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Activists from Students Federation of India (SFI) hold placards during a demonstration against the recent hijab ban in few of Karnatakas educational institutes, in Chennai on February 10, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Hijab row: Beyond the hype and hysteria

Why do people care more about a headscarf worn by a woman than what is going on inside her head?

12 Feb 2022 12:42 AM IST

Kohinoor diamond. (AA file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | The Kohinoor for Camilla? It's high time it is back...

It is possible that Prince Charles, being the fair-minded bloke he is, decides to persuade Camilla to repatriate the...

12 Feb 2022 12:23 AM IST

Hyundai is Indias second biggest car makers. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Pak drags in MNCs to push propaganda over Kashmir

On the social media, Hyundai Motors faced calls for a boycott of its cars in India along with demands of an apology

11 Feb 2022 1:51 AM IST

The digital rupee will also use the blockchain, but not the decentralised ledger system used by commercial cryptocurrencies, which need a decentralised ledger to provide assurance about authenticity and security. (Representational Imagege/ File)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Will digital rupee take India higher, faster?

India possibly, fancies the enhanced monitoring and ecosystem advantages

11 Feb 2022 1:34 AM IST

The success of the BJP in UP reflects the crude politics of communalism and casteism of the party. (Representational image/ PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Backward UP's alarm bells for India's...

The success of the BJP in UP reflects the crude politics of communalism and casteism of the party

10 Feb 2022 1:06 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Will ex-oil secy's appointment as regulator bring...

The GAD has decided not to provide accommodation to exiting babus even if they manage a post-retirement government...

9 Feb 2022 1:51 AM IST

NewsA large chunk of urban India remains clueless about our border regions. (Representational Image/AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stand firm at Siachen: No question of glacier...

In the light of the suggestions by Gen. M.M. Naravane and a former foreign secretary, let us revisit the entire question...

9 Feb 2022 1:23 AM IST

India has, according to the governments own data, the lowest labour participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world. (Representational Image/ AP)

Aakar Patel | Why are voters not bothered about economy, absence of...

The curious thing is that the economy does not appear to be a relevant subject in India's political debate

8 Feb 2022 2:12 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan pose for a photo before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. (AP)

K.C. Singh | To tackle Pak and China, India must divide & win

The question that arises is whether India too has a plan, beyond myth-making and reactive diplomacy

8 Feb 2022 1:26 AM IST

The defence economy has now entered a new era, with the opening up of defence manufacturing to domestic private enterprise. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | More bang for the buck' in defence: New thinking vital

Defence is the one area where the Union government bears full responsibility for spending and delivering results on that...

7 Feb 2022 3:38 AM IST

A girl holds a sign during a protest against US military involvement with Russia over Ukraine during a rally in Times Square, New York, on February 5, 2022. (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | Ukraine doesn't expect invasion; but Biden, Boris build...

The image of the Western alliance in lockstep, ready to go for Mr Putin's jugular, isn't borne out by the facts on the...

7 Feb 2022 2:16 AM IST

Sharon Lowen | Friendship in the time of Covid

From the time of our first lockdown, I felt no urge for long phone conversations with friends who were coping in...

6 Feb 2022 3:01 AM IST