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Dilip Cherian | Centre eases off on changes in IAS cadre service rules

In 2021, only 10 per cent of mid-level IAS officers were posted with the Union government, a sharp dip from 19 per cent...

14 Jun 2022 11:00 PM IST

Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)

India-UK ties at 75: Looking back, moving forward

A mutually beneficial knowledge-intensive partnership between India and UK is the next gear both countries should be...

14 Jun 2022 3:28 PM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar listens at a news conference during the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP)

K C Singh | After Gulf blowback, do a rethink, save India image

Rivalry between Iran and the GCC Arabs complicates India's balancing act

14 Jun 2022 7:04 AM IST

Muslims protest after offering prayers at Mecca Masjid against Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal for insulting statements against prophet. (DC)

Aakar Patel | What govt, BJP must do so that India doesn't get...

BJP must not do things that give the outside world a chance to lecture us

14 Jun 2022 6:53 AM IST

Rashtrapati Bhavan plays a very important role after the Lok Sabha polls in the formation of the new government. (Representational Image/PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | The race for Raisina Hill: Who'll be our next Prez?

Enjoying the PM's trust is a primary qualification for the job

13 Jun 2022 2:41 AM IST

Ajay Maken. (PTI)

BJP wins Rajya Sabha poll cliffhangers

Congress edged out in Haryana, Sena candidate loses to Maharashtra BJP

12 Jun 2022 6:54 AM IST

Centre has allowed booster doses or what it calls precautionary doses of Covid-19 vaccine for everyone above 18 years of age at private healthcare centres from April 10. (Photo:AP)

Shashi Warrier | Variant-shopping and the booster consultation

'If the bloody virus is manmade, it makes sense to develop a vaccine for it, too'

12 Jun 2022 3:43 AM IST

Geetanjali Shree. (Twitter)

Pavan K. Varma | A publishing wasteland: India needs translations

Somehow, foreign recognition is very important to us Indians

12 Jun 2022 2:24 AM IST

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi demanded an urgent solution to the problem, ensuring the safety of the people of the state.

Anita Katyal | Convalescing Sonia has Danish muse; Nupur saga opens...

The decision to deny a Rajya Sabha seat to Naqvi created quite a stir since he is the only Muslim minister in the Modi...

12 Jun 2022 1:19 AM IST

Every political party recruits, trains and richly rewards barking canines who spout hatred and cause irreparable rifts. (Representational Image/ AFP)

Shobhaa De | Friends with fringe' benefits come with a huge price tag

History has demonstrated over and over again that all it takes for mighty empires to crumble and fall is one fatal...

11 Jun 2022 3:42 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Why royalty in Britain works: Few in favour of a...

In the last week, for three officially designated days, Britain celebrated the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

11 Jun 2022 12:13 AM IST

Infant mortality is the end-result of a whole chain of interlinked ground-level challenges. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

Patralekha Chatterjee | India's infant mortality rate isn't a fringe...

The latest data from the Registrar-General of India shows that India's infant mortality rate is 28 (28 infant deaths per...

10 Jun 2022 2:38 AM IST