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Israeli ruthlessness was most evident in recent times by its retaliation on the Gaza Strip, horrific its ferocity and far exceeding any limits of justifiable and even acceptable retribution (Representational Image/AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Why State of Israel has lost its heroic sheen

Israel's heroic burnish is now dulled after the emergence of Israel as the pre-eminent and most ruthless power in the...

2 Aug 2022 11:50 PM IST

Droupadi Murmu, who is set to be the first tribal woman President of India, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (PTI)

Anita Anand | What Droupadi as President will mean for tribals? Not...

Are such appointments of women and individuals from the minorities just tokenism?

2 Aug 2022 11:47 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Despite harsh laws, India can't become a police state

Real question is whether the impulse of State is to move towards greater liberty for individuals or greater restrictions...

2 Aug 2022 7:20 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Biden in Mideast: Why old conflicts can't be...

The war in Ukraine has reinvigorated the importance of the Middle East and the inevitability of the US-Israel special...

2 Aug 2022 7:09 AM IST

Rebekah Vardy (L) and Coleen Rooney. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | When libel WAGs a friendship; will Harry's memoir pack...

Packaged for Christmas, Prince Harry will, along with his ghost-writer J.R. Moehringer, tell all in a new book

1 Aug 2022 12:12 AM IST

Opposition MPs protest in the Rajya Sabha during ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 29, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Parl as a battleground: Does disruption help govt or...

The disruption provoked by the ruling side is identical to the art of the double con games and heists made popular on...

31 July 2022 11:36 PM IST

Saeed Naqvi | Walk the talk on atma nirbharta': Need new culture on...

The culture of dependence on the former colonial masters to fill our foreign pages is all-pervasive

31 July 2022 12:10 AM IST

Shailaja Khanna | Abhangs, secular' food for the soul

Sadly, the emotive element in musical genres linked to devotion seems to be taking a back seat nowadays

30 July 2022 11:42 PM IST

With the Russia-Ukraine war getting prolonged, New Delhi has been looking at ways to soften the blow that it received in the form of three-digit crude oil price. (Representational image: Twitter)

Manish Tewari | The realpolitik of war in terms of commerce

In the middle of all this mayhem there is commerce

30 July 2022 11:37 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Chumocracy and the media: Web of friendships fuel UK...

The latest British venture of the Rupert Murdoch empire has been the establishment of a TV channel called TALK TV

30 July 2022 1:03 AM IST

Artists of Red Cross society wear coronavirus helmet to spread awareness about the pandemic in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Do our recent health crises offer teachable...

In the time of pandemics and climate change, no problem can be dismissed as someone else's headache

30 July 2022 12:22 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration of Bundelkhand Expressway, in Jalaun, Saturday, July 16, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Freebie' politics: Can Opp. use PM tactics...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched an all-out blitzkrieg against the politics of promising freebies or giveaways...

29 July 2022 12:55 AM IST