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Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an extreme interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Was it cruel? Why Gavin had to go in Boris' shuffle

Gavin Williamson then supported Boris Johnson for the leadership of the party and was rewarded by BoJo with the...

18 Sept 2021 2:20 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

AA Edit | Johnson eyes re-election

Hints of a Tory meritocracy are to be seen as two women and two from ethnic minorities are in four seats of power

17 Sept 2021 3:17 AM IST

Telecom industry revenue expected to rise 14-15% in current fiscal. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Telecom relief package comes in nick of time

The most prominent decision taken by the Cabinet is a moratorium on the spectrum and AGR payments up to four years from...

17 Sept 2021 3:15 AM IST

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

K.C. Singh | Engage Iran & Russia to keep Pak in check in Afghanistan

The US also did not expect the rapid collapse of the Afghan National Army (ANA), which has left Afghanistan in chaos

17 Sept 2021 2:13 AM IST

Ashwani Kumar | It's now time to reclaim the moral centre of the...

The erosion of a nurtured culture of tolerant coexistence questions our democratic resilience

17 Sept 2021 2:11 AM IST

Qu Dongyu | Our agri-food systems are a mess, must be transformed

Transforming our global agri-food systems rests ultimately with actions at the country and local levels

16 Sept 2021 2:44 AM IST

Hardik Patel (PTI pic)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hindutva a weak riposte as BJP faces...

As the 2022 election looms large, the high command seems to have realised that it cannot go into the election with Mr...

16 Sept 2021 2:12 AM IST

Parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha, on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | A big win for Rajya Sabha cadre officers

Parasaram P.K. Ramacharyulu is the first officer of the RS cadre to be appointed as the Secretary-General of the upper...

15 Sept 2021 3:16 AM IST

Taliban fighters wave from the back of a pickup truck, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Many Afghans are anxious about the Taliban rule and are figuring out ways to get out of Afghanistan. (AP /Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Terrorists to state's men': Will UN go...

Put simply, the Taliban members of the new Afghan 'state' have blood on their hands

15 Sept 2021 2:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Why not do the obvious thing? Repeal 3 laws, end farm...

On January 12 this year, the Supreme Court 'stayed' the implementation of the farm laws

14 Sept 2021 2:39 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Why nations' don't fail even though states' fail

A State is an organised political community, living under a government and that is a sovereign political entity in...

14 Sept 2021 1:37 AM IST

Prime Minister Modi chairing the COVID review meeting. (ANI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | 20 years after 9/11: India must adapt to new...

Even a 'Hinduist' India's aim should be to secure the goodwill of a stable Afghanistan that is not a base for terrorist...

13 Sept 2021 3:22 AM IST