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Saeed Naqvi | Afghan in mess, but Biden's end to US forever wars'...

What happened in Afghanistan was a process set into motion as early as the 1970s, where imperial interests were directly...

29 Aug 2021 3:24 AM IST

My giant mistake(s), on the other hand, concern my continuous inability to turn myself into a Basenji. Representational Image. (DC Image)

Kulbir Kaur | The undeniable perks of being a sly Basenji

Those who dare question the powers were earlier labelled 'anti-social', now they are 'anti-nationals'

29 Aug 2021 2:30 AM IST

Such is the strategic importance attached to rare earths that President Xi Jinping has made it a habit to flex Chinas Trade Muscle by visiting to Rare Earths Hub, mining sites and plants frequently. (Twitter)

Manish Tewari | The rare earth metal race: How India lost it to China

China currently controls nearly 90 per cent of the world's REE mining and refinement and forms the bedrock of its global...

29 Aug 2021 1:38 AM IST

In the Taliban pecking order, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sits on top, with Mullah Mohammad Yakub, son of founder Mullah Omar, coming next. (File Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | India's options limited as Pakistan makes hay in Kabul

Three nations that didn't withdraw diplomatic missions from Kabul are Pakistan, China and Russia

28 Aug 2021 1:52 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Gender equity and literature: Are we taking things...

Literature was to be judged by its literary skill and, absolutely, by its enforcement of humanistic, humanitarian and...

28 Aug 2021 1:46 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Caste census and quotas: It's a political minefield

The Congress agreed to a caste census and then ended up by substituting it with the Socio-Economic and Caste Census in...

27 Aug 2021 1:20 AM IST

One of the implications of climate change that has not received much attention is its impact on civilisations. Representational Image. (ANI)

Glasgow COP is near: Fix rewards for aggressive mitigation of goal

The race to keep global climate stable seems irrevocably loaded against us, already

27 Aug 2021 1:08 AM IST

Babus' equality'? Mid-career course at Mussoorie will lose IAS-only...

Mr Gauba's predecessor P.K. Sinha held the post well beyond his two-year tenure thanks to several extensions

26 Aug 2021 1:58 AM IST

Students wearing facemasks sit in a classroom after their school was reopened in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP Photo

Patralekha Chatterjee | Reopen schools, but keep ground realities in...

Online education has certainly helped many children but the pandemic has also exposed the glaring fault lines in our...

26 Aug 2021 1:55 AM IST

Heat waves and related biological hazards in particular are expected to increase in East and North-East Asia while South and South-West Asia will encounter intensifying floods and related diseases. (AFP Photo)

Resilience in a riskier planet: Progress made in Asia-Pacific

As of mid-August 2021, the Asian and Pacific countries had reported 65 million confirmed coronavirus cases and more than...

25 Aug 2021 1:50 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Taiwan, Tibet to Taliban: Chinese mischief...

The concept of 'trust, faith and confidence' in India-China ties have all but evaporated

25 Aug 2021 12:48 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Don't we care that India's in a mess, and its growth...

The other interesting aspect of recent years is the introduction of new laws that have taken India in a particular...

24 Aug 2021 4:23 AM IST