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Aadhaar is too important a topic to be addressed with quick fixes. (Representational Image/ PTI File)

Aakar Patel | Making Aadhaar compulsory for births, deaths to revive...

It doesn't make sense for the government to push through with the NPR exercise in these circumstances, through whatever...

1 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a visit with first lady Jill Biden to the National Science Foundation in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday June, 21, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Are the gloves off for the Battle of 2024?...

If the Opposition is keen to nail the Narendra Modi government, it has to conduct a focused and forceful election...

1 Aug 2023 12:28 AM IST

Attempts were made to sideline Vasundhara Raje since the BJP lost the last Assembly elections.(Photo: ANI)

Sunil Gatade | BJP springs a surprise: No CM face in MP, Rajasthan,...

The BJP's decision does not really mean that it is blindly following the ek Modi sab par bhari line.

31 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

In the current Monsoon Session of Parliament, the government aims to pass the fundamentally flawed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill. (Photo by rawpixel.com Freepik)

Manish Tewari | Build legal framework for intel to safeguard privacy

The snooping saga using the Pegasus spyware is still pending adjudication in the Supreme Court.

30 July 2023 12:17 AM IST

The female mosquito uses the red liquid to raise its offspring. (Photo by brgfx on Freepik)

Sucheta Dasgupta | Why only the female mosquito lets blood

It's the female mosquito that lives off our anatomy!

30 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron. (AFP File Photo)

Shobhaa De | Why we chose to go to Belgrade over Paris

We landed in Belgrade from Budapest to face white heat and an unimpressive airport.

29 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media as he joined London Ambulance workers in observing a minutes silence at the London Ambulance Service headquarters at Waterloo, central London, in honour of the London Bridge terror attack victims, Tuesday June 6, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour in fix: Dilute ULEZ or allow London to...

Sadiq Khan has now proposed that the ULEZ be expanded from Inner London boroughs to the Outer ones.

29 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Hordes of monkeys enter Taj Mahal from the riverside (Photo: AFP)

Suman Sahai | Agriculture faces a threat as man, animal conflicts...

The culling of natural populations of fast-breeding animals like deer, boar, etc, is practiced in many countries,...

28 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Fisheries is a state subject, Tamil Nadu is not governed by Mr Modis BJP. And yet, the subject was on the agenda in New Delhi last week. (Representational Image: DC)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Colombo-Delhi card games: On China, Tamils &...

Our fishermen face highly restricted access to traditional fishing grounds

28 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and others at a press conference after the opposition parties meeting. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Give and take' is needed to make INDIA effective

The INDIA parties face their most severe test in Uttar Pradesh, the country's most significant state electorally.

27 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Khattar left for Delhi in a helicopter. He boarded the chopper from the helipad near his official residence here, sources said. (Photo: File)

Dilip Cherian | Eye to polls, Haryana goes after corrupt' govt...

Can Mr Khattar succeed in his aim, and will it be enough to tip the electoral balance in the BJP's favour?

27 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Women from the Zo-Kuki community stage a protest demanding separate administration for Tribals of Manipur, in Churachandpur. (Image: PTI)

PATRALEKHA CHATTERJEE | Horrors of Manipur signal a total collapse of...

The happenings in Manipur point to a collapse of governance even if you go solely by official statements

26 July 2023 12:00 AM IST