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Some 60 per cent of Indians who still depend financially on farming struggle with debt, bankruptcy and endemic suicide. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Eco mess, climate of hate, Covid: Tough days...

The World Bank reckons that its share of the gross domestic product dropped from 43 per cent in 1967 to 16 per cent in...

6 Jan 2022 1:55 AM IST

Justice Prateek Jalan ordered CBSE to consider as representation a petition by Deepa Joseph, mother of a Class 10 student studying in a CBSE affiliated school here, who had paid Rs 2,100 as examination fee. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Secys' shuffle in Delhi: Change of guard, or is it...

Nine Central ministries and departments got new secretaries

5 Jan 2022 1:45 AM IST

Democracy is pointless without debate and discussion. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Dysfunctional Parl leads to a dysfunctional...

Legislatures and Parliaments, while meant to be self-governing, still are in need of governing

5 Jan 2022 1:23 AM IST

The storm of infection, as distinct from the waves in the past, comes quickly, runs through a community community and drops off equally fast. (Representational Image/ PTI)

K.C. Singh | Global friction, Omicron: Challenges for govt rising

According to several experts, being exposed to Omicron builds up antibodies that counter the Delta or other past strains

4 Jan 2022 3:22 AM IST

Kashmiri children look from behind a closed window of their house during a counterinsurgency operation on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (AP)

Aakar Patel | Kashmirification & Gujaratification of India is here...

If we observe the events of the recent past, it appears he is right

4 Jan 2022 2:48 AM IST

Finally, the last of the Covid memories were kicked away as Londoners with boosters began dreaming of a better year! (Representational Image/ AP)

Kishwar Desai | Market defeats mild' Omicron on warmest' New Year's...

Though the figures keep climbing, and over one lakh people have been infected daily the only plus point is that the...

3 Jan 2022 2:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP).

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A bumpy ride for govt, but Modi 2.0...

The government is not too worried that nearly five lakh people have died in India due to Covid-19 in the 2020 and 2021...

3 Jan 2022 1:27 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | How I made peace with my scooter and my life

I tried lots of popular scooters, and they all seemed the same: small and light and cramped, with my knees hitting the...

2 Jan 2022 2:25 AM IST

Once approved, all the three services would be getting 10 drones each which would be used for surveillance as well striking targets when required. (Representative Image: ANI)

Manish Tewari | India needs to gear up for battle in world of drones

Today drones have become an important part of military arsenals across the world

2 Jan 2022 1:42 AM IST

Sriram Karri | Don't be like me, please! Welcome dissent. Be kind....

As a parent, I, 2021, have surely shamed you. I was myself born of an equally, or more, ignominious parent, 2020

1 Jan 2022 12:47 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Ringing in 2022 amidst the spectre of Covid, Omicron

My Christmases and New Years are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of Christmases and New Years past

1 Jan 2022 12:25 AM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for Covid-19 test, in the wake of recent surge in Coronavirus cases. (DC file photo)

Indranil Banerjie | Can South Asians work as one, herald a better...

Despair was the dominant theme in the South Asian subcontinent during 2021

30 Dec 2021 11:55 PM IST