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Union Minister for Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati addressing a press conference at her residence in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Anita Katyal | Uma outburst a blow to BJP; Aiyar in good books of Cong

She has, in the recent past, taken on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in her home state MP and is now targeting the...

8 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

Besides security checks, I was worried about the airline, for wed been reading stories about how this particular airline didnt hesitate to beat up passengers. (Representational Image)

Shashi Warrier | In the name of flight security

You don't notice it much of the time but if you happen to need to fly somewhere and you're not used to it you could get...

8 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Indians -- or at least the Indian Chappaterati -- are keen on whiskies and think they can speak knowledgeably about them. (Representational Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of white wines & single malts: The snobbery over...

I never became a whisky connoisseur and will never pretend to be one. Wines? In a half-educated pretentious way? Maybe!

7 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the partys Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Panipat, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | Why have we become a nation of darpoks'?

No matter how weak RaGa is made to appear unlike most of us, sitting and bleating about injustice -- he is out there,...

6 Jan 2023 10:05 PM IST

Unlike in the past, China no longer counsels Nepal to keep on good terms with India. (Representational Image/ANI)

Anand K Sahay | China tilt by Kathmandu to disturb ties with India

If a question is seen as having attained immediacy or maturity, in the India-Nepal case the time is now. And the reason...

6 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Newly appointed Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh Prabodh Saxena calling on Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Raj Bhavan. (Photo: Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Sukhu favourite emerges as HP's new chief secy

Mr Saxena, a 1990-cadre HP cadre IAS officer, will have tenure until March 2025

5 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a ceremony to flag off Vande Bharat Express train connecting Howrah and New Jalpaiguri, and inaugurate other railway projects, via video conferencing, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why the global reach of a Vishwa Guru' falls...

What wisdom will this guru who can't guard India's own borders and who exports deadly lethal children's medicines impart...

5 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC leaves a lot of loose ends with...

Demonetisation is mainly a policy issue, and an impartial examination of the details will show that it was done without...

4 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

7th Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan

Dinesh C. Sharma | How the Nizam in 1947 waged propaganda war against...

The propaganda war and political lobbying did result in some gains for the beleaguered Nizam

4 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

We will need to write the doctrine and the strategy, and that will not be easy for a government that prefers certitude over doubt. (Representational Image/AFP)

Aakar Patel | India's Pakistan obsession: Can doctrine shift to focus...

Building intelligence capability now to counter our primary threat China will not be easy

3 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Bharat Jodo Yatra is not a journey without maps . It has crept up on the existing grammar of politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | How the three-shell trick works in India's politics

Every politician knows, some far better than others, how to hide the dirty pea under a shell and confuse the voter about...

3 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Moroccos forward #19 Youssef En-Nesyri (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on December 10. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | World Cup show spotlights Qatar as a nation apart

When all of the GCC was quaking at Iran's emergence, Qatar maintained very practical trade relation with Iran.

2 Jan 2023 12:23 AM IST