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In barely three years, Adani has gained control of seven airports and almost a quarter of Indias air traffic. (Bloomberg)

Sanjaya Baru | Indian business in need of neighbourhood diplomacy

Corporate controversies in distant developing countries do not make waves in the Indian media

26 Jun 2022 9:41 PM IST

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Hasan Mushrif had appreciated the remarkable work of three gram panchayats with regard to Covid-19 norms. (PTI file image)

Anita Katyal | Uddhav should've kept home to self; some in Opp. for...

Thackeray must be ruing the day he agreed to gift the home ministry to the Nationalist Congress party two years ago

25 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

It seems to me that the reader and the audience should feel a deep sense of gratitude for every individual mediaperson who is going against the grain at the cost of unspeakable abuse online, on social media and even on their own online platforms. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Kulbir Kaur | Ingroup vs Outgroup & other online aberrations

Social media has recently emerged as 'Villain No. 1' in the eyes of governments all over the world

25 Jun 2022 11:37 PM IST

According to the Pew Research 2021, the core middle class has shrunk from 99 million in 2020 to 66 million in 2021. (Bloomberg)

Pavan K. Varma | What's on the mind of the Great Indian Middle Class?

The middle class knows instinctively when things are beginning to unravel

25 Jun 2022 11:17 PM IST

Uddhav Thackeray and Rashmi Thackeray (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Nepotism behind Shinde rise

Rebellion is the last hope of democracy within political parties

25 Jun 2022 7:48 AM IST

AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam, Joint Coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami and other senior leaders during the partys General Council Meeting, in Chennai. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)

AA Edit | Lopsided power struggle in ADMK will end soon

Mr Palaniswami had meticulously cultivated a support base for him in the party unlike Mr Panneerselvam who remains more...

25 Jun 2022 7:44 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Should we stop reading writers whose views are truly...

Religious and regional rivalries, breeding even genocidal prejudice, have bedevilled history

25 Jun 2022 7:37 AM IST

A file photo of NDAs candidate for President election Draupadi Murmu. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Is Murmu choice as Prez an 'inspired' masterstroke,...

BJP's choice for President election comes with right 'signalling'

25 Jun 2022 7:32 AM IST

Shiv Sena party Chief Uddhav Thackeray (L) interacts with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar, after a press conference in Mumbai. (AFP file photo)

AA Edit | A strange, unhappy 3-way marriage finally collapses

NCP was eventually the only real beneficiary and controlled the govt and power, while the figurehead Thackeray lost...

23 Jun 2022 11:30 PM IST

Afghans stand among destruction after an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo)

AA Edit | Quake adds to Afghan woes

Afghan continues to be disfigured by natural calamities as it sits in tectonically active terrain over a vast number of...

23 Jun 2022 11:25 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Shimla, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | A retreat from liberalism: Which way will India go?

A new balance has to be found within the confines of the Constitution to discuss and consign the past

23 Jun 2022 9:18 PM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett . (AP)

AA EDIT | Time for comeback by Bibi?

Netanhayu had already moved into election mode within hours of the news of the collapse of the coalition

23 Jun 2022 12:58 AM IST