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Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed as the new CBI Director. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | CJI plays a judicious hand

Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, proposed that a Supreme Court judgment of March 2019 be extended to the post of CBI director...

27 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

PM Modi interacted with the state and district officials via video conferencing. (Photo: Screengrab/Twitter/@BJP4India)

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Dilip Cherian | Did PM pep talk with DMs, others breach protocol?

Interestingly, Mr Modi's interaction follows a similar meeting organised by Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

27 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Amit Shah at a poll rally before the 2021 Assembly elections in West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

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Shikha Mukerjee | Asymmetry of power & politics of revenge

The BJP's wizards have created a bigger problem for themselves out of the West Bengal defeat

27 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait holds a black flag during a protest against the farm laws marking a Black Day, at Ghazipur border in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

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AA Edit | Protest in time of Covid needs urgent resolution

The government has been playing hot and cold on the issue of these farm laws

27 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

A medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As pandemic rises, it's crucial to get...

For long we have believed numbers are sure indicators, that they don't deceive

25 May 2021 9:33 PM IST

Health workers and relatives carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in Jammu, India. India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday, April 28, 2021 of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. (AP)

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Mohan Guruswamy | Hubris, narcissim and moment of hamartia'

The sin of hubris has been a continuing theme that has captured the imagination of historians, philosophers and...

25 May 2021 9:24 PM IST

$Twitter is also considering allowing users to join communities devoted to topics via a feature seemingly similar to Facebooks \groups.\ (AP/Matt Rourke, File)$ Opinion

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter's action on BJP manipulation' is rattling...

India is going the way of China, where the social media has to be in full compliance with the government's desire to...

25 May 2021 7:34 AM IST

Palestinian children hold candles during a rally amid the ruins of houses destroyed by Israeli strikes, in Gaza City on May 24, 2021. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Israel & Gaza: Use truce to find a lasting...

Although both adversaries accomplished their immediate political goals, the fragile peace can collapse any moment

25 May 2021 7:23 AM IST

Diana, the Princess of Wales who died in 1997, continues to rule the front pages.

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Kishwar Desai | BBC on the mat for Di interview... Is Shakespeare...

Undoubtedly, these kinds of seminars create a fresh understanding

24 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Modi government likes the label of a decisive government, but its actions are quite to the contrary. (Photo: AFP)

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Ram Madhav | Two years of Modi 2.0: Challenges & response

Two qualities that distinguished Mr Modi's government in its first term were 'decisive' and 'hands on'

24 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Shaksgam valley alone is home to 242 glaciers that can serve as the grand reservoir of fresh water for Chinese chip manufacturing. It, therefore, becomes imperative to view the Sino-Indian standoff through this technological lens also. (Photo: PTI)

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Manish Tewari | War of the chips

The semiconductor industry requires two key resources sand and freshwater. They are the basic raw materials

23 May 2021 12:40 AM IST

Girija Devi singing in the intimate baithak style at Sankat Mochan temple, Banaras. RAKESH SINHA

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Shailaja Khanna | Old-world musicians need a helping hand

The passing away of several senior musicians due to the virus is another cause of depression in the community

23 May 2021 12:05 AM IST