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The absence of a central authority to define rules for sharing a depletable, common resource is the central problem behind global warming.Representational Image. (AP)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Glasgow COP looming: Feel earth move under your...

At the current rate of around thirty-four billion tons of CO2 emissions per year, we could exhaust our carbon budget in...

25 Oct 2021 1:10 AM IST

The sense of freedom was palpable in the UK in mid-September. Representational Image. (AFP)

Ranjona Banerji | It's like 1980s redux as UK feels Brexit pain

The stranglehold of the pandemic was such that all societies now strain at the leash for freedom

24 Oct 2021 3:42 AM IST

In sharp divergence, China has resolved none of its maritime border disputes, with the exception of the Gulf of Tonkin dispute with Vietnam that was partially resolved after protracted negotiations spanning three rounds. Representational Image. (AFP)

Manish Tewari | After China-Bhutan deal, India requires fresh eyes

Doklam plateau. Both the Chumbi valley and the Siliguri Corridor in West Bengal are key tactical chokepoints

24 Oct 2021 2:56 AM IST

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