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An ambulance driver wearing a protective suit prepares to exit the special isolation ward where coronavirus-suspected patients are being quarantined at the Kochi Medical college in Kerala, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Kerala must step up Covid fight

Kerala has seen only 3,643 deaths due to COVID-19 as on January 26, thanks to the healthcare infrastructure it has...

28 Jan 2021 7:41 AM IST

Foreign policy observers feel that China is accusing India of disturbing the peace at the Sikkim border to hide the Chinese unilateral aggression. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

AA Edit | China playing long game, be vigilant and prepared

Nothing could be more ideal than seeking peace through diplomacy and pursuing disengagement and de-escalation

28 Jan 2021 7:27 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Foreign assets on IRS radar as CBDT lobbies for more...

Speculation is rife that Mr Sharma could be named the home minister or even deputy chief minister of UP

28 Jan 2021 7:13 AM IST

Security tightened at Red Fort, a day after it was stormed by protesting farmers during their tractor march, in New Delhi, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As farmers lose ground, government will...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept himself aloof from the issue apart from giving general, vague rhetorical responses

28 Jan 2021 7:06 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)

AA Edit | Bihar cops overstep limits

The Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, has not helped matters either by talking up against criticism of the government...

27 Jan 2021 8:28 AM IST

Protesters climb a flagpole at the ramparts of the Red Fort as farmers continue to demonstrate against the central governments recent agricultural reforms in New Delhi on January 26, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

AA Edit | History made on R-Day, but disorder regrettable

They will need to remain united if they are serious about their demands while ensuring the isolation of violent...

27 Jan 2021 7:52 AM IST

Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy (File Image)

V. Vijayasai Reddy | No space for communal politics in AP under Jagan

Communal hatred is being used in Andhra to divert people's attention away from the unprecedented welfare schemes of the...

27 Jan 2021 7:34 AM IST

US President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris (L) signs a a Made in America Executive Order, to increase the amount of federal spending that goes to American companies in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (JIM Watson / AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Biden's real challenge is to fix America's finances

The American crisis began unfolding when Richard Nixon disengaged the US dollar from the gold standard

27 Jan 2021 7:23 AM IST

A farmer holds the Tricolor during their ongoing agitation against Centres farm reform laws, on the eve of Republic Day, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (PTI /Ravi Choudhary)

AA Edit | Symbol of a noisy republic

To keep the peace during the rally is, of course, the farmers' responsibility, while it's the State's duty to provide...

26 Jan 2021 7:25 AM IST

Security personnel keep vigil at Rajpath on the eve of 72nd Republic Day, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

AA Edit | A time to introspect, and tackle crises with vision

Due to some wholly irrational steps that were taken, the already battered economy now stands devastated

26 Jan 2021 7:11 AM IST

If the BJP had studied the traditions of the celebration of Netaji Jayanti in West Bengal over the decades, it would have discovered the facts and stopped itself from inventing a fiction. (Photo:PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Battle for Bengal: BJP to face hidden pitfalls

Steering between the simplistic and the messy complexities of identity politics in West Bengal, the BJP is travelling...

26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

The India growth story is over and has been over for a few years now. You can make all the speeches that you want, you cannot argue against 39 straight months of slowing down. (Photo: Reuters)

Aakar Patel | Growth is just not picking up, but no end to ...

We have entered the 13th consecutive quarter of economic slowdown in India

26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST