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Finally, the last of the Covid memories were kicked away as Londoners with boosters began dreaming of a better year! (Representational Image/ AP)

Kishwar Desai | Market defeats mild' Omicron on warmest' New Year's...

Though the figures keep climbing, and over one lakh people have been infected daily the only plus point is that the...

3 Jan 2022 2:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP).

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A bumpy ride for govt, but Modi 2.0...

The government is not too worried that nearly five lakh people have died in India due to Covid-19 in the 2020 and 2021...

3 Jan 2022 1:27 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | How I made peace with my scooter and my life

I tried lots of popular scooters, and they all seemed the same: small and light and cramped, with my knees hitting the...

2 Jan 2022 2:25 AM IST

Once approved, all the three services would be getting 10 drones each which would be used for surveillance as well striking targets when required. (Representative Image: ANI)

Manish Tewari | India needs to gear up for battle in world of drones

Today drones have become an important part of military arsenals across the world

2 Jan 2022 1:42 AM IST

Sriram Karri | Don't be like me, please! Welcome dissent. Be kind....

As a parent, I, 2021, have surely shamed you. I was myself born of an equally, or more, ignominious parent, 2020

1 Jan 2022 12:47 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Ringing in 2022 amidst the spectre of Covid, Omicron

My Christmases and New Years are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of Christmases and New Years past

1 Jan 2022 12:25 AM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for Covid-19 test, in the wake of recent surge in Coronavirus cases. (DC file photo)

Indranil Banerjie | Can South Asians work as one, herald a better...

Despair was the dominant theme in the South Asian subcontinent during 2021

30 Dec 2021 11:55 PM IST

An Afghan woman is wrapped with a blanket as she and her family camp outside the Directorate of Disaster in Herat, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Anita Anand | Humanitarian aid to Afghans amidst suffering: Will it be...

Most of the development aid coming into Afghanistan has stopped

30 Dec 2021 11:37 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Ex-babus want Peace Nobel for farmers' front

A forum of former IAS officers has come out in support of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the apex body of the farmers

30 Dec 2021 7:37 AM IST

Its no secret that millions of jobs have been lost since the onset of the pandemic and workers who are part of the informal sector, the mainstay of the Indian economy, have been very badly hit. (Representational image: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Polarisation in pandemic times is the price we...

The narrative grabbing headlines in recent days pivots around the persistent drip-drip of hate speech against minorities

30 Dec 2021 7:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AFP)

Shikha Mukerjee | How the BJP has to fight harder to remain on top

Even the 11 Lok Sabha seats from the seven states in the Northeast plus the 14 Lok Sabha seats from Assam have begun to...

29 Dec 2021 2:23 AM IST

Rockets are fired towards Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza City Rockets are fired towards Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza City (AFP)

Naor Gilon | Why Hamas is a threat to Israel, to the world and to...

Hamas is a radical Islamist terrorist organisation, the Palestinian equivalent of the Islamic State, or ISIS

29 Dec 2021 1:52 AM IST