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Sharon Lowen | Friendship in the time of Covid

From the time of our first lockdown, I felt no urge for long phone conversations with friends who were coping in...

6 Feb 2022 3:01 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget interaction with Confederation of Indian Industrys (CII) National Council, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Budget ignores real threat in favour of speculative...

Unemployment is at a 48-year high and three crore graduates are jobless

6 Feb 2022 2:47 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Partys MP from Gurdaspur, Sunny Deol. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Modi's strategic indifference; why Deol not seen in...

Phone calls to his office elicit a stock reply that Deol is not keeping well

6 Feb 2022 2:14 AM IST

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut at Parliament, during the 2021 Budget Session, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Shobhaa De | Wine is nice Raut and the Rubaiyyat go well together

My problem is not with wine being made available in supermarkets, it is with wine being described as a non-alcoholic...

5 Feb 2022 12:37 AM IST

In this file photo taken on November 10, 2020 Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Martin Reynolds, the Prime Ministers Principal Private Secretary (L), arrive back at Downing Street. (Photo:AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | No. 10 parties: BoJo is trying desperately to fend...

BoJo survives but the nails are being steadily banged into the coffin

5 Feb 2022 12:11 AM IST

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with BJP MP Hema Malini during a public meeting in support of BJPs candidate Shrikant Sharma, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Mathura, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | Modi, Yogi & UP election: High-stakes battle looms

Adityanath is plain bad news, and the praise heaped on him by the leader of the country is palpably false

4 Feb 2022 7:14 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Snobby Kerala babus ordered to remove flags on...

Even earlier, babus in Kerala had got into trouble for not putting registration number plates on official vehicles

3 Feb 2022 7:16 AM IST

Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman with Ministers of State for Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad and Pankaj Chaudhary on her at Parliament for the presentation of the Union Budget 2022-23, in New Delhi. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Budget: Good intentions, but bit short on...

The expectation is that'growth' will come centre-stage from the next fiscal year as the pandemic becomes a bad memory

3 Feb 2022 7:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address the media, ahead of the Budget Session 2022, in New Delhi, (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi a political Pied Piper, sets 2024...

Mr Modi has a right to his own dreams and visions for the country, however much we may disagree with its dystopian...

2 Feb 2022 7:22 AM IST

Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman with MoS Pankaj Chaudhary arrives at Parliament for the presentation of the Union Budget 2022-23, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb 1, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

Chandrajit Banerjee | A transformational Budget for high, sustained...

The Budget has adopted just the right approach for catalysing growth with social inclusion

2 Feb 2022 7:12 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Can BJP lose its vote share, but still win in UP? Wait...

The broad patterns tell us that to sweep Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has to retain its vote share of the past three elections

1 Feb 2022 2:34 AM IST

Artists perform during Republic Day Parade 2022 at Rajpath in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | To celebrate the republic, focus on humble...

Around 230 million Indians were pushed into poverty during the last 12 months

1 Feb 2022 1:01 AM IST