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Shashi Warrier | Let 'Em Eat Cake!

The purpose of governance in India is to create and manage queues. Where there are queues, there are people willing to...

6 Dec 2020 7:40 AM IST

Telangana State BJP President Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy along with other leaders celebrate the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election results in Hyderabad on Friday December 4 (PTI)

Sriram Karri | Hyderabad-Bhagyanagar face-off ends in uneasy stalemate

The Bhagyanagar reference resonates strongly amongst both its supporters and opponents

6 Dec 2020 7:16 AM IST

BJP State President Bandi Sanjay celebrates during the counting day of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, in Hyderabad on Friday, December 4 (PTI)

AA Edit | TRS manages mayor, BJP wins agenda

What surprised nobody is that the Congress party has been reduced to a big zero in its ability to impact the politics of...

5 Dec 2020 10:25 AM IST

Farmers prepare food for their fellows during their protest against the Centres new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi on Friday, December 4 (PTI /Arun Sharma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Pivot or perish: India's heartland sends signal

To defy the demands by farmers is as politically risky for the BJP as it would be reckless for the Modi government

5 Dec 2020 8:13 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Keeping Big Biz out of banks not a good idea

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Keeping Big Biz out of banks not a good idea

Increasing the number of well- capitalised private banks will induce competition and dilute the concentration of...

4 Dec 2020 7:35 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pay heed to shadow pandemic of hunger

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pay heed to shadow pandemic of hunger

Globally, there is a red alert about the shadow pandemic of hunger in the time of COVID-19

3 Dec 2020 9:56 AM IST

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Caste fraud stench in Chhattisgarh secretariat

According to Baghel's instruction, all government servants whose caste certificates are false will be immediately...

3 Dec 2020 9:04 AM IST

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to name his economic team at the Queen Theater on December 1 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | Are America's days over as world's moral arbiter?

The bitter and highly polarised November 2020 election was watched with disbelief and distaste across the world

2 Dec 2020 7:23 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla during the first National Implementation Committee meeting on 75 years of Independence, in New Delhi on November 25, (PTI /Shahbaz Khan)

Aakar Patel | Looking at the future in fear as economy goes into...

India's economy has contracted for six months since Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the harshest lockdown in the...

1 Dec 2020 10:07 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will our farmers force arrogant govt to yield?

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will our farmers force arrogant govt to...

The hardnosed men and women of the soil are not going to be overwhelmed by the PM's rhetoric and sweet talk

1 Dec 2020 9:33 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, on November 2. (Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / Sputnik / AFP)

Skand Tayal | Are virtual' summits of any real use?

Brics summits are rarely noticed by any international observer outside those from the member countries

30 Nov 2020 11:00 AM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Prime Minister of UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during a meeting, in Dubai. (PTI)

K C Singh | New Delhi tries to reset its ties with neighbours

Multiple events with geopolitical impact are compelling diplomats to scurry for meetings

30 Nov 2020 10:06 AM IST