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If things took a dangerous turn just a couple of days after a meeting of northeastern states initiated by the home minister, Amit Shah, it does reflect that rivalries embedded in the region after Assam was historically broken up into smaller states are not easily resolved. (PTI)

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AA Edit | First, douse the fire on Assam-Mizoram border

The police forces of two states figuring in such a conflagration is the closest India may have ever come to a civil war

29 July 2021 1:08 AM IST

Given the threats, policies addressing conservation of wildlife and nature, and environmental issues must also find an apex position in political agendas. Representational Image (PTI)

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Arvind Dharmapuri | Telangana's tigers: Protecting them crucial to...

Let every Indian today, on July 29, the Global Tiger Day, ingeminate the truth that if tigers go extinct, our entire...

29 July 2021 1:04 AM IST

In an interview with this newspaper, Jayesh Ranjan, talked about his call to IT employees to return to their offices, and how the IT sector could yet again emerge as the fulcrum on which lives of lakhs of people depended and how they could be turned around for the better.

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Let bosses show the way, staff will follow suit, says IT secy

Return to office, not WFH, to save lives: Jayesh Ranjan

28 July 2021 5:13 AM IST

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AA Edit | A shrewd move by Bengal

The move by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee may be just another arrow in a war between the Opposition and the Centre

28 July 2021 1:26 AM IST

On Monday, Yediyurappa said: Within 2-3 hours, I am going to get the final list from Amit Bhai (BJP President Amit Shah). So, cabinet expansion will be done tomorrow. (Photo: ANI)

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AA Edit | How can BJP pick a CM and not irk Yediyurappa?

The BJP has to keep these circumstances in mind though it has had to ease out the Lingayat leader on account of his age

28 July 2021 1:18 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. (PTI Photo)

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP's K'taka mess lingers: BSY won't go...

Karnataka strongman and BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa stepped down on Monday evening as the state's chief minister after...

28 July 2021 12:33 AM IST

$\Seven passengers on Sundays Air India Delhi-Auckland flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after arrival,\ New Zealand government official said. (PTI)$ Opinion

Dilip Cherian | With Scindia at helm, Air India's divestment back in...

The move surprised many since it is widely believed that Sushil Kumar is a trusted officer of the ED chief

28 July 2021 12:25 AM IST

Chinas Premier Li Keqiang has developed an index which measures real GDP growth through three indicators railway cargo volume, electricity consumption and loans disbursed. Representational Image. (PTI)

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Aakar Patel | The middle class is not growing What does future hold...

The government is run like a kingdom and the elected leader does not need to respond to questions or hold press...

27 July 2021 2:28 AM IST

Nations can have long memories and diplomacy can become the victim of its past actions. Representational Image. (Twitter)

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K C Singh | Taliban's gains, US exit add to India's dilemma

The issue was how to balance this policy tweak against India's long-standing policy of nonalignment for close to half a...

27 July 2021 2:07 AM IST

Japan placed its bid for the 2020 Olympics (now being held in 2021 thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic) five years after China made its dramatic entry onto the world sporting stage playing host to the Beijing Olympics.

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Sanjaya Baru | Games nations play: Sport, geopolitics & the Olympics

Hosting them and securing medals has also been about national pride and geopolitics

26 July 2021 3:56 AM IST

Clearly, the various bans and other edicts by the Indian government to keep out Chinese-made products in the aftermath of the Galwan attack in June 2020 had no practical effect in the marketplace. Representational Image.

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | India needs to tackle China the way that it...

Blind or not, Indians appear supinely negligent to the Chinese threat

26 July 2021 2:56 AM IST

A Pakistan-dependent dispensation in Kabul, especially one that has strong Chinese backing, a prospect made feasible on account of the US departure from Afghanistan on account of war-weariness, will also seek to deny India a physical link to Central Asia. (Twitter)

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AA Edit | It's time for straight talk with US on Afghanistan

Even if India does not have a direct border with Afghanistan after Partition, that country lies just beyond our borders

26 July 2021 2:37 AM IST