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Madhya Pradesh state home minister Narottam Mishra. (ANI)

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Pavan K Varma | Hindus tolerant, inclusive: Why rush to take offence?

Hinduism, which has survived for millennia because of its conquering eclecticism, will survive people like Mishraji too

25 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

View of Parliament House ahead of its Monsoon session in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt has it easy in Parl session as Opp....

Prime Minister Modi and the ruling BJP have sent out the message that the Opposition is in direct and indirect ways...

24 Dec 2022 9:03 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in Chinas northwestern Gansu province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

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Chandrakant Lahariya | Lesson from China's surge: Don't drop guard on...

The surge in China has not changed anything in India and there is no need to change people-related approaches in the...

24 Dec 2022 8:57 AM IST

Argentinas Lionel Messi holds the trophy after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Sunday, Dec.18, 2022. (Photo: AP)

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Shobhaa De | Forget Messi mania Who will win WC cricket 2023?

The time to dig into a juicy Argentinian steak has ended on December 18

24 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

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Farrukh Dhondy | Food or warmth? Tough choices on Hedgie's watch as...

The inflation crisis is called the cost-of-living (CoL) crisis as the price of everything is going up by leaps and...

24 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

For those who are not drunk on the magic of numbers, this massive over-population can only warn of a Malthusian disaster looming ahead. (Representational Image)

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Most populous in world: An asset or a burden...

Such numerical achievements do not add up to material well-being or mental happiness. They have no impact on the quality...

22 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

This file photo taken on October 14, 2018 shows soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force taking part in a military review at the Ground Self-Defence Forces Asaka training ground in Asaka, Saitama prefecture. - Japan announced on December 16, 2022 its biggest defence overhaul in decades, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China. (Photo: AFP)

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Japan's rearmament impact India's...

Japan's decision to strengthen its military will have definite implications for the Quad -- comprising the US, Japan,...

21 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Former Mumbai municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi. (Photo: ANI)

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Dilip Cherian | Sidelined after pandemic, former Mumbai babu will now...

Sources say that it seems that the retired babu's rehabilitation is well underway

21 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Other parties are divisive because of their propensity towards casteism but, and this is the thinking, the BJP is above caste. (Photo: PTI)

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Aakar Patel | The caste factor and the BJP-RSS' Hindutva politics in...

The fact is that Hindutva wants Indians to worship caste, but it doesn't want them to talk about it

20 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

It is now up to Rahul Gandhi to nurture inner-party democracy by deferring to Mr Kharge as the leader and letting him run the party. (Representational Image)

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Mohan Guruswamy | Dynastic politics in India: Long live our democracy!

Except for the CPI(M) and the BJP, every political party in India has a dynastic line of succession, or more aptly...

20 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AFP)

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Saeed Naqvi | America's dream world order needs Russia, Europe to be...

Lord Ismay, Nato's first secretary-general, had succinctly outlined the alliance's purpose: to keep the Soviet Union out...

19 Dec 2022 9:13 AM IST

$Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)$ Opinion

Indranil Banerjie | Russian oil sanctions and the Great Global Divide

The Western sanctions on Russia sparked by the Ukraine war signal a turning point in the global geopolitical order.

19 Dec 2022 9:06 AM IST