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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

An isolation ward for COVID-19 patients is prepared in view of rising cases of coronavirus in some countries, in Kanpur, Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)(

Chandrakant Lahariya | In 2023, let's try to make India a healthier...

This is India's opportunity to bring health issues to the fore globally.

2 Jan 2023 12:17 AM IST

Congress workers celebrates the partys victory in Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, in Kullu, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

M. Nageswara Rao | To survive, Cong must work on its anti-Hindu image...

In order to spring a comeback, the Congress needs to institutionalise a framework to systematically work for removal of...

1 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

While masks, hand sanitizers, triple-boosters and wild dancing in streets do help, the need of the hour, however, is sustained, planned avoidance of other human beings. (Representational Image/AA)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How to stay safe in the coming wave

Below is a list of people who need to be avoided not just during pandemic times but even if a meteor were to come...

1 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST