for MP

It wasn't so much star value and individual brilliance that saw them win the national pennant

28 Jun 2022 1:01 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, UP BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and others flash the victory sign as they celebrate the partys victory in the by-polls, in Lucknow, Sunday, June 26 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Bypolls show how BJP is eating into SP's UP base

Uttar Pradesh sends 80 members to the 542-member Lok Sabha, and hence every signal that emanates from there is...

28 Jun 2022 12:51 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Aakar Patel | Courts, even SC, shouldn't be the only place to go to...

The courts are important, but they are not the only place where citizens' rights can be defended or claimed

27 Jun 2022 11:50 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Ministers Rajnath Singh & Amit Shah, BJP National President J P Nadda and NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu during the filing of Murmus nomination papers for presidential election, at Parliament House, in New Delhi, Friday, June 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Will Murmu remember the unkept promises to tribals?

Like indigenous people around the globe, India's adivasis too have been savaged and ravaged by later people claiming to...

27 Jun 2022 11:39 PM IST

GST has helped interstate movement of goods. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

AA EDIT | Making the GST regime work

The Union finance ministry should make the states feel that they are active partners in economic growth

26 Jun 2022 10:33 PM IST