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An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel helps pilgrims on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pilgrimages amid changing climate: Ensure...

What do pilgrimages mean in the time of climate change and the consequent rise in extreme weather events?

14 July 2022 11:34 PM IST

A fresh impetus for the vaccination programme is made imperative by the statistics on the pandemic, too. India on Thursday recorded more than 20,138 new Covid cases the number touched this high after a gap of four months. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | A good move, as Covid cases up

The government must seriously reconsider introducing nationwide precautionary steps, including making masks mandatory,...

14 July 2022 11:12 PM IST

Demonstrators take part in an anti-government protest outside the office of Sri Lankas prime minister in Colombo on July 13, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Sri Lanka: Rajapaksas are history but chaos reigns

A way must be found out of the impasse that is only hurting as the nation is in a chaotic situation already

14 July 2022 9:50 PM IST

According to the Pew Research 2021, the core middle class has shrunk from 99 million in 2020 to 66 million in 2021. (Bloomberg)

Dilip Cherian | No room now for laggards in Delhi govt

However, there are no reports yet of how the babus who are likely to be affected by this decision have reacted

13 July 2022 11:50 PM IST

Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | India must act with care amidst Lanka imbroglio

A $51 billion debt, with debt servicing of $7 billion needed this year, is proving unmanageable

13 July 2022 11:34 PM IST

AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami with his supporters after being elected as interim General Secretary of the party, during the general council meeting of AIADMK, in Chennai (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Pyrrhic victory for ADMK rivals

At the end of the protracted struggle for supremacy and total control of the party Mr Palaniswami emerged as a shrewd...

13 July 2022 7:42 AM IST

From 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the last census, the Indian population is projected to grow to 1.66 billion by 2050. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)

AA Edit | India must plan better to cope with population rise

The greying of the population is another burden that Indian society would have to bear as life expectancy stands at a...

13 July 2022 7:27 AM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Srabani Roy Choudhury | How Shinzo Abe had transformed Japan's policy...

Abe has been successful in transforming Japan's foreign policy from being Japan-centric to a broader multilateral...

13 July 2022 7:12 AM IST

Anti government protesters swim in a swimmingpool of the Sri lankan presidents official residence after storming into it in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP)

K.C. Singh | Bad policies and ill luck cause Sri Lankan crisis

The installation of Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM also had temporary impact as a quick solution to a complex scenario was...

13 July 2022 7:05 AM IST

An aircraft flies above the slums near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. (Representational Photo:AP)

Aakar Patel | India must work hard to catch up; world is changing...

The International Monetary Fund says that for the foreseeable future Bangladesh is expected to be ahead of India

11 July 2022 11:59 PM IST

People offer flowers to late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. (AFP Photo)

Ashwani Kumar | Farewell, Abe San: Salute to a real friend of India

The outrageous crime underscores the reality of a world torn by countless conflicts and faltering in its quest for a...

11 July 2022 11:40 PM IST

Serbias Novak Djokovic poses with his trophy after defeating Australias Nick Kyrgios during the mens singles final tennis match on the fourteenth day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 10, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Djoker has the last laugh

The grace of a champion was audible in Djokovic's words, as much as the craft in his game

11 July 2022 11:18 PM IST