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Droupadi Murmu, who is set to be the first tribal woman President of India, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (PTI)

AA Edit| Madam President must act as custodian of Constitution

To a considerable degree, the prospects of positive change come down to the individual

23 July 2022 10:18 AM IST

Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | With just 2 left in Tories' PM race... Can Brutus be...

If you are reading this anywhere in the world apart from the UK, you will be spared the 'news' about the rivalry between...

23 July 2022 1:31 AM IST

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

Shobhaa De | Will Dishy Rishi end up as India's damaad at No. 10?

Even if Dishy Rishi does make it to 10 Downing Street, please, please remember technically, he ain't one of us!

23 July 2022 12:50 AM IST

AA EDIT | Sinhala-Tamil politics can wait, first rescue economy

The one thing that is in Ranil's favour is his experience in government, which could come in handy as IMF negotiators...

22 July 2022 9:37 AM IST

AA EDIT | Zubair: Courts must emulate SC

The Supreme Court has just thwarted one such effort when it ordered the release of Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of...

22 July 2022 9:34 AM IST

Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair comes out of Tihar Jail after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged against him in UP, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Let SC act: End arbitrary arrests over...

The BJP and other right-wing entities have taken up cudgels against Mr Zubair, and the secular elements are up in arms...

21 July 2022 11:30 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Curious moves kead to choice of Himachal's new chief...

The search for his successor has been a convoluted one

21 July 2022 11:28 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is growth in population a ticking bomb or blessing?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is growth in population a ticking bomb or...

Managing population through heavy-handed top-down curbs on fertility is an inhuman and ineffective policy

21 July 2022 12:50 AM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Vishnu Prakash | Adieu Abe San! Japan loses a proud visionary, China a...

A nationalist to the core, Abe San wanted Japan to be strong again and stand tall among the comity of nations

21 July 2022 12:45 AM IST

A man stands on the dried out lake bottom of the Zicksee in St. Andrae am Zicksee in Burgenland, Austria on July 20, 2022. - Ongoing heat led to draining of the lake. Hundreds of fish died in the dried out lake. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP)

AA Edit | Europe boils amid climate change

The UK, used to milder climes, saw 40 C crossed for the first time in its history while France had gone through it at...

21 July 2022 12:17 AM IST

Opposition leaders protest in the Rajya Sabha during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Row over GST: Govt, Opp. must unite to find solution

The Opposition protests against the newly-introduced five per cent GST on certain food articles and also demands a...

21 July 2022 12:10 AM IST

Saeed Naqvi | North vs South: For Muslims, the experience is wholly...

In the North, manufactured daily incidents keep communalism on a continuous simmer and folks huddle and wonder what the...

20 July 2022 7:15 AM IST