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Civil rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan. (PTI Photo)

Is the Supreme Court right in punishing Prashant Bhushan?

The Supreme Court should not fear any criticism no matter how scurrilous or malicious

11 Sept 2020 6:58 PM IST

Besides the Centre and some of its ministries, it has arrayed all states, UTs, the National Crime Records Bureau and the Animal Welfare Board of India as party. AFP Photo

AA Edit | Do animals have rights?

Allahabad-based People's Charioteer Organisation has sought juridical personhood for all members of the animal kingdom

11 Sept 2020 6:46 PM IST

As Indias resources to protect its workers and companies is limited, the prospect gets gloomier. AFP Photo

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Throw Chinese out of India's economy; war is...

Those talking of war have no idea of the economic disaster it will inevitably inflict

11 Sept 2020 6:09 PM IST

The most draconian lockdown in the world and that too at a four-hour notice completely failed. AFP Photo

Manish Tewari | Vulnerable India faces crucial House session

With over 44 lakh cases and 75,000 deaths India now ranks second in the world, ahead of Brazil and behind the United...

11 Sept 2020 5:42 PM IST

Workers assemble cars at the Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd factory in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. Asias factory pain worsens as Chinas recovery fails to lift demand. (AFP Photo)

Sanju Verma | Worst over, healthy auto sales signal bounceback

Global rating giant S&P says India will have a V-shaped recovery, with a projected GDP growth of 8.5 per cent for...

11 Sept 2020 5:21 PM IST

The NEP seeks to restore the importance of the arts, humanities and social sciences in our education system.

NEP: Ambitious targets set for education sector

The New Education Policy should be valued for the way validated ideas have been seamlessly integrated with bold new ones

11 Sept 2020 12:33 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Pro-changers' for voter lists; Anar ambition worries...

An entrepreneur by profession, Anar Patel joined the BJP a couple of years ago

9 Sept 2020 7:03 PM IST

Indian politics has changed. The Chinese are responding to that change. PTI Photo

N.V. Subramanian | Understand the politics behind China tensions

Dependence on a professional military and career diplomats can only take a nation state so far

9 Sept 2020 6:10 PM IST

Hungry for TRPs, the big media remained oblivious.

AA Edit | Justice for Sushant' holds mirror to media

The media is guilty of according the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput too much priority

9 Sept 2020 5:39 PM IST

While Chidambaram is out on bail in the INX Media corruption case being probed by the CBI, the summons was issued to the bureaucrats and other accused after the court took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the agency last month. (Photo: Representational | ANI)

Dilli Ka Babu | Civil servants under watch for corruption

Last year, the government endorsed lists of dozens of officers of the IRS and IT services accused of corruption and...

9 Sept 2020 5:18 PM IST

Men wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 Coronavirus chat sitting on a bench in New Delhi. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Government must come clean on economy

The nation is witnessing a strange economic phenomenon where the people find it difficult to make ends meet

9 Sept 2020 4:46 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Mamallapuram on Friday, ahead of their informal summit talks. (Photo: Asian Age)

V Sudarshan | Wuhan and the garden of false expectations

Is it even possible that Modiji, chowkidar examplar, was blindsided by Xi and let himself be led up the garden path?

8 Sept 2020 3:13 PM IST