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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indian chess grandmasters Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Humpy and Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur during the launch of torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad, at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Chess moves in its ancient home

Sport and politics often get mixed up to the detriment of the former and the world of sport cannot complain enough about...

30 July 2022 8:15 AM IST

Lok Sabha members protest in the House during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

AA Edit |This isn't the Parliament people of India deserve

The face-off between two senior leaders, Sonia Gandhi and Smriti Irani, exposed the hypocrisy of our current partisan...

30 July 2022 8:13 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Chumocracy and the media: Web of friendships fuel UK...

The latest British venture of the Rupert Murdoch empire has been the establishment of a TV channel called TALK TV

30 July 2022 1:03 AM IST

Artists of Red Cross society wear coronavirus helmet to spread awareness about the pandemic in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Do our recent health crises offer teachable...

In the time of pandemics and climate change, no problem can be dismissed as someone else's headache

30 July 2022 12:22 AM IST

State-run BSNL on Friday announced unlimited calling offer for its prepaid customers along with limited free data usage.

AA Edit | BSNL lifeline for rural uplift

In the decision to revive the BSNL, the government would also merge another PSU, the Bharat Broadband Network Ltd, with...

29 July 2022 7:34 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

AA Edit | Larger bench should review legality of ED's wide powers

The court did not agree with the batch of petitions, which argued that ECIR, as a provision, was opaque arbitrary and...

29 July 2022 7:31 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration of Bundelkhand Expressway, in Jalaun, Saturday, July 16, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Freebie' politics: Can Opp. use PM tactics...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched an all-out blitzkrieg against the politics of promising freebies or giveaways...

29 July 2022 12:55 AM IST

Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans. It belongs to the family of smallpox viruses. (Photo: AP file photo)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Monkeypox's challenge: It's also an opportunity

As of now, the Central and state governments in India appear to be prepared for responding to the monkeypox emergence

28 July 2022 2:20 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Tripura gets a new DGP, but succession plan needs a...

Three other superseded officers have been moved out of Intelligence Bureau

28 July 2022 1:55 AM IST

Earlier the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said the daily number of new confirmed cases in South Africa almost doubled to 8,561 infections in the last 24 hours. (Bloomberg)

Rajesh Kesari | Non-communicable diseases behind increasing burden of...

For India, its vast population combined with rapidly changing lifestyle makes the problem acute

28 July 2022 1:35 AM IST

Thai public health minister and Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (Image credit: Lekha Shankar)

Lekha Shankar | Thailand prepares its cannabis policy...

Thai public health minister says aim to use herb only for medical and health purposes

27 July 2022 7:57 AM IST

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Naidu also clarified that he meant no disrespect to anyone. (PTI Photo)

Sunil Gatade | Venkaiah Naidu: Last of Advani loyalists to be a...

With the denial of a second term for him as VP, the signal for the former BJP president is that it is the end of the...

27 July 2022 7:50 AM IST