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Patralekha Chatterjee | How to destroy a nation: Intolerance,...

The normalisation of hate often goes hand-in-hand with normalisation of the 'otherisation' of the minorities

8 April 2022 12:48 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Amid shortage of officers, govt sets up panel to find...

The shortage, perhaps, explains why there are not enough IAS officers on Central deputation or even in the states

8 April 2022 12:21 AM IST

AA Edit | Housing in eye of storm?

Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) is merging with its own offshoot HDFC Bank in the next year and a half

7 April 2022 3:35 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | In 42 years, BJP has risen like a phoenix

The BJP, which claims with credibility of being the world's largest political party, has indeed come a long way

7 April 2022 3:24 AM IST

A Tepco official wearing radioactive protective gear stands in front of Advanced Liquid Processing Systems during a media tour at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in November 2014. Photo:AP

Mohan Guruswamy | Nuclear bombast: Is there a method in the madness?

Since nuclear weapons cannot really be used, their only utility lies in the mere threat of their use

7 April 2022 12:39 AM IST

Rashtrapati Bhavan plays a very important role after the Lok Sabha polls in the formation of the new government. (Representational Image/PTI)

Sunil Gatade | Modi's formula on the choice of a loyalist as the next...

No Prime Minister likes to take chances on a crucial appointment as the President when each Lok Sabha election is a...

5 April 2022 11:30 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan underwent a test for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. (AFP Photo)

Syed Ata Hasnain | The many consequences of Imran Khan's outswinger

An avoidable constitutional crisis has been created, which is likely to create more turbulence in Pakistan's already...

5 April 2022 11:30 PM IST

AA Edit | Space debris: Fix accountability

Not at all was burned up space debris though; and a large piece fell in Maharashtra which was found damaged but unburnt

5 April 2022 4:48 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Pak: Has Imran overstepped? India should wait and watch

The importance of Pakistan to China might, however, dim a little if there is a change in Islamabad

5 April 2022 4:34 AM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

K.C. Singh | Chaos or transition? The path ahead for Pakistan

It had been speculated for months that relations had soured between the Pakistan Army and its favourite politician Imran...

5 April 2022 12:58 AM IST

A new generation of RSS and BJP leaders are not inclined to update the Hindutva ideology because their basic presumption of glorifying a dead national past is their basic principle. (Photo:PTI)

Aakar Patel | Why divisive issues hold sway as real' ones ignored

The mass media in India is largely owned by corporate bodies

5 April 2022 12:41 AM IST

India has to keep focussing on competitive energy sources and it welcomes offers from all oil producers as geopolitical developments have posed significant challenges to the countrys energy security, sources said. (Representational Image/PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | The other divide: E-W conflict meets N-S gap

India will have to remain firmly focused on the economy given the multiple challenges it continues to face

4 April 2022 12:34 AM IST