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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

Very many institutions in Britain have engaged in research to find and expiate connections with and profit in the past from slavery. (AFP File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Who'll atone for slave trade, all the loot? Who'll...

History is full of injustices, transgressions and genocide. Are the descendants of the victims of those injustices...

8 Oct 2022 1:01 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Withdrawal of incentives irks IAS, IPS officers...

Not surprisingly, the affected babus are unhappy with the order, describing it as insensitive and abrupt

7 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

This year, Durga Puja, the biggest festival for Bengalis, was celebrated with more aplomb than ever since Unesco included Durga Puja in Kolkata in its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity last year. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Festivals need to celebrate inclusion, not...

In a fractured and increasingly polarised society, festivals offer a fantastic opportunity to be inclusive in its...

7 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his September 30 address, threatened Nato with, among other things, his nuclear arsenal. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Russia, Iran, China, Brazil: Realpolitik in global churn

During this testy phase of international relations, all nations, big or small or intermediate, are practising...

5 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

File photo of Lt General Anil Chauhan (retd) who has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). (Photo: PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | As a new CDS takes charge, fresh start for the...

The appointment of Lt. Gen. Anil Chauhan as the CDS, with the rank of general, is largely being welcomed

4 Oct 2022 1:00 AM IST

Indias Arshdeep Singh bowls during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between India and South Africa at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati on October 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | Why does Indian cricket deify the batsmen, but look down...

The bowler is a second-class citizen in the commonwealth of cricket. The rules are written and rewritten to undermine...

4 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, leaves from Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland, on September 6, 2022, after meeting with Britains Queen Elizabeth II and being invited to form a Government. (Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Truss-Kwarteng face opprobrium; will rail strike mar...

In the midst of this doom and gloom everyone is hunting for even a faint silver lining in every dark cloud.

3 Oct 2022 1:29 AM IST

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge (ANI)

Sanjaya Baru | Organisation Man' takes on the Non-Organisation Man'

Mr Kharge as Congress president will play the same role that Manmohan Singh played as Prime Minister, writes Sanjaya...

3 Oct 2022 1:13 AM IST

Who wore the nattier mourning hat Kate or Meghan? (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | What Chucky did next, and other regal musings

Pointing inquisitors to this column every time a royal question is popped, I'd be at liberty to return to my pleasantly...

2 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

Few can question that the amount of hatred that is spewed on prime-time TV under the garb of debate , is uncivilised, undemocratic and an incitement to violence. (Photo | Flickr - John S. Quarterman)

Pavan K. Varma | In war on hate speech, err on side of freedom

Hate speech, based on suspicion, violence and hostility between religious communities, is directly antithetical to...

2 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

MP Shashi Tharoor with former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: Twitter)

Anita Katyal | Cong prez polls: Diggy & Shashi got played, Selja scare...

Once it became clear that Raj CM Ashok Gehlot was not in the fray for the election of the next Cong prez, a host of...

2 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST