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Police personnel stand guard during a Mahapanchayat by Hindu outfits, at Nuh-Palwal Border near Pondri village in Haryana, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | The communal picture is bleak; but silver lining too in...

A simple reason for Jats being against the Centre is the government's indifference to the agitation for Jat...

14 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Indian Army must train police and paramilitary commandos in special operations and leadership skills at the combat levels. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | Stealth not good mode for doing theatre commands

The government passed the Inter-Services Organization Bill 2023 in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha sans any substantive...

13 Aug 2023 12:36 AM IST

Facebook faces antitrust investigations, like other big tech companies such as Google and Amazon, and Mark Zuckerberg pointed out to the probes to claim there was no arrangement with Trump on keeping his accounts uncensored. (Photo | AFP)

Shashi Warrier | Whose club best between barber and Zuckerberg?

The conversation went all over the place after that, but it still held my interest.

13 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

Just Stop Oil supporters gathered at the gates to No. 10 Downing Street to read out a public declaration of civil resistance. (Photo: Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | Just Stop Oil! Protests over fossil fuels in UK...

In recent months an agitational group 'Just Stop Oil' has started radically agitating to save the planet from...

12 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with others during a protest of opposition MPs at the Parliament House complex during Monsoon session, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shobhaa De | Rahul Baba, where's your jhumka? What jhumka???

Parliament provides the most visible stage for performance art: who isn't engaging in dramabaazi?

12 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

MP Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House complex during Monsoon session, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Suresh Subrahmanyan | Much ado about a flying kiss' in the Lok Sabha &...

At the end of the day, to the overblown incident of Rahul Gandhi blowing a flying kiss in Parliament, the question is:...

11 Aug 2023 12:19 AM IST

In a rather unfortunate coincidence, India became the host in 2023 of both the G-20, with a global outreach, and the SCO, a regional body. (Photo: Facebook/Representational)

Skand Tayal | SCO is at the crossroads: Will it remain relevant?

With the admission of Iran and Byelorussia (next year), the SCO is widely perceived as an anti-West grouping led by...

11 Aug 2023 12:03 AM IST

Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra. (AA File Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Mishra, Gauba, Bhalla and the ripple effect of many...

Why did the Cabinet secretary and Union home secretary get extensions for consecutive terms?

10 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

This handout picture released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on July 8, 2022 shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky looking at a map during his visit to the position of the Ukrainian army in Dnipro region. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | China, Ukraine shadow over Sept G-20 summit

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes for a peace summit of world leaders .

10 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

The most absurd part of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 is that while it purports to protect the individual from the misuse of digital data, there are no provisions aimed at preventing the risk of harm caused to individuals through the misuse of digital data by any agency, commercial or otherwise. (Representative image: DC)

Indranil Banerjie | A Law to Protect Citizens, Or To Help in State...

The Editors' Guild voiced concern about Sec. 17(4), which allows government and its instrumentalities to retain personal...

9 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

In 2023, India adopted the enhance strategy for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis, which has five pillars of interventions. (Image: Facebook)

740m people are at risk in India from a neglected tropical disease

India is in the last leg to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)

9 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament House complex during Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Lok Sabha membership of Rahul Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Testing time lies ahead for the mother of democracy'

Disqualifying Rahul Gandhi within 26 hours of the Surat court's verdict was an act as much in indecent haste as it was...

8 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST