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The Indus river in Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. (AP File Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus waters: Yawning gap between threat and reality

World Bank brokered the IWT between India and Pak after many years of intense negotiations to allocate the waters of the...

8 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | SC plans to revisit ruling on remit of HC in WB...

The apex court had ruled that only Delhi HC and no other HC would have jurisdiction to entertain a plea against a...

8 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses BJP workers during celebrations after the partys performance in Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya Assembly polls, at the BJP HQ in New Delhi, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | N-E verdict: Why there's no alternative to Modi

The BJP's success, on its own in Tripura and as a junior alliance partner in Nagaland and Meghalaya, are invaluable to...

7 March 2023 1:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the Raisina Dialogue, in New Delhi, Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Aakar Patel | What kind of a developed' nation might we be by 2047

If we expect to grow faster, how and what are we doing or going to do that is different from what we have done since...

7 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Ajay Banga. (AA File Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Secession of the successful: Their passage out of India

Ajay Banga is the latest addition to the long list of overseas Indians, mostly citizens of their host countries, to have...

6 March 2023 12:55 AM IST

King Charles (DC File Photo)

Kishwar Desai | More royal family drama looming as coronation nears;...

Jemima Khan has never been out of the public eye.

6 March 2023 12:55 AM IST

Apart from tourists and misfits like us, serious shoppers rush past you to get to queues outside the brands of their choice. (Photo By Arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | Envy, or schadenfreude? Why I window-shop bling

I know very little about the lives of very rich people and the clothes they wear and accessories they fill their lives...

5 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Delhi Police personnel escort Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia form Rajghat ahead of his questioning by CBI in the liquor policy case, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Anita Katyal | Sisodia arrest well timed; not Gehlot but Pilot has fun...

It was no coincidence that developments in the Manish Sisodia case picked up pace on the day the Congress plenary...

5 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh (C) speaks to the media, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on March 3, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Khalistan 2.0 & the fallacy of Hindutva supremacy

Today, the separatist movement for Khalistan has once again reared its ugly face. Why has this happened?

5 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Global tensions stymie India's G-20 leadership

The Ukraine war has polarised the group with China increasingly in the Russian corner, opposing any condemnatory words...

4 March 2023 12:37 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 | Northern Ireland deal with EU is a big win for Rishi:...

BoJo's Northern Ireland Protocol created what the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) call a border in the North...

4 March 2023 12:19 AM IST

Considering the muted growth in economic activity in the festive season, the economic recovery appears to be not evenly spread out in all segments of population in the country. (Photo: Twitter)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Fix today's problems first, stop dwelling on...

This is India's moment to seize opportunities and deftly navigate crises along the way, and beyond its G-20 presidency.

3 March 2023 12:44 AM IST