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About three per cent of the UK, five per cent of the US, and 12 per cent of Finland, to name just a few, suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder in the winter! (AFP Representational Image)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Season's affect and the comfort of darkness

In this first month of winter, in the colder reaches of the world, the nights draw near, and the days are hauntingly...

14 Nov 2021 2:42 PM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | In mobocracy called India, art & rule of law...

The first myth that needs to be buried then is that there is a difference between the BJP and the so-called fringe

14 Nov 2021 2:19 AM IST

There is some talk that Mr Venugopal is being groomed to take of the role of Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhis political secretary. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Venugopal's star rises in Congress, but the knives are...

Mr Venugopal has become so powerful that most general secretaries in charge of states have become virtually redundant

14 Nov 2021 1:38 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Shri award to folk dancer Matha B. Manjamma Jogati during the Civil Investiture Ceremony-IV at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

Shobhaa De | Are Padma awards for the common' man? Not really!

For the very first time in the history of the Padma awards, I felt elated after scrutinising the eclectic list of...

13 Nov 2021 12:35 AM IST

British lawmaker Owen Paterson. (AP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | It's not just the Owen scandal Spate of sleaze dogs...

Owen, has resigned his seat in Britain's House of Commons, withdrawing from the heart of a scandal that is overtaking...

13 Nov 2021 12:15 AM IST

The concerns that are shared and reflected in the Delhi Declaration are: drug trafficking; refuge to terrorist organisations and their leaders; the impending humanitarian crisis due to the onset of winter and the paucity of resources with the Taliban regime. Representational Image. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | Tackling Taliban-run Af: Difficult path lies ahead

Eight nations issued a joint Delhi Declaration, with twelve sub paras stressing, recalling, condemning or emphasising...

12 Nov 2021 3:07 AM IST

In the run-up to 2024, state elections will be fought by regional parties in defence of a multi-party, multi-location system of democratic politics. Representational Image. (AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | Clash of political cultures lies ahead as 2024 looms

Each election between now and 2024 will challenge the old federal design of authority, power, responsibility and...

11 Nov 2021 3:48 AM IST

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been pressed into ordering a fire safety audit of all government and private hospitals in the state. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Madhya Pradesh ponders letting IAS officers run...

The move to use officers with administrative as well as medical skills worked well for the state given the...

11 Nov 2021 3:07 AM IST

Sunita Narain, director-general of the Centre for Science and Environment, warns that global warming presents the world with an existential threat. (DC File Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can India deliver on 2070 Net Zero Glasgow...

China, has promised to reach net zero levels by 2060, beating India by a decade

10 Nov 2021 2:32 AM IST

The TRAI hoped that the new regulations would reduce TV bills, but it left consumers in a position where they had to pay more for fewer channels. Representational Image. (AFP)

Pradeep S. Mehta | A new mantra for regulation of TV: Know your...

It is a roadmap for policymakers to nudge consumers towards desirable outcomes

10 Nov 2021 1:48 AM IST

The plan to install a snooping device, a veritable looking glass to peer into the Chinese nuclear grounds, on the Nanda Devi mountain, was hatched far away at the Langley headquarters of the CIA. (AP)

Mohan Guruswamy | When India & America had stood shoulder to shoulder

When the going got bad for India, it turned to the Western powers for assistance

9 Nov 2021 3:22 AM IST

After the Prime Ministers encouragement, the then BJP-ruled state of Maharashtra and then Haryana had criminalised the possession of beef, leading to a sequence of lynchings that still continues, though it has dropped out of the news cycle. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Bigotry misfit in modern world: What direction is India...

There is no Muslim chief minister in India today and no Muslim Lok Sabha MP among the ruling party's 303 members

9 Nov 2021 2:24 AM IST