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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Last of G-23 no longer pariahs; will Rahul play martyr'...

Several theories are doing the rounds about the party's decision to play the waiting game

2 April 2023 12:20 AM IST

The coronavirus is a family of viruses that can cause a range of illnesses in humans including common cold and more severe forms like SARS and MERS, which are life threatening.

Shashi Warrier | Viruses & nukes: Will we wake up in time or stew?

A green humanoid figure about two feet high stepped on to the ladder and descended to the ground

2 April 2023 12:10 AM IST

Security personnel stand guard following crack down on Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh and his supporters, in Jalandhar, Sunday March 19, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pavan Varma | Liberty key element in alchemy of democracy

History carries important lessons that we can forget only at our own peril

2 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

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)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Global shift? China is on a geopolitical overdrive

What is for India in all this renewed Chinese geopolitical vigour.

1 April 2023 12:11 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 | Does African link colour attitudes of Indians in...

s there a way of telling the mind's construction by the candidacy or the policy?

1 April 2023 12:08 AM IST

Gehlot said women will be able to come forward and play constructive role in nation-building only when they are not forced to cover their faces. (Phtoo: File)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Right to health in India: Raj law to be test...

Rajasthan is the first state in the country to introduce a law that makes access to healthcare a legal entitlement.

31 March 2023 12:24 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Ex-babus to probe corruption among serving IAS...

Centre is hoping this will restore public confidence and ensure that corruption and violation of service rules are...

30 March 2023 10:28 AM IST

Navys MiG-29K maritime fighter jets are being deployed at airbases in the northern sector to beef up the Air Forces strength. (PTI Photo)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Making Indian fighter jets: What is all the...

The most glaring case of recurring time and cost overruns, technical faults, mishaps are still occurring in the United...

30 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (R) and Chinas President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will US & China engage or confront each other?

People are clutching at the prospect of a rapprochement after last November's Bali G-20 meeting between Joe Biden and Xi...

29 March 2023 12:04 AM IST

The world has been warning us for some years now to correct course and move back to the path of democracy and pluralism. (DC Image)

Aakar Patel | Civil liberties & democracy: Why is India's rank so low?

We, in the thick of it, may not have noticed the water boiling and the temperature rising

28 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | It's not just about Rahul: The stakes are far...

So far, Rahul Gandhi and the Congress have called a spade a spade, and this trait must be retained

28 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (R) and Chinas President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

Saeed Naqvi | As Beijing tries to broker peace deals, US firms up its...

The US, as yesterday's hegemon, has woefully diminished its persuasiveness

27 March 2023 12:10 AM IST