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TMC MP Mahua Moitra speaks with the media, in Kolkata, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

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Shikha Mukerjee | Ethics, politics and the art of lobbying, wooing...

The tale is not the alleged cash that Mahua Moitra received; the tale is of two legislators

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar takes part in a press conference in Bangkok on August 17, 2022. (Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

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Aakar Patel | It's time to rethink India's role in the world; if it's...

All South Asian nations except India voted to end the violence in Gaza.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Qatars Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued an emiri decree renewing the membership of some Shura Council members and appointing 28 new members to include women for the first time in the history of the... council, said a statement. (Photo: AFP)

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K.C. Singh | Fissures in the Gulf region test for India's diplomacy

Qatar is not a small Gulf nation that can be cajoled or browbeaten.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

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Kishwar Desai | Will Boris become a journalist again? Sunak might go...

Boris Johnson will be hosting his own news slot.

30 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets as he addresses at SCO Summit via video conferencing, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

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Sanjaya Baru | Towards the Amrit Kaal': A Boston Plan for Bharat

There was a time when Indian political & intellectual leadership had the self-confidence to think long-term about...

30 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

A replica of the proposed Ram Mandir on display at Karsewakpuram in Ayodhya on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

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Pavan K. Varma | Celebrate Ram's values, don't politicise Ayodhya

Ram's message is clear: goodness has its own intrinsic power, and will always prevail over evil.

29 Oct 2023 12:11 AM IST

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. (PTI Photo)

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Anita Katyal | Gandhis mum on Kharge milestone; Dhami goes Yogi on...

Mr Kharge, on his part, has been doing a neat balancing act over the past year.

29 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

Our attitudes to noise also reflect cultural differences. (Image by macrovector on Freepik)

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Palash Krishna Mehrotra | The unlikely uses of a noisy mixer-grinder

It comes in handy when one wants to block the noise out, whether from ISKCON or from a tile cutter.

28 Oct 2023 11:51 PM IST

$The Israeli army on the evening of October 27 carried out bombings of \unprecedented\ intensity since the start of the war in the north of the Gaza Strip, particularly in Gaza City, according to images from AFP and the Hamas movement. (Photo by AFP)$ Opinion