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Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Womens Euro 2017 football tournament final match between Netherlands and Denmark at Fc Twente Stadium in Enschede. (AFP FIle Image)

Kishwar Desai | Pubs, Wimbledon site of reunions; women's footie is...

Sports are great for bonding and especially cricket where India is also in the fray

3 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde plays chess at a hotel where he is staying with supporting MLAs, in Guwahati. (PTI)

Manish Tewari | Scrap defection law, find a new way to ensure probity

The fact remains that over the past 37 years the anti-defection law has failed to fulfil the foremost objective for...

2 July 2022 11:43 PM IST

What would I have done if my own parting had happened now? Instead of writing weekly letters in longhand or waiting for the monthly one-hour tapes of her life in cold, distant Boston, would we have video-called each other three times a day? (Photo: Pixabay)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The uninterrupted cigarette of love

Nothing defines love, or for that matter allows you to experience love in its elemental sense, than bittersweet...

2 July 2022 11:22 PM IST

A Ukrainian serviceman guards his position in Kharkiv outskirts, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko)

Saeed Naqvi | Most US allies are getting tired of a prolonged war in...

That Russia was consistently 'provoked' has been clear as daylight since 1998 when the US Senate voted in favour of Nato...

2 July 2022 11:08 PM IST

Children wear masks in school as Covid cases are in rise in the country. (AA Image/Deepak Deshpande)

AA EDIT | Covid cases rising again: Pandemic far from over

It is not just in India that the pandemic reports higher numbers. The case is same in more than 100 countries as it...

1 July 2022 11:58 PM IST

Nupur Sharma. (ANI)

AA EDIT | Nupur: SC harsh line justified

No right-thinking person of any religion would defend Nupur denigrating gods and prophets of any other religion

1 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu while filing her nomination papers for presidential election, in New Delhi, Friday, June 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Back Murmu for Prez: It's a big social shift for...

If someone from such a background is elevated to the presidency, will it be such a bad thing when we consider India's...

1 July 2022 11:50 PM IST

Britains home secretary Priti Patel attends a remote press conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Will BoJo and his chamchi Clueless get me deported to...

The irony, gentle readers, is devastating and one would cry if one didn't laugh

1 July 2022 11:39 PM IST

People pay their respects to slain Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal, who was allegedly killed by two Muslim men for supporting a former spokeswoman of the railing Bharatiya Janta Party for her remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, in Udaipur on June 30, 2022. (AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | It's time to reclaim our minds, dial down hate

The impact of toxic hate speeches and hate crimes in recent years has gone deep into the gut of our society

1 July 2022 12:04 AM IST

Vehicles lie in an alley after an incident of arson following the murder of a tailor by two men allegedly over his social media posts, in Udaipur, Tuesday evening, June 29, 2022. (PTI)

AA EDIT | No room for violence in a secular democracy

Those who believe that they must force their writ on others have no place in a secular democracy

29 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

Members of law enforcement investigate a tractor trailer on June 27, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. According to reports, at least 46 people, who are believed migrant workers from Mexico, were found dead in an abandoned tractor trailer. Over a dozen victims were found alive, suffering from heat stroke and taken to local hospitals. (AFP)

AA EDIT | Texas horror an eye-opener

It is a microcosm of the world's problem of the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor

29 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

K.C. Singh | A fine balance? Liberalism on lips; realpolitik at home

K.C. Singh | A fine balance? Liberalism on lips; realpolitik at home

The G-7 faced especially acute challenges this year as the global effects of Covid-19 pandemic have been compounded by...

29 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST