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A Covid-19 vaccine is administered inside the newly-set up Wembley Stadium vaccination centre at a mass vaccination event in London on December 19, 2021, as the booster rollout accelerates in England. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | No. 10 parties' raise a ruckus; gender-neutral Brits...

For those of us who grew up in a simpler world, possibly too black and white it is an opportunity to re-learn

20 Dec 2021 2:29 AM IST

It looks like that the Yogi Adityanath government in Lucknow and the Narendra Modi government in New Delhi were waiting for election time to usher in the goodies, as it were. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Modi-Yogi shock & awe campaign work...

The spate of inaugurations do not really speak of achievements, but it is a way of hiding the absence of achievements

20 Dec 2021 1:26 AM IST

Even more alarming is the human rights situation in Afghanistan with extrajudicial killings becoming the norm rather than the exception. (Representational Image/ AP)

Manish Tewari | Four months on, Taliban's inner contradictions show

The ignominious exit of the US and the flight of President Ashraf Ghani still remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle and...

19 Dec 2021 2:48 AM IST

A Royal Bengal tiger walks near a lake at the Ranthambhore national park in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan (AP)

Ranjona Banerji | Some tips and tricks to survive the holidays

May the virus stop controlling us, and see you on the other side

19 Dec 2021 1:51 AM IST

A health worker prepares to inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

Anti-vaxxers' a threat to others; live in denial of science, reality

There are some religious maniacs who believe that muttering some phrase or charm will save them from Covid-19

18 Dec 2021 12:25 AM IST

Balrampur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of the Saryu Nahar National Project, ahead of UP Assembly elections 2022, in Balrampur district. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Politics of nostalgia hides the problems of...

Central to the BJP's ideology is the juxtaposition of a glorious Hindu golden age followed by an era of Muslim...

17 Dec 2021 11:59 PM IST

Some of the big names include companies like Beacon Pharmaceuticals, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, Square Pharmaceuticals, Summit Power, Renata Ltd, Pran-RFL, bKash and the Meghna Group of Industries. (Representational Image/ AP)

Indranil Banerjie | Why Bangladesh didn't turn into a failed state

First, of course, it managed to break free from a colonial relationship with its western and more powerful half, West...

17 Dec 2021 2:39 AM IST

Shankar Roychowdhury | Looking back at 1971: How India cut Pak down to...

From India's point of view, it was to pay Pakistan back for torturing its own population and consequently creating an...

16 Dec 2021 1:38 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with her advisor Alapan Bandyopadhyay during a meeting, in Kolkata. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Supreme Court restrains Centre from acting against...

The babu failed to attend a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had visited the state in May

16 Dec 2021 1:09 AM IST

Praveen Davar | In 1971 War, the battles on western front were...

The corps commanders under the Western Command were Lt. Gens Sartaj Singh, K.K. Singh and N.C. Rawlley

15 Dec 2021 2:47 AM IST

People hold candles as they pay tribute to late Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who was killed along with his wife and 11 armed forces personnel in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, in Bengaluru, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. (PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Amid IAF tragedy, a look back at air safety...

Without passing comment or being judgmental, let's examine some cases of flight safety failures around the world and in...

15 Dec 2021 2:09 AM IST

The key provision of AFSPA is the sweeping empowerment of individuals from the police and the military and the paramilitary forces to open fire if he is of the opinion that it is necessary so to do for the maintenance of public order. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Aakar Patel | Should AFSPA be repealed, or stay? The case: For and...

Later this month the Nagaland Assembly will convene a special session to demand that the law be suspended in that state

14 Dec 2021 3:01 AM IST