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Dilip Cherian | Two decades on, India plans to strengthen diplomatic corps

Dilip Cherian | Two decades on, India plans to strengthen diplomatic...

This view was endorsed earlier by the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs.

19 Oct 2023 12:10 AM IST

There are health benefits of clean air from enhanced use of renewable electricity rather. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India's energy transition: Who will lead the way?

By 2050, you might prefer the metro, a bus or pedal push to work.

19 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

Israeli tanks move near the Israeli Gaza border, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | As migrants in war zones return, do more to...

This is not the first time Indians have been trapped in a war zone. Nor is this the first rescue flight

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu honours renowed geneticist M.S. Swaminathan (right) at an award function organised by Tamil Nadu Agriculture University in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Amitabha Bhattacharya | Rethinking the Padma and Bharat Ratna Awards

No wonder that in recent years, some dedicated grassroots workers, far removed from the limelight, are getting noticed...

18 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Israel has been striking targets throughout Gaza since a bloody, cross-border attack by Hamas militants killed over 1,300 and captured many Israelis on Oct. 7. (AP/PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | The Gaza war: Has Israel now lost its heroic sheen?

Israel heroically defied the odds and many writers like the late Leon Uris captured this new spirit of the Israeli...

17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering during Nari Shakti Vandan - Abhinandan event, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Transparency in Modi era? CAG's working shows it remains...

It is hard to reconcile these words with the actual actions of Mr Modi and his government on vital issues where opacity...

17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Singer Madonna (Twitter)

Kishwar Desi | Madonna gives the world hope; Keir Starmer is the...

Madonna re-imagined life for post-menopause women with six children

16 Oct 2023 12:42 AM IST

Even today, the Delhi and Hyderabad airports outshine Frankfurt and JFK. (AP File Image)

Sanjaya Baru | Don't look Westward: The Sun still rises in the East

It's true that Europe has many rundown airports and many European cities have depressed neighbourhoods.

16 Oct 2023 12:25 AM IST

Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.. (AP Photo)

Ranjona Banerji | Another TV war, with no solution in sight

The so-called heroism of Leon Uris' fiction appeared now to be just that

15 Oct 2023 1:53 AM IST

Rajasthan Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Raje turns the tables on BJP; candidate list worries...

Not keen to project her as the next CM face in the upcoming assembly polls, BJP has yet to announce her candidature from...

15 Oct 2023 1:37 AM IST

People demonstrate during a pro-Palestine rally. (AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Stand with Israel, but fair deal key to lasting peace

India did the right thing to condemn this terrorist attack. We are against terrorism of all kinds anywhere in the world

15 Oct 2023 1:14 AM IST

File photo of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky walking along tranches with border guard officers as he inspects the state border with Russian Federation in Sumy region. (Ukrainian Presidential Press/AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | Ukraine fast losing friends as no end to war is...

The unexpected war in Israel is an added complications that could distract the Western powers.

14 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST