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A student holds a mobile phone for another so that he can listen to instructions from a teacher as children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend online classes at a slum on the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | 5G-6G must cut digital divide

Reports have shown that the education of a large number of children suffered irreparably owing to their inability to...

20 May 2022 12:38 AM IST

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

AA Edit | SC's Rajiv convict ruling also redefines governors' powers

The verdict is more an indictment of the stubbornness of the Centre opposing a state in a federal setup

20 May 2022 12:26 AM IST

Villagers wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Hojai district of Indias Assam state on May 19, 2022. (Photo:AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Climate crisis to be India's biggest threat...

One reason wheat prices have shot up has to do with the intense heatwave that struck parts of India from March

20 May 2022 12:15 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi (AFP file photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Rahul's role as Congress' heir not at all apparent

It was obvious long before and reconfirmed after political strategist Prashant Kishor's firm but polite refusal of...

19 May 2022 12:12 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Cool-off debate rages on amid MNC absorbing senior...

The recent appointment of Archana Goyal Gulati, former member of Niti Aayog and CCI, at Google, has revived the old...

19 May 2022 12:04 AM IST

Members of the United Hindu Front stage a demonstration as the hearing of the case of Varanasis Gyanvapi Masjid-Shringar Gauri Temple complexs survey is underway in the Supreme Court, in New Delhi, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (PTI)

AA EDIT | Sagacious SC move for balance' at Gyanvapi

SC ordered the local administration to ensure that devout Muslims are not impeded from having access to the mosque to...

18 May 2022 11:55 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

AA EDIT | Nordics in Nato? Blow to Putin

The Russian leader's immediate response seemed muted enough after having earlier fulminated against the move

18 May 2022 11:43 PM IST

An Indian policeman throws brick chips at Kashmiri protesters during a protest in Srinagar, Kashmir. Government forces fired tear gas to stop demonstrations after separatists called for protests against a police raid in a college in which at least 50 students were injured on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | To stop all political misuse, speedy police...

As recent events demonstrate, every party prefers having the law enforcers acting as a private militia

18 May 2022 12:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during a bilateral meeting, at Lumbini in Nepal. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Ties with Nepal on the mend?

Tech transfer with regard to tapping hydroelectric power sources to help the power-deficient nation with rich hydro...

18 May 2022 12:16 AM IST

The saffron party remains exceptionally agile and alert to the dynamic and phantasmagorical situations in different parts of the country at ground level. (Representational Image/ AP)

AA Edit | BJP tactic of changing CMs appears to work

A fresh face takes off the steam of anger against the state government, given how CM-centric states are in India's...

18 May 2022 12:04 AM IST

AA EDIT | Seminal moment in Indian sport

The victory is akin to Kapil Dev's team winning the 1983 Prudential World Cup to turn the cricket world upside down

17 May 2022 2:08 AM IST

AA EDIT | Congress baithak puts chintan onus on nation

The Udaipur baithak did not inspire a nation, or even the part of it, that was looking for a sign of a challenge to...

17 May 2022 2:00 AM IST