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As India has so far highlighted through its G-20 presidency, every challenge presents an opportunity. (Photo: Twitter/@ANI)

Pradeep S. Mehta | Global summits to mass movements: Creating G-20...

The biggest opportunity in front of India and Global South today is to make its G-20 presidency inclusive by creating...

24 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

ChatGPT can formulate legal notes, spot humanly undetectable diseases, and write computer code. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Uncertainty in classrooms amid ChatGPT...

ChatGPT is now a headache for educators because it can easily act as a substitute for student effort

24 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinas President Xi Jinping make a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Xi talks peace, extends China's hold on Russia

The overall signal is of both sides agreeing to an enduring economic partnership

23 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Wrong priorities: Why deluxe flats with public funds...

The decision has been criticised, as Yashodhan is one of the most sought-after government residences by IAS and IPS...

23 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Opposition MPs protest in the Rajya Sabha during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Time and tide will not wait for the Opposition to...

Time, however, like the tide, may be running out for the multiplicity of initiatives and their corresponding variables

21 March 2023 11:33 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Modi 2.0: There's a contradiction between the myth and...

On corruption, the BJP has been on the backfoot since January because of the Adani affair.

21 March 2023 12:45 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC wades into uncertainty in bid to check...

The Supreme Court had stepped in to check the Modi government's inaction in one case, and lack of transparency in the...

21 March 2023 12:07 AM IST

President Xis dual circulation plan, as part of Chinas 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25), the bursting of the real estate bubble and an economic slowdown have combined to put global firms on alert. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | As China bridges Gulf divide, can India draw right...

West Asian energy constitutes an important geo-economic dimension to China's growing stakes in West Asia.

20 March 2023 12:53 AM IST

Jetsetting is no longer fashionable. Why not fly less to save the planet? (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Jetsetting glitzy no more, try the 'flycott'

Far from the glamorous mode of transportation it once was, not even catering for basic human needs, air travel is now...

19 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Mahua Moitra seen holding her Louis Vuitton bag. (Photo: Twitter)

Anita Katyal | Why feisty Mahua made to retreat; place in CWC at last...

According to the political grapevine she was asked to take it down as Mamata Banerjee did not approve of the tweet

19 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

A multi-store building burns after being attacked by Russian airstrike in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023. (Photo: AP)

Pavan K. Varma | It's America that can end war in Ukraine

Social and religious divisiveness, and new threats of insurgency, weaken us too, and provide fodder to our enemies

19 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Emergency responders gather at the scene of a shooting where a mass shooting was reported. (Photo: AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | It's possible to control gun violence, even...

Attacks have certainly been on the rise across Europe

18 March 2023 12:24 AM IST