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Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. (Image: https://www.lbsnaa.gov.in/)

Shobhaa De | Hail our brilliant babus... thanks for running India

Personally speaking, I like babus and respect the breed.

17 Jun 2023 12:08 AM IST

Rajasthan Womens Commission chairperson Suman Sharma said, We need to prepare boys with broad chests and it is our responsibility and the responsibility of mothers to inculcate values among the children. (Photo: Facebook Screengrab/ Suman Sharma)

Dilip Cherian | Junior officer's appointment to UPSC sets off...

In a world driven by hierarchies as much as by performance, babus are rather prickly about these matters.

16 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Mr Nitish Kumar said the prohibition law was implemented in Bihar on the demand of women. (PTI)

Sunil Gatade | How snakes and ladders, in India, takes a political...

With Brand Modi badly hit, home minister Amit Shah and the party's top brass are burning the midnight oil to evolve...

16 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Millets can play a major role in addressing climate induced challenges to Indias food and nutrition security. (DC File Photo)

Suman Sahai | It's time to take millets seriously, to fight climate,...

Millets are of crucial importance to weather the ravages of climate change.

15 Jun 2023 12:11 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)

Claude Arpi | China in suspense as Xi, 70, has junked succession plan

What will happen if the supreme boss goes?

15 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy examines the site of a recent battle in Bucha close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Kyiv counter-offensive: A possible last stand?

A counter-offensive always aims deep and is designed to unhinge the adversary's defenses

14 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

Social activist and preacher Father Stan Swamy. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Don't forget 16 of Bhima Koregaon: It's symbol of what...

Stan Swamy, suffering from Parkinson's disease, was disallowed a glass with a sipper straw in jail for weeks

13 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Before Gogra, Indian and Chinese troops had disengaged from Galwan Valley and Pangong Tso in Ladakh. Representational image/PTI

Mohan Guruswamy | India-China LAC: Is give & take possible after...

In the Galwan Valley, China's People's Liberation Army found an unguarded but very strategic spot on the LAC and...

13 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

People at a medical camp organised by Army, in an area of Manipur. (PTI Photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | The sounds of a silent Internet in Manipur

Manipur is a leader in Internet access. 44.8 per cent of Manipuri women and 73.9 per cent of Manipuri men have access to...

12 Jun 2023 12:15 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Kishwar Desai | Tories may lose critical bypoll; dithers beset by a...

Now begins a massive inquiry on whether the Covid pandemic was properly handled by the Boris Johnson government.

12 Jun 2023 12:13 AM IST

Cover photo of Vajpayee: The Ascent of Hindu Right 1924-1977 by Abhishek Chaudhary. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Vajpayee never a liberal but Hindu Right's first spin...

Perhaps, he can be said to be the first of spin-doctors of the Hindu right, where conviction was not necessary,...

11 Jun 2023 12:28 AM IST

Cover photo of Medical Maladies: Stories of Disease and Cure From Indian Languages edited by Haris Qadeer. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Illness as a metaphor for the Indian condition

All in all, a book that draws attention to the vibrancy of writing in the bhashas and the range and variety of topics...

11 Jun 2023 12:24 AM IST