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Former minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha takes oath as Jammu and Kashmirs new lieutenant-governor. (ANI)

Dilip Cherian | J&K water dept whistleblower trains guns on Manoj...

It's rare for an officer to directly accuse two very senior functionaries of the state

7 Sept 2023 12:27 AM IST

Flags of the G20 members at Bharat Mandapam ahead of the upcoming G20 Summit, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | Is G-20 just a talk shop, or does it play a useful...

Will there be a Delhi Declaration and will it have any deliverables that make the world a better place to live in?

7 Sept 2023 12:20 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting, in Mumbai, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is it creative disruption, or the murder of...

ONE NATION, ONE ELECTION

6 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

Recent changes to education policy have also influenced the organisation of pre-school education in India. (DC Image)

Devi Kar | As schools become a big business, it's vital they deliver a...

School owners know the branding exercise well and are aware that they have to make a big splash

6 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Fact & fiction: Harsher laws have not led to justice in...

Criminal law has the power to destroy lives and its use for this reason must be guarded, measured and calibrated

5 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders Rahul Gandhi and K.C. Venugopal, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | INDIA gets set, preparing for liftoff; BJP gets...

INDIA is poised to unveil itself as a credible challenger to the hitherto invincibility of the BJP

5 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Londons National Gallery and British Museum (Photo: AP)

Kishwar Desai | British Museum loses argument for hanging on to looted...

2,000 items from the British Museum had been stolen, or were unaccounted for.

4 Sept 2023 12:12 AM IST

An installation outside Rajghat ahead of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

Sanjaya Baru | How we view ourselves and how the world views India

It appears from the Pew data that the image of the country is tied to that of the Prime Minister.

4 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

A screenshot shows a representation of Chandrayaan-3s successful landing on the Moons surface, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Chandrayaan bickering the sign of a sterile democracy

Congress accused the BJP for hogging all the credit, ignoring the decades of collective effort that led to this...

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Bombay Doordarshan provided entertainment where theatre artistes demonstrated their massive talents. (Image by Freepik)

Ranjona Banerji | Kitsch or reality TV: What's your pick?

Reality TV. I think I've found my niche. Bring on the vulgarity, the pomposity, the gossip and the falling out!

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Shringla for Darjeeling MP ticket? It's Shah vs Yogi in...

Efforts have been on over the past few months to boost Mr Shringla's profile.

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

School children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend a class on the first day of partial reopening of government schools in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Confronting bigotry and violence in the...

Many teachers see nothing wrong in using violence to teach a lesson to a child, though corporal punishment is strictly...

2 Sept 2023 12:25 AM IST