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Despite having two often widely overlapping LACs, Indian and Chinese forces had arrived at a unique modus vivendi since 1962 which enabled each side to patrol up to its perception of the LAC without confrontation. PTI Photo

Mohan Guruswamy | Mediation vital on LAC, Ladakh disengagement

The problem is that India and China never agreed on where the LAC was, as the perceptions of what each side controlled ...

15 Sept 2020 4:48 PM IST

An ineffective outcome seems to be written into the project because it glosses over the ground realities and betrays short-sightedness and ignorance of the political canvas on which the CAA law in reaction to which Shaheen Bagh has sprung has been inscribed. (Photo: G.N. JHA)

AA Edit | Investigation into Delhi riots is turning into a...

Clearly, these new revelations strategically hyped by the police is part of its partisan agenda to discredit the...

14 Sept 2020 7:20 PM IST

Shiv Sena alleged that the letter written by 23 senior Congress leaders to Sonia Gandhi was a conspiracy to finish off Rahul Gandhis leadership. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | It's status quo once again for Congress

The country deserves an Opposition which can hold the government accountable

14 Sept 2020 6:47 PM IST

Indian Army convoy moves towards Leh via Manali-Leh road, near Manali. PTI Photo

Ruchi Ghanashyam | Staring at Dragon's eyes: India must stay on guard

India has demanded China restore the status quo, while China blames India, claiming sovereignty over the area

14 Sept 2020 6:26 PM IST

When it comes to diet, Tseng eats little junk food and makes sure he takes a filling breakfast (Photo: Pixabay)

Shashi Warrier | JFK, yoga, and intermittent fasting

The shop that supplies most of its contents, incidentally, is the JFP, or Junk Food Paradise

13 Sept 2020 5:52 PM IST

People push social activist Swami Agnivesh while he was on the way to pay tribute to former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg in New Delhi on Friday. Agnivesh was reportedly assaulted later. (Photo: PTI)

Waqyanawis | Swami Agnivesh, who fought against BJP's Hindutva, denied...

Agnivesh had given up a career as a professor in Calcutta to be a full-time social activist. His mission was to resist...

13 Sept 2020 5:14 PM IST

An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. PTI Photo

K.C. Singh | De-escalation in Ladakh: Mixed signals after talks

China has chosen the moment well, with the world distracted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the US presidential election and...

13 Sept 2020 4:56 PM IST

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty (C) leaves the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office after being questioned in relation with the investigation of the suicide case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Media on trial

The Bombay high court was incensed at the way the media was chasing the suicide of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput

12 Sept 2020 7:10 PM IST

File photo of a researcher working on the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus COVID-19, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. AP Photo

AA Edit | COVID-19 vaccine: Forget the hype, invest in policy

The spotlight is now back on Moderna Therapeutics which has a year-end launch tentatively lined up for its messenger RNA...

12 Sept 2020 6:54 PM IST

Ambulances belonging to Indian army moves along with the army convoy on the Srinagar-Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar. PTI Photo

Syed Ata Hasnain | On Sino-Indian border: Skirmish, war or peace?

While jingoism will rule the airwaves under such conditions and every Indian becomes an analyst, the term war adopts a...

12 Sept 2020 6:42 PM IST

Still from the movie Agraharathil Kazhutai. Source: iffigoa.org

Saeed Naqvi | How Congress fell between two stools and I lost Lucknow

I once prided my hometown of Lucknow as the world centre for satire, wit and an elegant inter-communal irreverence

12 Sept 2020 6:23 PM IST

Britains prime minister Boris Johnson leaves after a virtual press conference at Downing Street. (AFP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | So, you're telling me there is no corruption in...

This British government's corruption has taken advantage of the coronavirus crisis to hand billions of pounds to their...

12 Sept 2020 3:16 PM IST