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Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis pays tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists during 26/11 attack, on its 15th anniversary in Mumbai, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)

Shobhaa De | A not so grand goodbye to 2023 and here's to 2024

Any and everything is converted into a self-seeking image building activity.

2 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Even before the current surge of respiratory illnesses in China, in much of 2023, there have been many children and adults in India. (AP File Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Flu-like illnesses' outbreak in China no real...

The flu season has changed in many countries and RSV related infections are more commonly being reported.

1 Dec 2023 12:47 AM IST

People at the under-construction Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel after the successful evacuation of the 41 trapped workers, in Uttarkashi district, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Indranil Banerjie | The Silkyara lesson: Can we unite to fight crises?

The country today stands divided, fractious, plagued by conflicting ideas and objectives.

1 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Photo: Representational image

Shikha Mukerjee | Public discourse standards fall, distorted by EC's...

The EC has limited power to control the terms of public discourse

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

The former Union home secretary and 1970-batch IAS officer has willingly parted ways with his lifes earnings, a whopping Rs 5 crores, donating them to his deity at the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. (Representational Image: PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Ram Lalla to be recipient of one retired babu's bhakti...

Mr Narayanan's inclination towards maintaining a low profile and shying away from public acknowledgement

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

The unholy trinity of its Army, the notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the many terror tanzeems sponsored by the Pakistan Army -- keeps only its personal interests in mind while ignoring what is good for the nations well-being. (Representational Image: AP)

Bhopinder Singh | As institutions get trivialised, selfie points'...

The image of the military as an apolitical entity has been getting compromised and drawn into vicious and divisive...

29 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip on November 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. A truce between Israel and Hamas entered a fifth day on November 28 after the deal was extended to allow further releases of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | As 2 wars rage in world, is India facing a...

The fatal hostilities by the belligerents since 2022 has already had adverse effects on the food sector even outside the...

29 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan (PTI File Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of governors: How Centre...

Kerala Guv Arif Khan should have known better than to use the office of governor as an obstacle in functioning of the...

27 Nov 2023 11:38 PM IST

Assuming the census is held soon, the government will have to do some deft management of perceptions. (PTI Image)

Aakar Patel | When will India conduct its next census? And then the...

For the first time since 1880, no census was conducted as should have been the case in 2021.

27 Nov 2023 11:33 PM IST

Much of Telanganas development over the past decade has been within and close to the Nehru Outer Ring Road (ORR). (AA File Image)

Sanjaya Baru | Correct the imbalance' of the two Telanganas

Telangana requires more urban centres rather than the continued growth and over-expansion of Hyderabad.

27 Nov 2023 12:10 AM IST

Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma. (Image by Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Confessions of an armchair cricketer

Cricket also played a part in my decision to settle in Britain.

26 Nov 2023 12:17 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge addresses a public meeting ahead of Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Anupgarh, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pavan Varma | Inner-party democracy is vital, along with elections

Unquestionable authoritarianism at the helm may give the illusion of strong leadership, but it is definitively...

26 Nov 2023 12:13 AM IST