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Aakar Patel | As democracy endangered, India's global reputation hit

The Indian government today does not care what it does to Indians as long as it can continue on its path

2 March 2021 10:35 AM IST

Evidence produced in court showed how unsuspecting officers had been giving out information on their postings and the whereabouts of other colleagues on social media, putting national security at risk, despite earlier advisories on conduct of military personnel on social media. (Photo | Pixabay - PixelKult)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | New online, digital code fails to empower...

Fake news is a significant reason that media literacy has emerged strongly in the education curricula around the world

2 March 2021 10:20 AM IST

The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 have recycled many existing provisions with the sole aim of establishing stringent government control over the giants of the Big Tech world. (Photo: AFP)

AA EDit | Code flawed; equates media, gossip, arts

The logic of placing the digital news media in the same basket as a social gossip platform and entertainment channel is...

1 March 2021 4:56 AM IST

Twenty million have already been vaccinated (36 per cent of population), more than in France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Britain's spot of schadenfreude; pregnancy triggers...

The only problem with the hot weather is that all chances of social distancing are gone!

1 March 2021 4:33 AM IST

Quoting statistics of ceasefire violations (CFVs) over the years is meaningless. Its more important to understand how and why those ceasefire agreements did not succeed. (Photo: PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Special effort needed in Pak to make truce work

What it takes to keep the ceasefire in place without violations is the existence of a conducive political and diplomatic...

1 March 2021 4:18 AM IST

The regional majors the Trinamul Congress, the AIADMK and the DMK will have their bases intact whether they win or lose but power is a major factor that keeps them going. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Stakes high in state polls

The stakes are high for the Congress, whether the party realises it or not

1 March 2021 4:04 AM IST

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Bedroom in Arles, 1888

Shreya Sen-Handley | Ode to sleep, and sleepless spirits

Lack of sleep not only fuels fatigue, however, and bodily dissonance, it could also introduce a psychological kink

28 Feb 2021 4:42 AM IST

One plausible reason could be that China itself has told Pakistan to hold off. (Photo: AFP)

Manish Tewari | The Pak arithmetic: Strategy over ideology

Why didn't Pakistan take advantage of the Sino-Indian stand-off?

28 Feb 2021 4:17 AM IST

Pinderpal Singh Madan, of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha, distributes packets of food (Photo: By arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | Thailand's Indians give back

The Thai-Indian community came out in full strength, to make a mega-contribution to their adopted homeland, during the...

28 Feb 2021 4:02 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Judges need to protect right to dissent,...

In recent days, two court orders in particular have buoyed spirts because they emit a powerful signal

27 Feb 2021 4:40 AM IST

My constant, even daily, use of Zoom has given me several useless insights into human behaviour, perhaps not new ones, but ones that confirm what we do and are. (Representational Image: Twitter: @zoom_us)

Farrukh Dhondy | Life on Zoom: You learn a lot about yourself, and...

If Indians had invented the ethereal conversation device and needed an onomatopoeic name for it, they would probably...

27 Feb 2021 4:17 AM IST

Climate activist Disha Ravi, 22, being taken to a court in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Ravi was arrested for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers in India. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Arrests on flimsy basis undermine...

A citizen's liberty cannot be left to the mercy of a policeman or policewoman

26 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST