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French President Emmanuel Macron looks on as he speaks to the press with the Estonian prime minister following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

AA Edit | World must follow Macron

It is imperative upon other nations to confront this ever-growing global malaise and see through the power play of...

29 Oct 2020 10:12 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a press statement, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (PTI)

AA Edit | Why India must not put all eggs in the US basket

The 2+2 talks had the obvious context of the Chinese aggression in Ladakh, and this enabled both sides to orchestrate...

29 Oct 2020 10:04 AM IST

CM Manohar Lal Khattar being greeted by then Chief Secretary D.S. Dhesi in 2019. (Twitter/@cmohry)

Dilip Cherian | Dhesi, Khattar's favourite, gets a second innings

It is likely that Dhesi will become another power centre in the CMO, with all important files meant for Khattar being...

29 Oct 2020 9:58 AM IST

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, second right, gestures towards U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second left, and Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, left, with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, right, standing beside him, ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.(AP)

K.C. Singh | As US embrace deepens, watch for pitfalls ahead

Significantly, they were meeting just a week before Americans go to the polls to elect the President on November 3

29 Oct 2020 9:04 AM IST

Voters queue up to cast their ballots for Bihar state assembly elections at a polling station in Patna on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

AA Edit | Bihar polls may have a wider impact on nation

Many of the assumptions made about the electoral landscape today appear less well grounded than before

28 Oct 2020 9:49 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (L) stands with Judge Amy Coney Barrett after she was sworn in as a US Supreme Court Associate Justice during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House October 26, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP)

AA Edit | The Amy factor in America

Will Ms Barrett undo the feminist legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg whose seat she now occupies?

28 Oct 2020 9:42 AM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

Ashwani Kumar | Ensuring dignity for all, respect for the law, still a...

Questions about the Supreme Court's vacillation and seeming incapacity to enforce its judgments, have diminished...

28 Oct 2020 9:34 AM IST

The tapes of purported conversations between former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and Biden when Biden was vice president during the Obama administration were flagged in a US intelligence assessment earlier this month warning of Russian interference in the upcoming election, and specifically efforts to denigrate Biden. (Photo | AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Biden or Trump: Who's win is better for India?

This time, too, it might be a mistake to go too much by appearances or the experiences of other parties with different...

28 Oct 2020 9:27 AM IST

Election Commission of India (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Draw lessons from US, make voting in India better and...

It must be asked if we cannot further reform the process and also learn from practices that other nations follow that...

27 Oct 2020 6:40 PM IST

EAM S. Jaishankar with US secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a meeting in Tokyo. PTI photo

Manish Tewari | Talk ties mindfully, do not squander options

With the People's Liberation Army of China menacing India's northern borders it is quite natural for India to look for...

27 Oct 2020 5:47 PM IST

A devotee puts a mask on the face of a Goddess Durga idol to aware people against COVID-19, at a community puja pandal, in Prayagraj. (PTI)

Kushal Gulab | A woke Navratri, and a Happy Dussehra

So far, dear reader, this whole puja season I have not had to use my ear plugs at all

26 Oct 2020 11:36 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) President Nitish Kumar during an election rally, in Sasaram. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | Far & Near

Will the BJP use Nitish to get own CM in Patna?

26 Oct 2020 11:27 AM IST