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Last year, none other than the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had directed that a cooling-off period should be mandatorily imposed on all retired government officials before they can take up other jobs in the private sector. (Representational image/ Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Shouldn't babus cool off' before contesting polls?

Two senior babus in Uttar Pradesh took voluntary retirement and decided to join politics, with an eye on the upcoming...

12 Jan 2022 1:43 AM IST

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | An important lesson from history for Narendra Modi

What is worrisome is that we know history is not Mr Modi's forte

12 Jan 2022 1:29 AM IST

Union finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | FM bats on a sticky wicket as Covid...

The major flaw of this government, and it is not that of the finance minister alone, is the refusal to accept that these...

11 Jan 2022 2:33 AM IST

It is accurate to say that India has quite consciously been led to the stage today when communalism has completely infected the nation. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | Are we ready to believe things are not going well with...

A course can be corrected only if we accept that we are headed in the wrong direction

11 Jan 2022 2:15 AM IST

Mikhail Gorbachev (Twitter)

Saeed Naqvi | Wasn't world a better place in middle of the Cold War?

My memory of the events three decades ago is of a personal nature as I was the only journalist who interviewed Mikhail...

10 Jan 2022 1:38 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the 4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting, in Washington DC, USA. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Awaiting hope and hype in Union Budget speech

The rich seek incentives to open their purses and invest, loaded with cash as many are, while the rest seek livelihood...

10 Jan 2022 1:15 AM IST

PM Modis convoy stuck at the flyover. (Photo: ANI)

Pavan K. Varma | The flaw in PM's security: Rise above politics, fix...

Any attempt to politicise this matter is most deplorable. But unfortunately, this is precisely what the BJP did

9 Jan 2022 1:29 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample of a child for COVID-19 test, at municipal corporations testing centre at Manpada, in Thane, Saturday, January 8, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Kulbir Kaur | Covid 3.0: Help, the walls are closing in

Two Januarys earlier, Covid-19 having just spread to our enemy nation towards the north

9 Jan 2022 1:10 AM IST

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Pawar struggle over Speaker's post; Mahua's fall from...

Is Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar deliberately delaying the election of a new Speaker of the Maharashtra...

9 Jan 2022 12:37 AM IST

Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik. (DC Image)

Shobhaa De | Forget Omicron: Get into the TINA, MITA, PITA groove...

Even if Omicron is a 2022 version of the common flu, it's certainly far more infectious

8 Jan 2022 2:37 AM IST

Tony Blair who was made a knight, this year. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of empires and their honours: A step backwards for UK...

The signatories believe that instead of being knighted, Tony Blair should be tried as a war criminal

8 Jan 2022 2:12 AM IST

Many of these institutions have worked in India for decades on difficult problems where government services were either inadequate or unavailable, such as leprosy and tuberculosis, healthcare and emergency relief. (Twitter)

Shikha Mukerjee | What's suspicious about overseas contributions?

For the MHA to tersely state that these institutions have been denied permission because of 'violations' is not...

7 Jan 2022 1:30 AM IST