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In this file photo dated Thursday, June 12, 2008, of Syed Ali Shah Geelani waves at a crowd, in Srinagar. Geelani, the lifetime chairman of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference, made a surprise announcement of completely dissociating himself from the 16-party amalgam. PTI Photo

Anand K. Sahay | Geelani's exit hints to a possible shift in Kashmir...

The Mirwaiz and Geelani factions of the Hurriyat had no popular leaders in their ranks

8 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (AFP)

Manish Tewari | Study Ancient China to learn to tackle Beijing

In 1839, China declared war on drugs by impounding over 1,000 tons of opium from British dealers in Canton (modern...

7 July 2020 6:07 PM IST

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Aakar Patel | Indians must unite to face a huge threat to our nation

When the disease spreads rapidly in places without urban healthcare, what will come is not difficult to imagine

7 July 2020 5:50 PM IST

An Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) worker (L) checks the temperature of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) municipal worker outside a containment zone in Hyderabad. PTI Photo

AA Edit | The healthcare dilemma

If the government advice was so efficient, would it not use its own wisdom to achieve better results in its own...

7 July 2020 5:44 PM IST

A convoy of Indian army trucks move towards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, in the backdrop of the current stand-off with Chinese troops, in Leh. PTI Photo

AA Edit | China's Bhutan claim to build pressure on India

This year too, there have been reports of the Chinese trying to build another road that could pose a threat to India's...

7 July 2020 5:26 PM IST

Of course China and India are not the only perpetrators, or even the worst. Historically the European nations have displayed an enormous appetite for appropriation. PTI Photo

Shreya Sen-Handley | Is nationality fluid, are borders futile?

What are borders but human constructs, appealing to our basest instincts cruelty and greed?

6 July 2020 7:05 PM IST

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Kishwar Desai | Boris toils for a slimmer nation; will Ghislaine sing...

July 4 was our freedom day though the previous weekend, too, people broke free and thronged every beach or park they...

6 July 2020 6:51 PM IST

More drama and trouble for the Congress is expected in the coming months

Waqyanawis | New ASG in town may spell trouble for Congressmen

Hours before Modi's visit, the defence minister called off his tour to Ladakh where Chinese forces have adopted an...

6 July 2020 6:17 PM IST

The political bureau, made up of reporters who would hang around Lutyens corridors, had a separate enclosure all to themselves

Shreevatsa Nevatia | Teamwork, the ethic essential to journalists

The lure of bylines and envy of crime reporters can make you forget that journalism is first a collective enterprise

6 July 2020 6:00 PM IST

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AA Edit | With Covid-19 vaccine, make haste slowly

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time

6 July 2020 5:41 PM IST

Maintaining respiration during chloroform delivery was vital to prevent unnecessary deaths, a technique perfected by Dr Lawrie in 20 years of practice. Representational Photo, AFP.

Chloroform & how modern medicine came to Hyderabad

In the 19th century, chloroform was being increasingly used for surgical procedures, but its safety profile was yet to...

5 July 2020 8:23 PM IST

Very early in his tenure, in 1991, he told the World Economic Forum, an assembly of wealthy investors, that economic reforms and globalisation should work for the building of a more humane and caring society

P. V. Narasimha Rao: The unsung PM who changed India's economic...

Although his five-year tenure witnessed policy reforms across most of the sectors, he chose not to be the voice of the...

5 July 2020 7:56 PM IST