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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Syed Ata Hasnain | After CPC congress, will Xi be rigid or flexible at...

China has shown some flexibility and dynamism in its policy in dealing with India

26 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Crowd of BJP supporters during Union Home Minister Amit Shahs election campaign rally, in Bhojipura, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | How BJP's line changed over civil liberties & social...

It may interest readers to know that from its formation till the 1984 general election, the BJP had no interest in...

26 Oct 2022 12:00 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)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Rishi make history as Britain looks for...

This time round Mr Sunak might fulfil David Cameron's 2015 promise to Narendra Modi in London's packed Wembley Stadium

24 Oct 2022 3:34 AM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | Hijab in Iran & India: Some enlightenment for SC judges

The minority factor aggravates the problem to an extent that Justice Hemant Gupta of the Supreme Court appears not to...

24 Oct 2022 3:21 AM IST

Thukral said through this partnership, WhatsApp is committed to enhance the digital skills of the aspiring entrepreneurs and empower the youth of our country to create a safe digital environment for all. (PTI Photo)

Ranjona Banerji | Clubbing, cliquing and the fear of belonging

Like if a lot of people play golf, does that mean they are like-minded or that they understand a swing and a put and a...

23 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (AFP)

Manish Tewari | Dragon desperate in wake of Xi's congress

From being the sick man of Asia at the turn of the 20th century to its current wolf warrior status, China has indeed...

23 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Truss says she resigns as leader of UK Conservative Party. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Will India trade deal survive Liz Truss' exit? Can...

The policies Truss announced are now no longer indications of British govt's intentions, except perhaps for one a trade...

22 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi greeting newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. (AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | Cong's Kharge era: Can he & Gandhis make it work?

Among the immediate and urgent challenges facing the Congress and its new non-Gandhi president are the Assembly...

22 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

The law aimed at bringing the Char Dham of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri and 49 other temples under the purview of a proposed shrine board. (Photo: PTI)

Sandeep Joshi | Chopper companies flout norms to capitalise on Char...

Even the local administration sometimes turns a blind eye to fulfil the demands of higher-ups .

21 Oct 2022 1:05 AM IST

Lucknow: A truck driver prepares his meal on a roadside at Lucknow - Agra expressway during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of deadly coronavirus pandemic, in Lucknow. PTI photo

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why so prickly? Is there a plot to defame...

India's officialdom rubbished the findings and called the GHI 2021 assessment of India as shocking

21 Oct 2022 12:53 AM IST

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi greeting newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. (AP)

Sunil Gatade | The right man at the right time for the Congress

Right now, the fact is that the Congress is down in the dumps and can only go up.

21 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

Chinas President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Partys Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 16, 2022. - The effect was achieved through varying the lens focal length. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | After 60 years: Beijing still focused on...

While China has started issuing visas to a few Indian students to return to their classes in that country, there are...

20 Oct 2022 1:24 AM IST