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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Gorby' transformed world's history, not a hero at home

The general peace that reigned in the decade after the Iron Curtain came down was, however, unlikely to last forever

2 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

P.S. Raghavan | The man who brought down the Iron Curtain

Gorbachev's was an unlikely story of a peasant boy from rural Russia climbing up the greasy pole of Soviet politics

2 Sept 2022 12:02 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Mystery of the vanishing IAS: Shrinking turf, fall in...

Just recently the government promoted 31 officers to additional and joint secretary ranks across ministries, but only 12...

2 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)

Sriram Karri | Let's end freebies. Evolve a smart welfare' consensus

There is no such thing as a freebie. It only means a service someone else has to pay for

31 Aug 2022 2:50 AM IST

With his elevation, Dr Antony will be a one among the 226 serving Cardinals and will be a member of the 132-member College of Cardinals which will elect a new Pope. (Image By Arrangement)

AA EDIT | Dalit Cardinal marks a first

He will now be part of the global leadership of one of the oldest institutions. That makes his elevation all the more...

31 Aug 2022 2:00 AM IST

A man walks along the Rajpath street near India Gate amid smoggy conditions a day after Diwali in New Delhi on November 15, 2020. (Photo: AFP/File)

AA EDIT | India needs many capitals: Delhi monopoly must end

Sarma has proposed, we second; and hopefully, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will grant

31 Aug 2022 12:51 AM IST

According to last months data from Chinas General Administration of Customs (GAC), the India-China bilateral trade totalled USD 114.263 billion, up 46.4 per cent year-on-year from January to November 2021. (PTI Photo)

Why do we want a permanent seat at UNSC? If we get it, what will we...

India has had no proper discussion internally on why we want to be in the Security Council

30 Aug 2022 9:47 AM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (ANI file photo)

Do we need governors to act as agents of Centre?

Some sense of that gubernatorial grandeur persists in India even 75 years after the British left

30 Aug 2022 9:43 AM IST

AA Edit | Born-again titan gets mojo back

It was as if Hardik had taken a Dhoni avatar in picking his favourite spot

30 Aug 2022 9:15 AM IST

Demolition of Supertech twin towers in Noida, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. Over 3,700 kg explosives were used to bring down the structures in pursuance of a Supreme Court order that found their construction within the Emerald Court society premises in violation of norms. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

AA Edit | Demolishing corruption: Hope right lesson learnt

SC-ordered demolition of the Supertech twin towers in Noida is one of the greatest public spectacles of a win over...

30 Aug 2022 9:10 AM IST

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (PTI file photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Congress heed what Ghulam Nabi had to...

Mr Azad's criticism of Rahul is what the Congress badly needs

29 Aug 2022 9:01 AM IST

Freebies become the fig leaf that corrupt politicians and political parties use to cover their sins of omission and commission while seeking electoral support. (Representational Image/ AP)

AA Edit | Fight freebies, respect welfare

There is no such thing as a free lunch, of course, and therefore, no such thing as a freebie. It only means someone else...

28 Aug 2022 11:37 PM IST