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- In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das speaks during a press conference in Mumbai. AP Photo

AA Edit | RBI loan policy spells relief for borrowers

The move fulfils the demand of bankers, who sought a one-time recast of loans accounts instead of a further extension of...

8 Aug 2020 5:13 PM IST

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Dev 360 | Pandemic on the rise: More questions than answers

Meanwhile, India's official Covid-19 tally has crossed the 19-lakh mark; and the death toll is close to 40,000

8 Aug 2020 5:06 PM IST

The Art of Persia, presented by the very talented and unassuming presenter Samira Ahmed purports to recreate the history of Persia through its artefacts. Photo: Twitter

Farrukh Dhondy | Art of Persia: Time to question Alexander's...

Cyrus, a declared Zoroastrian and follower of the single god Ahura Mazda is mentioned in several instances in the Old...

8 Aug 2020 2:30 AM IST

BJP leader LK Advani leading Ram Rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya during 1990. (File Photo)

Down memory lane: The mood in Ayodhya back in December 1992

One day a car-load of infiltrators had been reportedly intercepted by kar sevaks beaten up and handed over to the UP...

6 Aug 2020 11:56 AM IST

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AA Edit | IPL must drop Chinese ops

The IPL has to behave responsibly and always in the larger national interest. Sacrificing a little money is the least it...

5 Aug 2020 9:06 PM IST

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Aakar Patel | How the media, like politics, has become bigoted and...

The media space in India is funded primarily by advertising, The reader or viewer pays very little by way of...

5 Aug 2020 8:42 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi in the Bhoomi Pujan (ANI)

Parsa Venkateshwar | Puja at Ayodhya: Modi's bid to seal BJP's future?

He was careful enough to avoid mentioning the other part of the Ayodhya settlement as directed by the SC in its November...

5 Aug 2020 8:26 PM IST

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (2nd L) and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Air Command, Air Marshal B Suresh (R) along with the IAF pilots of the first five Rafale combat aircraft after arriving from France at the Air Force Station, in Ambala. PTI Photo

Rafales to boost India's bargain power with China, Pakistan

This is the time to rally behind Modi and his efforts to keep India safe

5 Aug 2020 7:07 PM IST

Jyoti Randhe, a class 10th student of BMC school, studies at her house, at Aarey Colony in Mumbai. AFP Photo

AA Edit | What's special about NEP?

Politicians of the day, too, cannot ignore the popular perception that learning Hindi in school does not help much

5 Aug 2020 6:35 PM IST

A Kashmiri shopkeeper sits at the entrance of his half closed shop during lockdown in Srinagar. AFP Photo

AA Edit | A year since abrogation, repression, mistrust rule the...

None of the reasons for ending J&K's constitutional status has proved valid. Terrorism is on the rise, the economy is...

5 Aug 2020 5:51 PM IST

A paramilitary soldier patrols near a checkpoint during a curfew in Srinagar. AFP Photo

V Sudarshan | Men in The Castle and J&K's metamorphosis

With Kafkaesque efficiency, our bureaucrats in The Castle have managed not to hold elections, even to panchayats

5 Aug 2020 5:13 PM IST

(L) Indias PM Narendra Modi with Chinas president XiJinping (AFP)

AA Edit | Restoring status quo in Ladakh: Long haul ahead

Beijing throws Mr Modi's words at us and tries to absorb territories to which it laid no formal claims before November...

4 Aug 2020 5:43 PM IST