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Dilip Cherian | After transfers, U'khand forest officers unite to...

With Assembly elections looming, the state government cannot afford to have a large section of forest officers feeling...

22 Dec 2021 11:30 PM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind being welcomed as the Guest of Honour by Bangladesh President Md. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the gala celebrations of Mujib Borsho and Golden Jubilee of Independence of Bangladesh, in Dhaka (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | How the past overwhelms Bangla's present &...

Culturally, economically, politically and strategically, the present and future of the 2 countries are too closely...

22 Dec 2021 7:07 AM IST

The court, after hearing the submissions, granted bail to the accused, saying his detention will serve no purpose as the probe into the matter is completed and nothing has to be recovered from him. (Representational image)

Aakar Patel | New law likely to spell trouble for Christians in...

In the first two weeks of December 2021 alone, attacks against Christians were reported in Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and...

21 Dec 2021 2:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Central Asian Countries, in New Delhi, Monday, December 20, 2021. (PTI)

K.C. Singh | As major powers jostle, world to face instability

Early this year, the foreign ministers of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the US met in Israel to christen a...

21 Dec 2021 1:58 AM IST

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