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In this file photo taken on June 5, 2012 Britains Queen Elizabeth II (C) waves from the balcony of Buckingham Palace next to (L-R) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry at the end of a coach procession on the final ceremonial day of the Queens Diamond Jubilee in London. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Queens and Kings: Why the Brits love the royals

The hours and days to follow will tell us whether or not the royal family absorbed their emotions with dignity

10 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Gorby's model: 1980s' Sweden as socialism was being...

Gorbachev, as the subsequent years proved, was clearly out of touch with the nation he had set out to transform

9 Sept 2022 12:06 AM IST

A boy pushes a table in a flooded locality of Bellandur after heavy monsoon rains, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | India's sinking story: Can we reimagine our...

Bengaluru continues to reel from torrential rains, flooded homes, widespread power cuts, submerged roads and more

9 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Babu exit saga shows cracks in Centre-UP ties

While often discussed in quiet conversations, Awasthi episode has once again brought the uneasy Centre-UP government...

8 Sept 2022 12:02 AM IST

Tomato fever is not the official name of any disease. (Representational Image)

Chandrakant Lahariya | As tomato fever' emerges, misinformation...

It has become clear that what has been reported is not a new virus but rather a form of the hand, foot and mouth...

8 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has once again left for Europe on a personal visit. (PTI file photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Will Rahul's Bharat Jodo' unite India's most needy?

The campaign to begin on September 7 may be seen as a nationwide jan jagran , or awakening of people to their own...

7 Sept 2022 12:08 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)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can a flexible' Liz Truss usher in Global...

Long the front-runner in the race to replace Boris Johnson, Ms Truss is the Conservatives' fourth Prime Minister since...

7 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

This is the second time we overtook the UK, the first being a few years ago. But as our growth slowed, we fell behind again. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Can India do what it takes to make a big leap forward?

The nations ahead of us are Germany, Japan, China and the United States

6 Sept 2022 12:13 AM IST

The Dera Sacha Sauda of Ram Rahim Singh has been a cult that was much in the news. (Representatioanl Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | The challenge of the cults: Can we overcome them?

Religiosity is being displaced by veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object

6 Sept 2022 12:05 AM 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)

Kishwar Desai | Liz Truss gets set for No. 10? Life is smaller' for...

Kensington may now be used more and more as an office

5 Sept 2022 1:59 AM IST

Senior military officials of India and China held talks in eastern Ladakh on Wednesday, focusing on maintaining security and stability in the region. (AFP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | India and China: Keeping an unstable equilibrium

The competition between Asia's two giants will continue in a world that is in search of a new equilibrium in power...

5 Sept 2022 1:09 AM IST

File photos of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. (DC Image)

Anita Katyal | Why Hemant stays; few takers for Tharoor as Congress...

Not many are enthused with Shashi Tharoor's plan to contest for the party president's post

4 Sept 2022 1:00 AM IST