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Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and some other parts of the country have been camping at several Delhi border points since November 28, demanding repeal of the farm laws, a legal guarantee on minimum support price for their crops and other two issues. (Photo:PTI)

Sriram Karri | How PM can win hearts, keep bills, end protests

In the next many days, on any day of his choosing, Mr Modi should just walk into a protest site and spend several hours

16 Feb 2021 7:08 AM IST

Kishwar Desai | Darcy zest adds zing to V-week; Suella's baby may lead...

Darcy, in the novel, turned out to be a perfect lover and so perhaps we can hope for warmer days as the sun now is...

15 Feb 2021 4:52 AM IST

Indias ability to negotiate is severely constricted owing to its diminished Net National Power over the past 80 months of the NDA/BJP rule. (Photo:AP)

Manish Tewari | A bad deal

The Sino-Indian disengagement deal in Eastern Ladakh is a bad deal

15 Feb 2021 4:47 AM IST

Citizens who gave up the solace of their homes to sit outdoors on protest through the harshest Delhi winter in decades were, in fact, undertaking an extraordinary act on Gandhian lines, and this was noted around the world. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Dissent circumscribed

The CAA is a law that strikes at the root of the basic precepts of citizenship as per the Constitution

15 Feb 2021 4:42 AM IST

In his petition, Mr Wilson has cited a report by a US forensic audit firm that his computer was accessed by outsiders who planted documents in it, which led to his arrest in June 2018.

AA Edit | Bhima-Koregaon: Probe malware report urgently

The court must seriously and expeditiously consider Mr Wilson's plea for a special investigation into the audit report

15 Feb 2021 4:26 AM IST

The Ladakh de-escalation may just be both sides stepping back, having tested each others red lines , to try rebuilding trust and resume the usual path of cooperation, competition and calibrated friction. (Representational Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | De-escalation at LAC: Is a real solution in sight?

It is unimaginable that a nationalist Indian government will concede Chinese hegemony

14 Feb 2021 4:58 AM IST

For citizens, at the receiving end of the pipe, what matters most is the efficiency and effectiveness of the last-mile expenditure management by the state governments. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | A bottom-up view of the annual Budget

Despite the hoopla around the Union government's Budget, for citizens, allocations in their state budgets matter more

14 Feb 2021 4:35 AM IST

Concrete collaborations are, and will be, undoubtedly difficult, they will face obstacles, which in the end can only help deepen bilateral relations. (Photo: AP)

Claude Arpi | Trusty old allies India, France can bond over big...

What is required for France and India is to take their relations to the next level

14 Feb 2021 4:14 AM IST

Priti Patel, United Kingdom home secretary (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | How to apply for a job to home secy of Blunderland!

I guarantee Pritiji, these thoughts of yours which I have humbly attempted to put into words will get you to be PM

13 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST

When the general council of Haasans party, named differently as the Makkal Needhi Maiam (Peoples Justice Centre), made him the permanent president by passing a resolution, his detractors, who never miss an opportunity to pick holes in whatever he does or says, raised serious questions, quite out of sync with the prevailing mirth. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Kamal's black humour

There is never a dull moment in Tamil Nadu's political scene, particularly when the state gears up for an Assembly...

13 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST

Why has China accepted a mutual disengagement? There is speculation that its strategic objectives having been met, it was willing to disengage; but this many not entirely be true. (Photo: AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Why China disengaged': Always carry a big stick

No one should expect that the agreement to disengage will be achieved overnight or that conflict resolution is on the...

13 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST

Given the history of fraught relations exacerbated by border tensions over the last few years since Chinas intrusion in 2017, it should be considered fortunate if this initial pullback leads to lasting peace. (Photo:AP)

AA Edit | Go slow on peace thrust, up the ante during talks

Disengagement is indubitably positive but India must monitor the progress closely and also press for the resolution of...

13 Feb 2021 12:00 AM IST