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Pope Francis, wearing a face mask, descending the stairs of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli prior to an inter-religious ceremony for peace in Campidoglio Square, at Romes Capitoline Hill. (Photo: VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)

AA Edit | We are family

The conservatives say the Pope has only reminded the families of LGBT persons not to throw them out

24 Oct 2020 10:12 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference, ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections, in Patna. (PTI)

AA Edit | Polls before policy? BJP vaccine carrot unethical

If Bihar is to get the Covid vaccine free, will other states also get it free? Has the cost of this been calculated?

24 Oct 2020 9:53 AM IST

CSK skipper M.S. Dhoni with his daughter Ziva at the post match ceremony. (Photo: BCCI)

AA Edit| Rapist' trolls: Shame them

Earlier, the five-year-old daughter of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni was threatened similarly by a tennager from...

22 Oct 2020 12:02 PM IST

Congress Party workers celebrate after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh resolution at Punjabs state assembly rejecting the three farm laws passed by Indian Parliament, in Amritsar on October 20, 2020.(AFP)

AA Edit | Punjab makes a point, will other states follow?

It is highly likely that courts will be called upon to decide on the constitutionality or otherwise of the bills

22 Oct 2020 11:08 AM IST

Protestors raise slogans against the amendments to the Right to Information Act, in New Delhi in 2019.(PTI File)

Dilip Cherian | CIC sans chief, only 10 of 28 panels worked during...

Fifteen years after the Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force, does the nation have more transparency or less?

22 Oct 2020 10:58 AM IST

An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. The Indian military said it apprehended a Chinese soldier Monday, Oct. 19, in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed border. (AP)

Claude Arpi | Step up pressure on Xi; bring France into Quad

The world is becoming aware of the double standards in Chinese propaganda, and for the first time it is taking steps to...

22 Oct 2020 10:33 AM IST

Indian PM Narendra Modi with US president Donald Trump. (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Why so many US desis are in favour of Trump

A recent opinion poll in the US suggests that some 28 per cent of Indian origin voters are leaning towards Trump and the...

21 Oct 2020 10:13 AM IST

There is more good than bad in Mulan, and we should be so lucky to get a gorgeous and inspiring war epic that is suitable for children to watch.

Maura Moynihan | Disney's China problem: West's elite covering up...

Disney's Mulan was billed as the 'cinematic adventure of the decade', securing Hollywood's 'family friendly studio'...

21 Oct 2020 10:01 AM IST

An artist makes a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop at Kumartuli, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Kolkata. PTI photo

AA Edit | Rein in festive cheer

Experts have been warning for quite some time about the festivals torpedoing the efforts to contain the pandemic

21 Oct 2020 9:54 AM IST

A paramilitary soldier stands guard by a road near the venue for Indias Independence Day ceremony in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (AP)

AA Edit | J&K district councils not a good-faith move

The case of J&K is going to be little different from that of Ladakh, at least for the foreseeable future

21 Oct 2020 9:45 AM IST

A banner erected by the Indian Army stands on a ridge around the Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh. India and China are engaged in a standoff around the lake in Ladakh. (AP)

Delineate and demarcate the LAC to end China mess

Tuesday, October 20, marks 58 years to the day the Chinese launched their synchronised and coordinated attack in Ladakh,...

20 Oct 2020 1:50 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh to overtake India? PR can't fix all our problems

This week has come news that in the current financial year, Bangladesh will overtake India in terms of per capita...

20 Oct 2020 1:35 AM IST