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Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Hasan Mushrif had appreciated the remarkable work of three gram panchayats with regard to Covid-19 norms. (PTI file image)

Anita Katyal | Uddhav should've kept home to self; some in Opp. for...

Thackeray must be ruing the day he agreed to gift the home ministry to the Nationalist Congress party two years ago

25 Jun 2022 11:55 PM IST

It seems to me that the reader and the audience should feel a deep sense of gratitude for every individual mediaperson who is going against the grain at the cost of unspeakable abuse online, on social media and even on their own online platforms. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Kulbir Kaur | Ingroup vs Outgroup & other online aberrations

Social media has recently emerged as 'Villain No. 1' in the eyes of governments all over the world

25 Jun 2022 11:37 PM IST

According to the Pew Research 2021, the core middle class has shrunk from 99 million in 2020 to 66 million in 2021. (Bloomberg)

Pavan K. Varma | What's on the mind of the Great Indian Middle Class?

The middle class knows instinctively when things are beginning to unravel

25 Jun 2022 11:17 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Should we stop reading writers whose views are truly...

Religious and regional rivalries, breeding even genocidal prejudice, have bedevilled history

25 Jun 2022 7:37 AM IST

A file photo of NDAs candidate for President election Draupadi Murmu. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Is Murmu choice as Prez an 'inspired' masterstroke,...

BJP's choice for President election comes with right 'signalling'

25 Jun 2022 7:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, in Shimla, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | A retreat from liberalism: Which way will India go?

A new balance has to be found within the confines of the Constitution to discuss and consign the past

23 Jun 2022 9:18 PM IST

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | More IAS babus for Uttarakhand, but not enough

Last week, CM Dhami got a partial wish-fulfilment when the Centre agreed to increase the state's IAS cadre strength from...

23 Jun 2022 12:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden (PTI file image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Modi follow Nehru on India's strategic...

The world is waiting to see how Mr Modi responds to President Joe Biden's flattering overtures and the courtship of high...

23 Jun 2022 12:31 AM IST

(L-2R) Chief of Indian Army staff General Manoj Pande, Chief of Air staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar pose for pictures during a press conference in New Delhi on June 14, 2022, to announce the new Agnipath scheme under which soldiers across the three military services will be recruited and will be called Agniveers. (Photo: AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt's surprise moves: The lack of...

Agnipath announcement has all the elements of a surprise move without any serious thinking and planning behind it

21 Jun 2022 10:30 PM IST

A file photo of Indian army soldiers patrollingl near the Line of Control (LOC), in Akhnoor, about 65kms from Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Agnipath: Bringing the gig' economy to India's...

The Union government is experimenting with applying these start-up human resources management principles to the...

20 Jun 2022 11:35 PM IST

Youngsters stage a protest against the newly announced Agnipath scheme, at Jalandhar-Delhi national highway, in Jalandhar, on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Anger on streets over Agnipath reflects how New India...

There are no jobs in New India and the anger over the changes in the Army recruitment system is emblematic of a much...

20 Jun 2022 11:29 PM IST

Indian army soldiers are seen near the site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and government security forces at Moachwah in Chadoora area of Budgam district on the outskirts of Srinagar on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Agnipath to transform our military, so give it a...

Transformation always means wholescale uprooting of the old and planting of the new. Agnipath is a subset of the...

19 Jun 2022 11:20 PM IST