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India went behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal on the Global Hunger Index. (AP file photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why is India so prickly as it faces global...

In the latest UN Human Development Index, India is placed 131 out of 189 countries

23 Oct 2021 1:27 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Of property and theft' in today's Britain: The rise...

I have, in my short and happy life, been a guest at the London luxury flats, houses and the country estates of Indians...

23 Oct 2021 1:26 AM IST

The CPC under its overlord Xi Jinping refuses to play second fiddle to any global power. (AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Is the Dragon's national neurosis at a new...

Today, a fearful and apprehensive world awaits its fate at the hands of the CPC

22 Oct 2021 2:41 AM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | To be or not to be Congress president, that is the...

Erasing public memory is a device in electoral politics which is given acceleration by television's magic

22 Oct 2021 2:17 AM IST

An Air India aircraft is pictured at a terminal of the airport in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Dilip Cherian | Disinvestment agenda gets a push: BPCL, LIC among...

The protracted but ultimately successful Air India sale has recharged the government's resolve to expedite its...

21 Oct 2021 10:32 AM IST

The story of Indias agricultural takeoff began as the nation was forced to import a record 20 million tonnes of grain in 1964-66. (Photo: DC/Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | India's agriculture: The failure of the success

The pitiable condition of the majority of farmers who cultivate small patches of land has generally gone unnoticed

21 Oct 2021 10:23 AM IST

Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi after paying tribute to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Friday, Aug 20, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Assertive Sonia helps, but Cong's G-23 issues remain

Gandhi's bold performance at the last meeting of the Congress Working Committee on October 16 can leave no room for...

20 Oct 2021 7:21 AM IST

Praveen Davar | 1971 War: How India's foreign policy was key to Dhaka...

In fact, Kissinger warned India on behalf of President Richard Nixon that India shouldn't even think of attacking...

20 Oct 2021 1:49 AM IST

India went behind Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal on the Global Hunger Index. (AP file photo)

Aakar Patel | As India's rank falls in Global Hunger Index, govt is in...

In 2015, India's ranking on the Global Hunger Index was 55. Last year, in 2020, it fell by 39 places to land at 94.

19 Oct 2021 1:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | Amid China power games, stop divisiveness at home

The diplomatic jostling has increased between India and China after the in-person Quad summit hosted by US President Joe...

19 Oct 2021 1:25 AM IST

President Xis dual circulation plan, as part of Chinas 14th Five Year Plan (2021-25), the bursting of the real estate bubble and an economic slowdown have combined to put global firms on alert. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | World & China: De-risk, diversify, not decouple

The China-India bilateral trade is in fact set to touch an all-time high of $100 billion by the end of 2021

18 Oct 2021 1:45 AM IST

The shortages, Prime Minister BoJo has already proclaimed, will force industry and haulage companies to pay higher wages which will then turn the UK into a contemporary superpower. Representational Image. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Brexit's effects hit UK harder: Gig' workers bear the...

The ships' departure will lead to the imports not reaching industries and consumer goods not reaching the shelves of...

18 Oct 2021 1:08 AM IST