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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

Holding simultaneous elections would mean the expansion of the dominance of national parties and slow and gradual shrinking of the political space for regional parties. (Photo:PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | Simultaneous polls to be a blow to smaller parties

If simultaneous elections are held, Indian politics will come to be dominated by the national parties

12 Feb 2021 4:49 AM IST

The Prime Minister has spoken in the backdrop of the farming community agitating against new laws which, it fears, would make them captive players of the private corporates with deep pockets. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | PM's red herring

Modi's advice of caution against returning the nation to the babus was equally intriguing

12 Feb 2021 4:46 AM IST

The governments fear of its image abroad being hammered by celebrities with a large following on the social media has led to it calling for Twitter to take down nearly 1,200 accounts following tweets on farmer protests. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Relief for critics as Twitter snubs govt selective outrage

The fundamental issue with freedom of expression is either you have it or you don't

12 Feb 2021 4:36 AM IST

Amidst a global pandemic, Indias overall allocation for health and well-being increased by 137 per cent in the financial year 2021-22, thus boosting the capacity of the healthcare system to detect and cure new diseases. (Photo: AFP)

Tarun Chugh | A Budget of aspirations, self-reliance

One of the most crucial announcements in the Budget was with regard to infrastructure development projects, across...

12 Feb 2021 4:17 AM IST

An extremely emotional speeches by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rajya Sabha Opposition Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, it augured well for a sense of dignity and decorum to be ushered back into Indias increasingly polarised polity. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Modi & Azad: Civility back

Not often in the recent past has Parliament been invaded by an outbreak of civility

11 Feb 2021 4:47 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | NGT hauls up Kerala govt for ignoring legacy waste'...

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is moving ahead with its announcement last year of retiring identified inefficient...

11 Feb 2021 4:36 AM IST

Despite his stated belief in the concept of less government and more governance , Prime Minister Narendra Modi had done very little in terms of reducing the governments ownership of companies. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | To save public money, start to disinvest fast

This move reaffirms the government's intent, announced last year, to exit all non-strategic sectors

11 Feb 2021 4:27 AM IST

There is really no way we can prevent the rest of the world from taking interest in our domestic affairs, especially if we wish to be at the high table of the international community. (Photo:AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The siege within: India and the foreign hand'

The ruling BJP sees comments from global celebrities in support of the ongoing farmers' protests as part of a deep...

11 Feb 2021 4:14 AM IST

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

AA Edit | Pay heed to ex-judge's plea

Criticisms of Supreme Court judgments by retired members of the top judiciary are not unknown

10 Feb 2021 8:36 AM IST

VK Sasikala (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Sasikala the X' factor in TN's soap opera politics

Sasikala, who has never been in electoral politics, can be expected to play the role of a disruptor as she seeks the...

10 Feb 2021 7:44 AM IST

In this image made from video provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage during a hearing on his charges for defamation, in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on February 5, 2021. (AP)

Skand Tayal | US-Russia ties, already rocky, get worse after Navalny...

Biden administration needs a pragmatic foreign policy, overcome its prejudices and arrest the slide of US-Russia ties on...

10 Feb 2021 7:33 AM IST