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This is the second such agreement that the Indian Air Force has signed for buying okayed airframes that will help one of the most potent aircraft fleets to continue for longer in service. (ANI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Celebrate the IAF@89, it's time for desi touch

Indian policy or strategy certainly can no longer bank on the 22-day or 14-day wars of 1965 and 1971

6 Oct 2021 1:20 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur constituency Mamata Banerjee addresses during her Assembly By-election campaign in Kolkata, Sept. 26, 2021. (PTI)

Taking cue from Centre, Didi nod to lateral entry in state's executive

Sources say that the state government is hoping to get domain specialists in senior positions, such as special secretary...

6 Oct 2021 1:18 AM IST

Several states which had declared 100 per cent ODF in March 2018 were found by the survey conducted six months later to not have achieved this. (Photo: Twitter/@Swachh_Jalaun)

Aakar Patel | Why focus on sanitation is essential for a cleaner India

This focus on littering and rubbish is what separates Swachh Bharat from the two other programmes for sanitation that...

5 Oct 2021 7:54 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | What makes elite think that they are smarter?

The CJI's observation comes against the backdrop of considerable difficulties being faced by litigants and many lawyers

5 Oct 2021 7:42 AM IST

While Sonia Gandhi demonstrated the ability to relate to a wide range of politicians in 2004, Rahul Gandhi has singularly failed in this respect. (DC Image)

Sanjaya Baru | Congress Party has old whine for new battles

In 2021, it appears, Rahul Gandhi is trying to mimic his grandmother by seeking to split the party once again

4 Oct 2021 2:07 AM IST

Tabla Solo by Pt. Sanju Sahai. (DC Photo)

Shailaja Khanna | What democracy' looks like in the world of classical...

With the lockdown, everything changed. This cosy circuit took no time to disintegrate

3 Oct 2021 12:30 AM IST

Congress flag (Image source: Freepik)

Pavan Varma | Congress in decline, how long before it falls to pieces?

The ongoing shenanigans in the Congress party are reminiscent of the two nawabs

3 Oct 2021 12:20 AM IST

Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Manpreet Badal new power centre; PK bats again for Didi

It is now clear that poll strategist Prashant Kishor's dalliance with the Congress is in the past

3 Oct 2021 12:12 AM IST

The shortage of fuel to vehicles is not the only acute crisis that Britain is suffering. (AFP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | I told you so UK fuel crisis shows fears on Brexit...

No, gentle reader, the supply of fuel had not been curtailed by the oil-fields of the world being flooded by...

2 Oct 2021 1:45 AM IST

Burning of Ravans effigy symbolises the triumph of good over evil, and evil should not stand tall, think the organisers of Dussehra event in Bittan Market here. (Photo: Representational)

Shobhaa De | As Dussehra, Diwali loom, muted euphoria in the air

A recent study claims that toddlers can recognise popular brands easily, but have trouble identifying common birds or...

2 Oct 2021 1:30 AM IST

Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla. (Twitter)

N Sathiya Moorthy | Conferring stability to India ties is a way out...

India has proved to Sri Lanka and all its other neighbours that it was more trustworthy than any extra-regional power

1 Oct 2021 4:37 PM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | The post-Merkel Germany India and world will face

During Angela Merkel's 16 years in office, the world's most powerful woman leader faced one crisis after another

1 Oct 2021 2:43 AM IST