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Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

It is from the Magna Carta that the English writ of habeas corpus evolved.

11 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

The politics is more noisy than Bazball and Wimbledon put together. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Costly makeover at 75th b'day for NHS?

This week happens to be the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service

10 July 2023 1:14 AM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Shinzo Abe's role was key in normalisation of Japan

He re-energised a nation that had begun to stagnate through the 1990s, shaped the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific...

10 July 2023 12:48 AM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. (PTI File Photo)

Anita Katyal | Shinde feeling shaky on top; the making of Ravi Bishnoi

Ajit Pawar is again back as deputy chief minister along with a downgraded Mr Fadnavis.

9 July 2023 12:44 AM IST

Poster of season 2 of The Bear. (Photo: Twitter)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Stop with the food fetishes, seriously!

Why are there so many shows with food as the lead character'?

9 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

Flowers lay at the tomb of Nahel Merzouk in a cemetery in Nanterre, a Paris suburb. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

Pavan Varma | Muslim lives matter, too, in Paris as well as Delhi

While Islamic violence cannot be condoned, the hypocrisy of the dominant white French is also condemnable.

9 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

The debate around trans-genders is about the rights of people to identify as they wish and not be discriminated in any way for so doing. (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | If you can pick your gender... why can't you choose...

Liberal opinion in the shape of the Scottish Parliament passed a law to allow people to choose their gender.

8 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

US President Joe Biden attends a press conference at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Equity vs equality: Battle of the visible &...

The court's ruling on affirmative action came on the legal yardstick of strict scrutiny.

8 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar addresses the media during a press conference at his residence, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Diversity vs homogeneity, as Pawar play rocks Maha

The bottom line seems to be regardless of how many MLAs Ajit Pawar can parade at his meeting, he cannot afford to...

7 July 2023 12:07 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag raising ceremony on the ferry Marshal Rokossovsky via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on March 4, 2022. (Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | US needs Russia rethink to avert a new Cold War

The long hand of the Central Intelligence Agency reached into some unlikely places during the Cold War. It may be doing...

6 July 2023 12:09 AM IST

Brajendra Navnit. (Photo by arrangement)

Dilip Cherian | Centre extends envoy's tenure ahead of WTO meeting in...

This extension comes ahead of the crucial 13th ministerial conference of the WTO in February 2024.

6 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

An independent human rights watchdog in France found that young men perceived to be Black or Arab were 20 times more likely to be stopped by the police than their peers. (Image: PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Europe at a crossroads: Why France is burning

Continued immigration has led to France having over four million immigrants in a population of 67 million

5 July 2023 12:00 AM IST