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US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley speaks to the members of an Indian think tank in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Shobhaa De | Bring on the dancers: It's carnival time in India

Kick up your heels, guys! The fun has just begun. Soon it will be Holi (March 8) and great things are happening in...

25 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Ukrainian soldiersrest near their position in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Syed Ata Hasnain | 1 yr of Ukraine war: No victor, no vanquished

Options are being discussed but except for a determination to continue the war, not much appears emerging.

24 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | China's mystery balloons: Why was West...

The exponential growth in Sino-US trade gave the Dragon a spectacular opportunity to test the West and use its wealth to...

23 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Extension for PSU chief caught up in paperwork

Concern has been expressed about the delay in advertising the vacancy to fill the post of CMD for NMDC

23 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Slow economic growth a major challenge for...

The MPC statement shows that inflation remains an issue of concern, something that the FM refused to take into account...

22 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (AP)

Bhopinder Singh | How Imran shot himself in foot, and alienated all 3...

Imran was literally pushed out, railing, ranting and mocking the so-called neutrality of Pakistan's establishment

22 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani

Aakar Patel | Hindenburg saga: Why the markets reacted Can govt now...

Readers may not know that exposure of India's mutual funds to the Adani Group was always limited, with almost nobody...

21 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Pakistans Finance Minister Ishaq Dar (C) speaks during a press conference in Islamabad on February 10, 2023. - An IMF team left Pakistan on February 10 having failed to reach a deal on financial aid that would help the country avoid economic collapse. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Growing instability in Pak to increase risks for India

As late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was fond of saying, one can choose one's friends but not one's neighbours

21 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

An entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded BBC in London. (Photo: AP)

Kishwar Desai | BBC trouble may take Sharp turn; how Sajid plans to...

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp appointed by Boris Johnson, when he was PM, has now fallen foul of the rules of appropriate...

20 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inaugural ceremony of Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | If not 126, then 220 Modi deals China card

Prime Minister Modi deserves full marks for the manner in which he has deployed economic incentives in his foreign...

20 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Alpha, Boomer, Z, Gen X! Which is the coolest one?

This Internet cut off makes almost no sense. I know people born in 1930s the Silents who are addicted to their...

19 Feb 2023 12:11 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | In search of a Dharma that sustains the nation

The most easily understood meaning of the term is right conduct, duty, virtue, goodness, compassion, law and custom

19 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST