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Protesters climb a flagpole at the ramparts of the Red Fort as farmers continue to demonstrate against the central governments recent agricultural reforms in New Delhi on January 26, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

AA Edit | History made on R-Day, but disorder regrettable

They will need to remain united if they are serious about their demands while ensuring the isolation of violent...

27 Jan 2021 7:52 AM IST

Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy (File Image)

V. Vijayasai Reddy | No space for communal politics in AP under Jagan

Communal hatred is being used in Andhra to divert people's attention away from the unprecedented welfare schemes of the...

27 Jan 2021 7:34 AM IST

US President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris (L) signs a a Made in America Executive Order, to increase the amount of federal spending that goes to American companies in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (JIM Watson / AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Biden's real challenge is to fix America's finances

The American crisis began unfolding when Richard Nixon disengaged the US dollar from the gold standard

27 Jan 2021 7:23 AM IST

A farmer holds the Tricolor during their ongoing agitation against Centres farm reform laws, on the eve of Republic Day, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (PTI /Ravi Choudhary)

AA Edit | Symbol of a noisy republic

To keep the peace during the rally is, of course, the farmers' responsibility, while it's the State's duty to provide...

26 Jan 2021 7:25 AM IST

Security personnel keep vigil at Rajpath on the eve of 72nd Republic Day, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

AA Edit | A time to introspect, and tackle crises with vision

Due to some wholly irrational steps that were taken, the already battered economy now stands devastated

26 Jan 2021 7:11 AM IST

If the BJP had studied the traditions of the celebration of Netaji Jayanti in West Bengal over the decades, it would have discovered the facts and stopped itself from inventing a fiction. (Photo:PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Battle for Bengal: BJP to face hidden pitfalls

Steering between the simplistic and the messy complexities of identity politics in West Bengal, the BJP is travelling...

26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

The India growth story is over and has been over for a few years now. You can make all the speeches that you want, you cannot argue against 39 straight months of slowing down. (Photo: Reuters)

Aakar Patel | Growth is just not picking up, but no end to ...

We have entered the 13th consecutive quarter of economic slowdown in India

26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das arrive for the RBI central board of directors in a customary post-budget meeting, in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI photo

Chandrajit Banerjee | Reviving growth: Government needs to do a fine...

The fiscal situation is now under stress driven by a shortfall in revenue collections due to a fall in GDP induced by...

25 Jan 2021 9:07 AM IST

Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

AA Edit | Is power only language in which to talk farm laws?

The government must show the same spirit of accommodation and seriousness of purpose while sitting with the farmers next...

25 Jan 2021 8:54 AM IST

AA Edit | Heed General on arms buys

Overhaul of procurement procedures are needed in the civilian domain to gain efficiency and cut delays

25 Jan 2021 8:16 AM IST

President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | Trump to Biden: Modi's US ties in need of reset

How Mr Modi intends to redefine and rework his approach to the new America of Mr Biden and Ms Harris remains to be seen

25 Jan 2021 7:28 AM IST

Congress party MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Anita Katyal | Kharge or Sharma: Who will succeed Azad in LS?

Despite the Congress party's poor bench strength, the veteran leader managed to get under the government's skin on...

24 Jan 2021 7:47 AM IST