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An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar

Aakar Patel | Mr PM, ignoring China's intrusion is the opposite of...

Satellite imagery confirms that the tent our men died trying to remove has now become a series of Chinese structures on...

30 Jun 2020 4:32 PM IST

ndian Finance Minister, Nirmala Sithr (PTI)

Monitoring federal reforms through fiscal grants

Under the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Mission, the borrowing limit for states has been increased from 3% to 5% for just the...

29 Jun 2020 7:14 PM IST

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AA Edit | Too early to reopen Kartarpur

There must be all-round improvement in the climate before it is safe for pilgrims to cross the border again

29 Jun 2020 5:51 PM IST

DC Edit | Police brutality reflects failure of governance

DC Edit | Police brutality reflects failure of governance

The government of Tamil Nadu has failed to grasp the enormity of torture and third degree methods used liberally within...

29 Jun 2020 5:24 PM IST

Both parties, prisoners of the predictable, continue to viciously kick each other in the shin even as the Chinese kick us on the border. PTI Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Why can't Indians unite in face of China threat?

The government must come clean on what the position on the Line of Actual Control is

29 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Congress, BJP fight media wars with young' Rahul fans...

The Congress tweeted its own version of a survey , showing that the majority felt Modi had lost the ability to...

29 Jun 2020 4:29 PM IST

What a life, when even a smile, once talked about emphatically as an important feature of ones personality, has almost lost its appeal. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Grit on side, some Indians still smiling

It is possible that the guest workers' walk to their rural roots has prompted the poorer people settled in cities to...

28 Jun 2020 7:10 PM IST

Medical staff wearing full protective gear talk about a patient in the COVID-19 ward at the Hospital Juarez, in Mexico City. AP Photo

Veena Das | The new normal' in healthcare a myth

Many patients from low-income neighborhoods tend to first access private providers, before turning to government-run...

28 Jun 2020 6:44 PM IST

There is talk of new faces in railways and finance.

Rejig buzz in railways, finance; Mukul, Scindia and Sarma hopeful

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to have assured them of weighty berths

28 Jun 2020 6:31 PM IST

Health workers screen residents for COVID-19 symptoms at Dharavi, one of Asias biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday. AP Photo

Amitabha Bhattacharya | The summer of discontent: Let's learn to live...

Would things have been better if the lockdown was announced earlier, say in late February or early March?

27 Jun 2020 6:22 PM IST

Statues of people long dead, and possibly of zero relevance to our times, should be dismissed, ignored, and removed if they have become painful reminders of something hateful in the past. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | 150 years of Mahatma: Why are we so touchy?

In the case of Mahatma Gandhi, why is our national outrage this pronounced?

27 Jun 2020 5:41 PM IST

Just as white skin is preferred to the Indian complexion, so too is credibility attached to ideas that come from the West

AA Edit | Lovely, but not fair yet

The Anglo-Dutch conglomerate is trying to realign its marketing strategies with the new anti-racist, anti-colourist...

27 Jun 2020 5:12 PM IST