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The CPC under its overlord Xi Jinping refuses to play second fiddle to any global power. (AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi as new Mao? India & China face testing time

An unprecedented third term for Xi Jinping would silence those who seek to revive the debate on the market economy

14 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Some rail babus even speculate whether the ministry will adopt the same method for the appointment of divisional managers and Board members. (Representational Image/ PTI))

Dilip Cherian | Railway reforms slow down due to promotion delays

After rigorous efforts for over a year, the ministry has finally announced the appointment of 20 officers as...

13 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Congress flag (Image source: Freepik)

Anand K. Sahay | Loyalists' and Congress: Will polls change party?

Whatever the party's many failings, it is hard to see the Congress as a straitjacketed Stalinist outfit in which free...

13 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

A ten-time MLA and a Parliamentarian, who also served as the Union defence minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav rose to national prominence in 1989. PTI

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Mulayam: A socialist who managed...

It would be na¯ve to impose labels on Mulayam Singh Yadav or to find traces of ideological consistency

12 Oct 2022 12:01 AM IST

China has built many model villages in uninhabited places along the LAC to claim these places as part of its territory. (Representational image: AFP)

Kamal Davar | Time to be firm tackling Dragon on LAC standoff & human...

Both nations, according to these reports, now have between 50,000 to 60,000 troops deployed along the LAC in Ladakh

12 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

In March 2020, the year before Covid-19, merchandise exports were $314 billion. Meaning there was no growth in merchandise exports in six years. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | The rise & fall of India's exports: Can we take it up to...

Unless India does something proactively that affects our exports positively, trade growth will decline as it has with...

11 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Indian flags (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Only small states will be able to save the republic

Demand for new administrative units will be a continuous one, one that seeks to bring distant provincial govts in remote...

11 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

(From left) Sachin Pilot with Ashok Gehlot

Sunil Gatade | Dilemma for Congress in Raj: To axe or not to axe

A decision on the leadership issue in Rajasthan is like resolving the Gordian knot

10 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI)

Saeed Naqvi | RSS' Bhagwat and Muslims: Recalling Bhaurao Deoras'...

Muslims, traditionally a Congress vote bank, began to feel uncomfortable with the Congress. There was a reason

10 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | While partying in New India, silence is golden

Most of the time it's best to keep your mouth shut!

9 Oct 2022 1:00 AM IST

US economy entered recession in February. (AP Photo)

Manish Tewari | Is the world heading into another recession?

Macroeconomic instability is bound to impact living standards and increase poverty

9 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Indian Air Force choppers fly in a formation during the full dress rehearsal of the Republic Day Parade 2022, at Rajpath, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | IAF's big challenge: Building world-class...

For India the stratospheric expenditure to buy fighters was a major financial challenge, forcing it to be a parsimonious...

8 Oct 2022 1:50 AM IST