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Palestinians pray by the bodies of members of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas movement, who died in Israeli bombardment of a tunnel, during their funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 21, 2021. (Photo:AP)

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Gautam Moorthy | An out of the box solution to end Israel, Palestine...

The situation today is that the Palestinians remain hopeful of regaining the West Bank without Israeli settlements

23 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Palestinians run from sound grenades thrown by Israeli police in front of the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem, Friday, May 21, 202, as a cease-fire took effect between Hamas and Israel after a 11-day war. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

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AA Edit | Israel's Gaza war ends, but will peace endure?

The ultimate solution lies in the two-State principle granting recognition to a homeland for the Palestinian people

22 May 2021 2:15 AM IST

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

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AA Edit | Live-in ties: Courts confused?

It is time the apex court considered coming out with another set of guidelines for considering cases such as live-in...

22 May 2021 1:48 AM IST

Shoppers in central Manchester, England, as coronavirus restrictions are eased in England. Thanks to an efficient vaccine roll out program and high uptake rates, Britain is finally saying goodbye to months of tough lockdown restrictions. (AP/Jon Super, File)

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In BoJo's UK, it's okay to hug now. But if cases spurt, fresh ban...

One doesn't have to hug every person one passes in the street, but it now permits grandparents to embrace their...

22 May 2021 1:45 AM IST

People perform Suryanamaskar after applying cow dung on their body during cow dung therapy, believing it will boost immunity to fight against the coronavirus disease. (PTI)

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Patralekha Chatterjee | The rise of anti-science as Covid-19 cases...

Experts have noted that the rise of populism and the emergence of anti-science politics are occurring simultaneously in...

22 May 2021 1:30 AM IST

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Anand K. Sahay | RSS & BJP: Is there a shift in the equation?

The RSS can obfuscate speak assertively, but also as a ventriloquist, when needed

21 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

A motorist and a woman wade through a waterlogged street after heavy rains in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Cyclone Tauktae, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than two decades, packed sustained winds of up to 210 kilometers per hour when it came ashore in Gujarat state late Monday. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

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AA Edit | In Tauktae's path

Weather events like annual tropical storms in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea are bound to get more severe as time...

20 May 2021 8:09 AM IST

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. (PTI)

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AA Edit | Pinarayi springs surprises, Kerala gets new-look govt

Explanations apart, the new team will have to compete against the record of its predecessor and prove its mettle

20 May 2021 8:06 AM IST

The second wave of the epidemic has caught Indias creaking health infrastructure on the wrong foot again. (PTI /Kamal Kishore)

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Dilip Cherian | Grassroots gap: Doctors intensify call for all-India...

FORDA has renewed the demand and written to PM Modi asking him to expedite the creation of a national medical service

20 May 2021 7:43 AM IST

$A demonstrator displays a placard reading: \Palestinian Lives Matter\ during a pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin on May 19, 2021. Thousands of demonstrators marched waving Palestinian flags and shouting pro-Palestine slogans as Israel and the Palestinians were mired in their worst conflict in years. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)$ Opinion

Syed Ata Hasnain | Imposed solutions in Mideast won't work

A conflict occupied the world's centre space for seven decades can't be artificially resolved without having on board...

20 May 2021 7:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally in support of his party candidates, during the ongoing West Bengal assembly polls, at Joynagar in South 24 Parganas district. (Photo: PTI)

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Sanjay Kumar | The political fallout of the Covid crisis across India

When the country faced these multiple health crises, what people saw was PM Modi addressing several election rallies in...

19 May 2021 7:08 AM IST

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)

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Probal DasGupta | India can vaccinate swiftly by using mohalla method'

A swifter pace of vaccinations is the antidote to arrest fatality numbers, build confidence and encourage a quicker...

19 May 2021 6:54 AM IST