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Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Why Shinzo Abe emerged as Japan's most significant PM

At the purely government-to-government level, the India-Japan relationship went through its ups and downs over the past...

25 July 2022 4:24 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a press conference at the BJP office in Lucknow, Friday, Jan. 21 2022.. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

Anita Katyal Yogi anti-Brahmin bias comes to fore; outrage over I-Day...

24 July 2022 12:05 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | It's the Hindutva police versus Sanatan Dharma

Hinduism has no one God, no one mandatory text, no compulsorily prescribed form of prayer, and no Pope

23 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Ageing to perfection sneering, the fine art

Is fiery the same as a sharp tongue or does that just mean I have a bad temper

23 July 2022 11:52 PM IST

Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | With just 2 left in Tories' PM race... Can Brutus be...

If you are reading this anywhere in the world apart from the UK, you will be spared the 'news' about the rivalry between...

23 July 2022 1:31 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)

Shobhaa De | Will Dishy Rishi end up as India's damaad at No. 10?

Even if Dishy Rishi does make it to 10 Downing Street, please, please remember technically, he ain't one of us!

23 July 2022 12:50 AM IST

Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair comes out of Tihar Jail after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in all FIRs lodged against him in UP, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Let SC act: End arbitrary arrests over...

The BJP and other right-wing entities have taken up cudgels against Mr Zubair, and the secular elements are up in arms...

21 July 2022 11:30 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Curious moves kead to choice of Himachal's new chief...

The search for his successor has been a convoluted one

21 July 2022 11:28 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is growth in population a ticking bomb or blessing?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is growth in population a ticking bomb or...

Managing population through heavy-handed top-down curbs on fertility is an inhuman and ineffective policy

21 July 2022 12:50 AM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Vishnu Prakash | Adieu Abe San! Japan loses a proud visionary, China a...

A nationalist to the core, Abe San wanted Japan to be strong again and stand tall among the comity of nations

21 July 2022 12:45 AM IST

Saeed Naqvi | North vs South: For Muslims, the experience is wholly...

In the North, manufactured daily incidents keep communalism on a continuous simmer and folks huddle and wonder what the...

20 July 2022 7:15 AM IST

This handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows the Islamic Republics President Ebrahim Raisi (R) walking alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP) /

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Ukraine: What lay behind Russia's unprovoked...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is entirely culpable and can't run away from his avoidable and deplorable decision to...

20 July 2022 7:05 AM IST