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Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully conduct maiden flight test of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile Pralay from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. (PTI)

Manish Tewari | Unguided missile: A case for Indo-Pak N-dialogue

The object in all probability a supersonic missile was in Pakistani airspace for three minutes and forty four seconds...

26 March 2022 11:37 PM IST

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | What Congress needs to do for life after Gandhis

Here is a recall from history which might be useful for the Congress to consider

26 March 2022 12:24 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Bureaucracy in UK, EU & India: Putin's war to BoJo's...

Putin's criminal war has caused the largest refugee crisis Europe has known since the Second World War

26 March 2022 12:15 AM IST

A man carries shopping bags as heavy smoke from a warehouse destroyed by Russian bombardment casts shadows on the road outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Putin's Ukraine war goes beyond just war-fighting

It's not classically conventional and is veering towards combinations: hybrid, conventional and grey zone, all rolled in...

25 March 2022 2:57 AM IST

Children attend a class after schools reopened for nursery to Class VIII standard students, as COVID-induced restrictions ease, at a School in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Lakshita Joshi | Enrolment jump in govt schools a chance to boost...

The priority during a crisis like this should be to ensure that children do not drop out of the education system

25 March 2022 2:29 AM IST

Defence secretary Ajay Kumar. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | The wait continues for a new defence production secy

The delay in the appointment did raise eyebrows in babu circles, but the speculation will surely end now

24 March 2022 1:46 AM IST

In the process of economic growth, this country cant afford to ride roughshod over ecological balance. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Managing future shocks: Way to self-reliant...

No one really knows what the world will look like in a year or two but at this moment it seems very likely that the war...

24 March 2022 12:32 AM IST

Raj Sachdev (Thai name: Sutham Sachaphimukh). (By Arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | My memories of him will never fade: Bose's boy scout

Raj Sachdev, one of the last survivors of Netaji's Balak Sena, reminisces his role in India's Independence

23 March 2022 1:25 AM 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)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Media outlets, others must do more to curtail...

While the newsperson is going through her set of emotional distress, the public at large has its own issues to deal with

23 March 2022 1:10 AM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi during the partys Mehangai Hatao Rally against the Central government, in Jaipur, Sunday, Dec 12, 2021. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Either the Congress will survive, or the Gandhis

The existence of the Congress is at stake: the party with the same name as the one that belongs to the nation

23 March 2022 12:25 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Pegasus spying probe: Can the panel hold Modi govt to account?

Aakar Patel | Pegasus spying probe: Can the panel hold Modi govt to...

The citizens included journalists, key Opposition figures and a sexual harassment survivor

22 March 2022 1:08 AM IST

People crowd a market after further ease in COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, in Patna. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Small states are a must for better governance

Uttar Pradesh is larger in terms of population than Brazil, Japan or Bangladesh

22 March 2022 12:45 AM IST