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Ajay Maken. (PTI)

BJP wins Rajya Sabha poll cliffhangers

Congress edged out in Haryana, Sena candidate loses to Maharashtra BJP

12 Jun 2022 6:54 AM IST

Centre has allowed booster doses or what it calls precautionary doses of Covid-19 vaccine for everyone above 18 years of age at private healthcare centres from April 10. (Photo:AP)

Shashi Warrier | Variant-shopping and the booster consultation

'If the bloody virus is manmade, it makes sense to develop a vaccine for it, too'

12 Jun 2022 3:43 AM IST

Geetanjali Shree. (Twitter)

Pavan K. Varma | A publishing wasteland: India needs translations

Somehow, foreign recognition is very important to us Indians

12 Jun 2022 2:24 AM IST

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi demanded an urgent solution to the problem, ensuring the safety of the people of the state.

Anita Katyal | Convalescing Sonia has Danish muse; Nupur saga opens...

The decision to deny a Rajya Sabha seat to Naqvi created quite a stir since he is the only Muslim minister in the Modi...

12 Jun 2022 1:19 AM IST

Every political party recruits, trains and richly rewards barking canines who spout hatred and cause irreparable rifts. (Representational Image/ AFP)

Shobhaa De | Friends with fringe' benefits come with a huge price tag

History has demonstrated over and over again that all it takes for mighty empires to crumble and fall is one fatal...

11 Jun 2022 3:42 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Why royalty in Britain works: Few in favour of a...

In the last week, for three officially designated days, Britain celebrated the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

11 Jun 2022 12:13 AM IST

Infant mortality is the end-result of a whole chain of interlinked ground-level challenges. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Patralekha Chatterjee | India's infant mortality rate isn't a fringe...

The latest data from the Registrar-General of India shows that India's infant mortality rate is 28 (28 infant deaths per...

10 Jun 2022 2:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a video conference as he releases benefits under the PM CARES for Children Scheme. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can't be an option: Why Modi must leash...

The suspension of Nupur Sharma was an empty gesture

10 Jun 2022 1:54 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Centre faces calls to shift Mizoram chief secy, bring...

For some time now, major civil society groups in the state have been campaigning with the Centre to replace the state's...

9 Jun 2022 12:53 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Ukraine: Reflections on termination of conflict

This war has seen least transparency in information

9 Jun 2022 12:06 AM IST

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp. (AP)

Anita Anand | Depp-Heard saga: Intimate Partner Violence extracts a...

While both men and women can be victims of IPV, women are more likely to sustain serious injuries and be killed by men

8 Jun 2022 7:02 AM IST

This mismatch is reflected in the unattractive quality of life for the vast majority of Indians, the result of persistently insufficient attention to factors like housing, hospitals, schools, public transport, hygiene, sanitation and the environment. (Representational Image/ DC)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why (some) Indians are in a rush to stop being...

Perhaps there's a certain mismatch between India's rhetoric and reality

8 Jun 2022 6:47 AM IST