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File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing the closing ceremony of Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | A new narrative for India's future: Can Rahul...

The respect and deference accorded to him stresses that the importance lies in the position, not the person

15 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Babus are losers in selection of new governors

That not a single babu was seen as governor material is a severe setback

15 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When news is no longer news

Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When news' is no longer...

Not many modern democracies have gone down this path before, setting it upon themselves to use the law and the media to...

14 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Kharge's strategy: How the Congress can corner Modi

If the parliamentary performance is any indication, the combination of Rahul and Kharge is effective in making Mr Modi...

14 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Pakistans former President Gen. Pervez Musharrafs popularity dropped and the attack by the security forces on Lal Masjid conservative seminary in Islamabad in July 2007 further increased his unpopularity. (File Photo: AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | How Siachen obsession got better of Musharraf

The Siachen phenomenon is hardly known to the public in Indian

13 Feb 2023 2:15 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)

Manish Tewari | What did the balloon tell China about US?

Why on earth would China fly a balloon into US territory?

12 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

nurse prepares a ward that is set up to treat patients infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant, at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo)

Shashi Warrier | The fitness of the bystander

Off goes the bystander on a hundred-metre sprint to the pharmacy, which is always at the far end of the hospital.

12 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

Hanif Kureishi. (Deccan Chronicle Photo)

Shobhaa De | Why time for maun vrat' is over: Silence not an option

Kureishi collapsed on a street in Rome on Boxing Day and has been recuperating in a hospital in the vicinity ever since.

11 Feb 2023 1:04 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | On truth' in the Age of Internet: How Wikipedia is...

There lies one of the instant hazards of Internet biography -- one can't tell lies about one's age any more.

11 Feb 2023 12:54 AM IST

Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Using stick isn't the way to deter child...

Sarma has followed the letter of the law in his zeal to fight the social evil of child marriage.

10 Feb 2023 12:39 AM IST

NewsThe continuous tussle between Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is the most likely reason for senior bureaucrats in Maharashtra to be unhappy. (Photo: PTI)

Dilip Cherian | IPS officers in Maha need to wait longer for their...

Fadnavis may be the second in command but is clearly the one who calls the shots

9 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Drug regulators in India must do better oversight

Patralekha Chatterjee | Drug regulators in India must do better...

India's drug regulators must do a better job to detect non-standard quality drugs before an international alert

9 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST