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The future looks even more turbulent more heatwaves worsened by higher humidity, erratic rainfall, more droughts, floods and forest fires. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Health a key priority in battling climate...

India, home to millions of the world's poorest, should be worried and better prepared

12 Aug 2021 3:51 AM IST

The NEP clearly states that schools should not merely condition and limit the students to mugging up facts and memorising information. Representational Image. (DC Image)

Gulshan Kaur | CBSE a leader in innovating reforms in line with NEP...

It aims at devising ways to disengage students from rote learning and engage them in experiential learning

12 Aug 2021 3:38 AM IST

Cover Page of Yoga of Rehab by Anjali Talcherkar

Anjali Talcherkar | How yoga helped me transcend my drug addiction

This was when I decided to shift my focus to being fully recovered

12 Aug 2021 2:58 AM IST

Coelhos characters are neither black nor white, rather they revel in being various shades of grey, yet they end up making the readers root for them. (Twitter)

Rachna Chhabria | Spooky treats that aim to please

By the time I finished reading the first story, I had built up a voracious appetite for the remaining tales

11 Aug 2021 1:42 AM IST

Mr Chahal is looking ahead and preparing to take on the dreaded third wave that is expected soon. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Iqbal Chahal, superbabu' of Mumbai, & his amazing...

Iqbal Singh Chahal, a 1989 batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre, established a new benchmark in crisis management...

11 Aug 2021 1:33 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Mamata antidote' to Modi? Khela Hobe strikes a chord

It is not entirely incidental that she has taken possession of the empty slot of Opposition leader

11 Aug 2021 1:21 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman would perhaps explain that the Modi government did not move the amendment to the retrospective tax amendment as it wanted it to be proved how wrong the Mukherjee move was in terms of legality. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Retro tax scrapping will not lead to spurt...

Everyone felt that it was curtains at last for what is considered Pranab Mukherjee's policy folly as finance minister in...

10 Aug 2021 2:18 AM IST

Its not fully depleted, but its hard to escape the feeling that solving the problems of 2020 and 2021 will require something special which at the moment is not on view. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Does Modi govt know what to do to tackle 2020 & 2021...

The most significant aspects of this period were the nationwide lockdown

10 Aug 2021 2:07 AM IST

With the shrinking footprint of the United States in the region and the relentless advance of the Taliban, the real Quad in connectivity which looms on the horizon is between a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan, an expansionist China, a hostile Pakistan and Uzbekistan --the only country that is friendly to India in this group. Image from the conference Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities. (Twitter)

Skand Tayal | Central Asia's bid for access to sea may see new Quad...

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev invited Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as his...

9 Aug 2021 3:40 AM IST

The ride has been rough for Ms Sitharaman. Despite her best efforts, and visible results on the fiscal front, both investment and consumption remain subdued due to persistent modest expectations about the near term.

Sanjaya Baru | Restoring confidence is key to economic growth

It is not at all surprising that Ms Sitharaman chose to be so bold as to claim credit for the sentiment on Dalal Street

9 Aug 2021 3:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the virtual launch of Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Talks with Didi costly for Cong seniors; Kailash falls...

Once a favourite of home minister Amit Shah, BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya appears to have...

8 Aug 2021 2:47 AM IST

Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K Varma | Look, honey, how they shrank your savings!

In a situation where incomes have either steeply declined, or are static, price rise has hit like a whip lash

8 Aug 2021 2:23 AM IST