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President Bidens words need closer attention to understand that this is a new America, traumatised by four years of Trumpian undermining of US institutions. (AP /Evan Vucci)

K.C. Singh | Ignoring Biden mantra may be costly for India

Indian government has so far ignored subtle hints from the US that freedom of expression includes the freedom to protest...

25 Feb 2021 1:08 AM IST

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)

AA Edit | Renew thrust on tests, speed up vaccinations

This situation leaves the Centre with little option other than taking a serious look at the way the pandemic is fought...

25 Feb 2021 12:52 AM IST

AA Edit | Business trumps nationalism

At a time when India's exports were suffering on account of Covid and other factors, its exports to China were in steady...

25 Feb 2021 12:15 AM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, third from right, attends a ceremony of Indias AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (The Presidential Palace via AP)

Anand K. Sahay | Afghan challenges for India & Taliban factor

Whether the Taliban's recapture of Kabul comes to pass or not, staying engaged with Afghanistan is India's foremost...

24 Feb 2021 7:25 AM IST

The Delhi Gymkhana Club. Photo: delhigymkhana.org.in

Dilip Cherian | Takeover' of Gymkhana Club strikes fear in Lutyens'...

This is the first time in the Club's history that an administrator has been appointed to run its affairs

24 Feb 2021 7:10 AM IST

By threatening Twitter officials with jail and publicly contemplating the application of media laws to the social media, the government is putting on public display how spooked, rather than concerned, it is. (Photo: AFP)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Hashtag power: Twitter, govt in fight for...

The social media has two broad roles the organisational and the dialogic, and it is the former that is spooking nervous...

23 Feb 2021 4:48 AM IST

Novak Djokovic, one of the three knights of modern tennis, turned on his best game on the hardcourt at the Rod Laver arena he can call his own backyard for having won nine times and never having been beaten in an Australian Open final. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Cyborgs of tennis

If tennis is all about eliminating errors, then Djokovic is just that champion

23 Feb 2021 4:41 AM IST

DC Edit | Withdraw restrictions on academic webinars

Has the government gone totally insane? Or is this just a way of imposing thought control through the backdoor

23 Feb 2021 4:32 AM IST

The nations that follow India on the list of those with high taxes are all European nations, plus the United States and Japan. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Who's to blame for Rs 100 petrol: Nehru, Indira or Modi...

India's consumers pay the highest rate of tax on the petrol and diesel that they consume

23 Feb 2021 4:13 AM IST

The Chinese military too would not patrol up to Finger 3, which is Chinas claim line of 1960, which India never accepted. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | After pullback, Chinese have tactical advantage

The Chinese side imposed the condition that Indian forces will not patrol up to the Indian claim line at Finger 8

22 Feb 2021 4:48 AM IST

The Sikh diasporas expression of solidarity with Sikh farmers in India is no different from the Tamil diasporas concern about Tamils in Sri Lanka. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Diaspora & democracy: Global Indians go local

A Sikh in Canada does not have to be a Khalistani to express concern about the fate of fellow Sikhs in India

22 Feb 2021 4:35 AM IST

There is a move in Australia from the unions calling for any revenue shared by the Internet giants to go into newsrooms rather than board rooms. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Big Tech must pay

Australia has joined France in pushing Internet giants like Google and Facebook to share their advertisement revenue...

22 Feb 2021 4:03 AM IST