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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Claude Arpi | What lies behind China's new role as peacemaker'

Beijing's Global Security Initiative (GSI) is another move from Beijing which indicates that China wants to play a...

24 May 2023 12:00 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)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Ukraine to get peace only if both sides can...

A permanent European military presence in Ukraine would rubbish Moscow's claim of defending Russia against Nato by...

23 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Congress leadership will have to remain vigilant about its governments performance in Karnataka from the very beginning if it looks to approach the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with a creditable performance in the forthcoming Assembly elections. (Photo: PT)

Aakar Patel | Why the Congress won in K'taka, and the BJP held on to...

There are two things the Congress itself says were important. The five schemes they promised and the Bharat Jodo Yatra

23 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Imphal: Vehicles in flames after violence broke out during the Tribal Solidarity March called by All Tribal Student Union Manipur (ATSUM), in Imphal, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pradip Phanjoubam | Heal Manipur ethnic rifts, or tinderbox may...

The undercurrents of tension are still palpable, considering that there are still an estimated 45,000 displaced people

22 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge with BRS MP K. Keshava Rao, DMK MP TR Baalu, AAP MP Sanjay Singh, RJD MP Manoj Jha and fellow opposition MPs during a joint press conference following their Tiranga March, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Saeed Naqvi | Will Opposition join hands to counter Modi's ED, CBI...

Few elected leaders have suffered humiliation at the hands of successive lieutenant-governors as the AAP's Arvind...

22 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Our response to voices is reverberatingly complicated. There is, for example, this deeply unfair perception that lighter voices belong to intellectual lightweights. Photo by arrangement.

Shreya Sen-Handley | Speaking in tongues: The gift of accents

English spoken in any accent other than their own can have the British flummoxed, or worse scrambling to correct your...

21 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh sector. (Representational Image)

Manish Tewari | World in churn catalysing new liberal order?

While authoritarian rulers seem to be hell bent on trying to rework the global order on their terms, the pushback is now...

21 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Karnataka is now a key battleground for the Modi-Shah duo to shake off the Opposition challenge amid the growing Congress belligerence. (Photo: PTI)

Sunil Gatade | After its debacle in Karnataka, BJP is facing a lot of...

The BJP is most concerned about Brand Modi and whether Karnataka has simply harmed or nearly destroyed it

21 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | Karnataka: Maine Pyaar Kiya! The G-Factor' wins big

Rahul Gandhi's ambitious Bharat Jodo Yatra played a big role in spreading positivity in an ocean of hate and suspicion

20 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Rishi Sunak will take charge as Britains first Indian-origin Prime Minister after an audience with King Charles III on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aberto Pezzali)

Farrukh Dhondy | Don't Tories know immigration can bring UK into a...

The ambivalently named Illegal Migration Bill is now passing through the House of Lords. It's in trouble

20 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

K.C. Singh | Imran-Army row: Tragedy replayed or rebalancing?

A rebalancing of civil-military relations may happen if Khan physically survives the current impasse and later sweeps...

19 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Secy falls in line after showcause notice, but Delhi...

What the ongoing power tussle shows are the complex dynamics of administrative authority in Delhi

19 May 2023 12:00 AM IST