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British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak (Photo- AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | If Conservatives pick ethnic' PM, will racism in...

Gentle reader, it seemed and even now is quite possible that one of these ethnic candidates will be the next Prime...

16 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Manish Tewari | An encirclement India must avoid at all costs

Does India even have its eye on the ball given that the world around it is swivelling at a dizzying pace?

16 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after a special session of Maharashtra Assembly, at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. (PTI file photo)

Sunil Gatade | The Gujarat Model' of BJP politics now in Maharashtra

What happened in Maharashtra recently was a well-scripted move to further the ruling party's footprint

16 July 2022 1:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Modi's reaching out to minorities, not...

BJP did get the Muslim vote in the 2022 UP Assembly elections, as pointed out by Hilal Ahmed in his analysis of the...

16 July 2022 12:46 AM IST

An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel helps pilgrims on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pilgrimages amid changing climate: Ensure...

What do pilgrimages mean in the time of climate change and the consequent rise in extreme weather events?

14 July 2022 11:34 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)

Dilip Cherian | No room now for laggards in Delhi govt

However, there are no reports yet of how the babus who are likely to be affected by this decision have reacted

13 July 2022 11:50 PM IST

Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | India must act with care amidst Lanka imbroglio

A $51 billion debt, with debt servicing of $7 billion needed this year, is proving unmanageable

13 July 2022 11:34 PM IST

Shinzo Abe (AP file photo)

Srabani Roy Choudhury | How Shinzo Abe had transformed Japan's policy...

Abe has been successful in transforming Japan's foreign policy from being Japan-centric to a broader multilateral...

13 July 2022 7:12 AM IST

Anti government protesters swim in a swimmingpool of the Sri lankan presidents official residence after storming into it in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP)

K.C. Singh | Bad policies and ill luck cause Sri Lankan crisis

The installation of Ranil Wickremesinghe as PM also had temporary impact as a quick solution to a complex scenario was...

13 July 2022 7:05 AM IST

An aircraft flies above the slums near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. (Representational Photo:AP)

Aakar Patel | India must work hard to catch up; world is changing...

The International Monetary Fund says that for the foreseeable future Bangladesh is expected to be ahead of India

11 July 2022 11:59 PM IST

People offer flowers to late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. (AFP Photo)

Ashwani Kumar | Farewell, Abe San: Salute to a real friend of India

The outrageous crime underscores the reality of a world torn by countless conflicts and faltering in its quest for a...

11 July 2022 11:40 PM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Revisiting PMs: Museum in Delhi underplays PV

The consultants' team of the three BJP members should be complimented for giving Nehru his due

10 July 2022 11:55 PM IST