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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress, in New Delhi, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Our Pak-China focus hurts India's stature...

Could India have handled the contentious issue of terrorism differently?

14 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

A census worker gathers data at a village in Lalgarh, 130 kms west of Kolkata. ( AFP Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Delay over Census hurting the way India is...

The last one was held in 2011.

13 July 2023 12:17 AM IST

A truck after it got swept away in floodwater following heavy monsoon rains, in Kullu, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Himachal dithers as babu shortage persists at the top

Currently, Himachal Pradesh has only 110 IAS officers across various positions, falling significantly short of the...

13 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Army and Assam Rifles were deployed to control the situation in Manipur where violence broke out during a tribal agitation (Twitter/@MangteC)

Patricia Mukhim | What will happen in N-E if Manipur civil war...

The Meiteis believe they are wronged by a system which deprives them of their rights as Manipur's indigenous people.

12 July 2023 1:14 AM IST

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

Aakar Patel | Amritkaal' now upon us, but eco targets are far from...

Halfway into 2023, there is no further reference to this five-year plan.

11 July 2023 12:34 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

It is from the Magna Carta that the English writ of habeas corpus evolved.

11 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

The politics is more noisy than Bazball and Wimbledon put together. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Costly makeover at 75th b'day for NHS?

This week happens to be the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service

10 July 2023 1:14 AM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Shinzo Abe's role was key in normalisation of Japan

He re-energised a nation that had begun to stagnate through the 1990s, shaped the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific...

10 July 2023 12:48 AM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. (PTI File Photo)

Anita Katyal | Shinde feeling shaky on top; the making of Ravi Bishnoi

Ajit Pawar is again back as deputy chief minister along with a downgraded Mr Fadnavis.

9 July 2023 12:44 AM IST

Poster of season 2 of The Bear. (Photo: Twitter)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Stop with the food fetishes, seriously!

Why are there so many shows with food as the lead character'?

9 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Flowers lay at the tomb of Nahel Merzouk in a cemetery in Nanterre, a Paris suburb. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

Pavan Varma | Muslim lives matter, too, in Paris as well as Delhi

While Islamic violence cannot be condoned, the hypocrisy of the dominant white French is also condemnable.

9 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

The debate around trans-genders is about the rights of people to identify as they wish and not be discriminated in any way for so doing. (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | If you can pick your gender... why can't you choose...

Liberal opinion in the shape of the Scottish Parliament passed a law to allow people to choose their gender.

8 July 2023 12:10 AM IST