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Rahul Gandhi (AFP file photo)

Rahul Gandhi's Rythu Sangarshana Sabha will be the beginning of end of...

People are looking towards Congress for releasing the newly formed Telangana from the iron fists of KCR and his family

6 May 2022 1:44 PM IST

An anti-smog gun sprays water droplets to curb air pollution, at Delhi- Gurugram Expressway in Gurugram. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Rising stress of heat: Act now, before it gets...

Cities and states are developing heat action plans, but the focus must remain on the most vulnerable

6 May 2022 12:09 AM IST

Previous studies have found that men with strong handshakes are less likely to have erectile dysfunction (Photo: Pixabay)

Dilip Cherian | Spirit of sharing tech, tips among states overrides...

The dashboard monitoring system was started in 2019 when Vijay Rupani was the chief minister

5 May 2022 1:09 AM IST

Unity never hurts a nation; that is what your Army is pursuing and truly showing the way. (Representational Image/ By Arrangement)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pluralism is a way of life for India's armed forces

In the armed forces, no one looks at your faith, caste or ethnicity

5 May 2022 12:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the dedication of KK Patel Super Speciality Hospital at Bhuj in Gujarat, through a video conference, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Separate visions: Modi, Europe & Ukraine...

The Europeans would not go beyond polite words to speak out against China in the context of the India-China conflict and...

4 May 2022 4:01 AM IST

Students wearing facemasks sit in a classroom after their school was reopened in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP Photo

Devi Kar | Schooling after Covid-19: What appears normal is not always...

Almost two years of disuse has led to multiple problems of different kinds

4 May 2022 12:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda during the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, at Ambedkar International Centre, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Where the BJP has succeeded, over its 2 terms from 2014,...

It appears to be the case that the BJP has shifted its focus from the economy to its primary social agenda

3 May 2022 12:06 AM IST

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi chairs the Congress Working Committee meeting, in New Delhi, Sunday, March 13, 2022. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also seen. (PTI/Kamal Singh)

Sanjay Kumar | Congress' unwillingness to change is its basic problem

The failure of talks between the Congress and PK, not just once but twice, has also damaged the party's image

3 May 2022 12:00 AM IST

Freebies become the fig leaf that corrupt politicians and political parties use to cover their sins of omission and commission while seeking electoral support. (Representational Image/ AP)

Sanjaya Baru | Rising freebies: The fiscal price of political failures

When political parties promise free television sets, kitchenware and suchlike, they are using the taxpayer's money to...

2 May 2022 12:41 AM IST

Heres how they see us brownies: cheap, efficient, trouble-free labour.(Representational Image/ DC)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | White lies, brown noses

No one is lying sleepless and chanting the Hanuman Chalisa over our skyrocketing economic, military, yogic, and, above...

1 May 2022 2:42 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (PTI)

Anita Katyal | PK fiasco dents Priyanka image; Kejriwal calling shots...

Kejriwal and Bhagwant Singh recently signed an agreement to enable the 2 state governments to cooperate in various...

1 May 2022 2:03 AM IST

Justice Prateek Jalan ordered CBSE to consider as representation a petition by Deepa Joseph, mother of a Class 10 student studying in a CBSE affiliated school here, who had paid Rs 2,100 as examination fee. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Urdu by any other faith sounds just as sweet

It is my opinion that our educational content is still considerably trapped in the colonial legacy

1 May 2022 1:21 AM IST