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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

US President Joe Biden attends a press conference at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Equity vs equality: Battle of the visible &...

The court's ruling on affirmative action came on the legal yardstick of strict scrutiny.

8 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar addresses the media during a press conference at his residence, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Diversity vs homogeneity, as Pawar play rocks Maha

The bottom line seems to be regardless of how many MLAs Ajit Pawar can parade at his meeting, he cannot afford to...

7 July 2023 12:07 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag raising ceremony on the ferry Marshal Rokossovsky via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on March 4, 2022. (Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | US needs Russia rethink to avert a new Cold War

The long hand of the Central Intelligence Agency reached into some unlikely places during the Cold War. It may be doing...

6 July 2023 12:09 AM IST

Brajendra Navnit. (Photo by arrangement)

Dilip Cherian | Centre extends envoy's tenure ahead of WTO meeting in...

This extension comes ahead of the crucial 13th ministerial conference of the WTO in February 2024.

6 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

An independent human rights watchdog in France found that young men perceived to be Black or Arab were 20 times more likely to be stopped by the police than their peers. (Image: PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Europe at a crossroads: Why France is burning

Continued immigration has led to France having over four million immigrants in a population of 67 million

5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Ajit Pawar was getting restive after Sharad Pawar virtually anointed his daughter Supriya Sule as his successor. (Image: PTI)

Sunil Gatade | Maha Erupts as BJP in Search of Allies, Old & New,...

The PM suddenly singing paeans for the NDA looks a bit strange

5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

National security adviser Ajit Doval will chair the meeting. (AP file image)

Aakar Patel | What's our actual national security doctrine? Can Doval...

To understand New India's national security doctrine, one has to look at what is called the Doval Doctrine .

4 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Not counting the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just begun his innings, Karnataka has handed the BJP its worst electoral drubbing in Mr Modis nine years in power, when he has presided over not just the Union government but also over his partys fate, bending it to his every wish. (Photo: PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | The Need For A Common And Secular Civil Code

All personal laws in India are misogynistic and medieval.

4 July 2023 12:05 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)

Saeed Naqvi | Would-be winners in Ukraine war lurching towards far...

The alarming surge of the far-right in Germany, according to the latest opinion polls, shouldn't surprise the political...

3 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Government of Indias Representative and Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks and Nagaland Governor, RN Ravi on Friday held a detailed consultation meeting with the primary stakeholders of the Naga society in Kohima and said that the central government is determined to conclude the Naga peace process. (Photo: ANI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Check governors trying to exceed their powers

In the past nine years, it has become commonplace for governors to block legislation passed by state Assemblies.

3 July 2023 12:05 AM IST