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People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure after cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 were detected in the country, at a hospital in Chikkamagaluru, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Chandrakant Lahariya | New variant of Covid-19, JN.1, is here, but no...

JN.1 is not a new virus but a sub-variant of BA.86, which itself is a subvariant of the Omicron variant of SARS CoV2.

26 Dec 2023 11:50 PM IST

Construction work in progress at Ayodhya Railway Station, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The lesson from Ayodhya: How power...

The Supreme Court judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Majid case had decided the issue in terms of a property dispute.

26 Dec 2023 11:47 PM IST

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Aakar Patel | IPC gets junked: Why do we try to fix' problems that...

Almost all of post-1947 Pakistan's laws have remained the same that the British had left behind and are common across...

25 Dec 2023 11:00 PM IST

Army soldiers pay their last respects to four Army personnel killed in a recent militant attack during a wreath laying ceremony, in Rajouri, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Syed Ata Hasnain | The Rajouri encounter: It's about Pakistan's...

The security forces take much more risk to achieve while the terrorists minimise their own risk to survive and thus...

25 Dec 2023 10:54 PM IST

I am sure that the woke police will find something wrong and cancel Santa but till then lets enjoy our childhood fantasy! (DC File Image)

Kishwar Desai | Are Santa Claus' days numbered? Britain in midst of...

Some academics are now trying to find out the exact age when children actually begin to doubt that Santa exists

25 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (PTI File Image)

Sanjaya Baru | The power and legitimacy of nations and leaders

Henry Kissinger was a phenomenal student of history, a master of diplomacy and an engaging author.

25 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat by Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya. (Image: Twitter)

Pavan K. Varma | Road to Bharat is riddled with pitfalls of Hindutva

Cultural colonisation takes decades after that to be erased, and India is a good example to illustrate this.

24 Dec 2023 12:09 AM IST

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. (PTI Image)

Anita Katyal | BJP put caste in Dhankhar saga; Uddhav's honesty...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi BJP leaders called up Mr Dhankhar while others were asked to express their solidarity with...

24 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Fairytale of New York is a Christmas classic that many music aficionados will turn to this year not least because it is by Shane MacGowan (above), the Irish singer-songwriter who died on November 30 this year. (Image by Arrangement)

Palash Krishna Mehrotra | Fairytales of Christmas

Christmas Echoes: A Melodic Blend of Nostalgia and Tradition, Harmonized with Shane MacGowan's 'Fairytale of New York.

24 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

All supermarkets spend literally millions of pounds on Christmas advertisements on hoardings and TV. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Christmas is here It's a time for festivity, but a...

The national census tells us that Christianity is in decline in Britain.

22 Dec 2023 11:24 PM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders during a protest over the suspension of MPs amid the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Will MPs' suspensions jolt INDIA into anti-BJP...

Mr Kharge, groomed in the Congress culture of consensus building, is a natural for the job of convenor of the INDIA...

22 Dec 2023 11:21 PM IST

BookMyForex.com is worlds first and largest marketplace for currency exchange and private remittances. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Remittances at a new high, but there's a dark...

India's inward remittances may account for only 3.4 per cent of the country's GDP but it is the highest recipient of...

21 Dec 2023 11:04 PM IST