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Former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Shringla for Darjeeling MP ticket? It's Shah vs Yogi in...

Efforts have been on over the past few months to boost Mr Shringla's profile.

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

School children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend a class on the first day of partial reopening of government schools in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Confronting bigotry and violence in the...

Many teachers see nothing wrong in using violence to teach a lesson to a child, though corporal punishment is strictly...

2 Sept 2023 12:25 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Asylum-seekers tags intrusive, but theres also a positive aspect

Farrukh Dhondy | Asylum-seekers' tags' intrusive, but there's also a...

Controversy Erupts Over UK's Asylum Seeker Tagging Plan Amid Family Ties

2 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Several houses are damaged as the flood water makes its way in the aftermath of the Cyclone Biparjoy, in Kutch district. (PTI Photo)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Reducing risk of disasters: Taking it to India's...

Despite the modernisation of DM which the government is following ardently, it is non-compliance of laws & norms that...

1 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

The United Nations remains the best platform for global discourse. (PTI Photo)

Unite for peace in the world and for the inclusion of Taiwan in UN

It is vital to make China and authoritarian governments aware that they will be held accountable & settle differences...

1 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Gujarat's uphill battle against online babu...

From eminent senior bureaucrats to dedicated doctors on the frontlines, the impact spans sectors.

31 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

From left, Brazils President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chinas President Xi Jinping, South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India-China peace vital for Brics to acquire...

As India tries to retain its influence, China crowed over the bonus of new friends and proteges.

31 Aug 2023 12:02 AM IST

From Left to right: Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. (File Image: AFP)

Skand Tayal | Will Camp David summit lead to a strategic shift in the...

The Camp David trilateral summit is a concrete move for strategic rebalancing in the Indo-Pacific triggered by Chinese...

30 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Mr Xis remarks on the sidelines of the recent Johannesburg Brics summit, after Mr Modi directly brought up the Ladakh border violation issue, appears ominous and dire for India. (File Image: PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Delhi-Beijing diplomatic puzzle grows by the...

Can the Dragon implement Sun Tzu's Art of War, and subdue foes without even fighting?

30 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Dragon capsules two men and two women are looking to spend three days going round and round the planet. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

Aakar Patel | Progress in space should excite us, lead to a better...

The ultimate aim of space programmes is not national glory, because at some point, the first to do this or that will be...

29 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says that US-China conflict to impair global trade which is vital for Indias re-opening. (PTI Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Who'll be awarded the next Nobel Prize in Economics?

The calibre of Indian economics faculties is much to be desired and in our hothouses only mediocrity breeds.

29 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | China playing puppeteer as Brics expands, G-20 looms

Crucially, the group's most important economies are China and India, bitter adversaries that rarely cooperate on...

28 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST