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President Xis dual circulation plan, as part of Chinas 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25), the bursting of the real estate bubble and an economic slowdown have combined to put global firms on alert. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | World & China: De-risk, diversify, not decouple

The China-India bilateral trade is in fact set to touch an all-time high of $100 billion by the end of 2021

18 Oct 2021 1:45 AM IST

The shortages, Prime Minister BoJo has already proclaimed, will force industry and haulage companies to pay higher wages which will then turn the UK into a contemporary superpower. Representational Image. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Brexit's effects hit UK harder: Gig' workers bear the...

The ships' departure will lead to the imports not reaching industries and consumer goods not reaching the shelves of...

18 Oct 2021 1:08 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | The business of our discontent

Murthy has some form of ESP because he knows exactly when I replenish my stocks of scotch

17 Oct 2021 1:50 AM IST

Veer Savarkar. (Photo: Twitter/@VPSecretariat)

Pavan K. Varma | Don't doubt Savarkar grit, question his prejudice

Savarkar has rightly been the target of those in India who believe in our inherent plurality and inclusiveness of vision

17 Oct 2021 1:40 AM IST

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan leaves for hospital from Narcotics Control Bureaus office, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Aryan drugs case hushed Gujarat haul; Will the Capt....

The focus on Bollywood filmstars began last year when the NCB initiated investigations into drug trafficking following...

17 Oct 2021 1:30 AM IST

Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi calling on President Ramnath Kovind with demands that support the cause of the farmers. (PTI)

AA Edit | Lakhimpur: Backlash gives Opp. a fighting chance

All sorts of organisational preparations have commenced, keeping the poll in mind

15 Oct 2021 12:38 AM IST

There is less reason to worry on the count of increased air travel overly affecting the pandemic situation as the aviation sector is one that has maintained high standards in following pandemic protocols. Representational Image. (AFP)

AA Edit | Ready for post-Covid takeoff

Domestic air passenger traffic had already risen 74 per cent annually and three per cent sequentially to 6.9 million...

15 Oct 2021 12:38 AM IST

Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, is escorted to court by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials for a bail plea hearing in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Shobhaa De | Aryan Khan: Connecting the dots is a challenge!

The bald truth in this matter is that nobody really knows what's going on

15 Oct 2021 12:37 AM IST

A series of unfortunate events have episodes have made senior officials wonder whether something is lacking in the training that IAS recruits receive before starting their career. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | One scrape too many: Is it time now to rethink...

There have been at least two similar instances when young IAS officers have dragged their governments and the service...

15 Oct 2021 12:34 AM IST

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a vaccination centre in Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | No jab, no job': Growing heat against...

According to the latest official data, about 670 million Indians have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine

14 Oct 2021 7:51 AM IST

In this file photo taken on October 17, 2018 Students hold up Sinn Fein anti-Brexit placards during a rally against Brexit and any hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland outside Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Brexit triggers panic buying: Can this Angela rescue...

There has been 'panic buying' over Christmas gifts as well

14 Oct 2021 7:45 AM IST

Governor Banwarilal Purohit is likely to swear in Stalin as Chief Minister at a simple function inside the Raj Bhavan in view of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: DMK - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)

AA Edit | DMK: Great expectations

The overwhelming victory of DMK in the rural body elections is a sign of the great expectations

14 Oct 2021 7:34 AM IST