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Security personnel pay tribute to CRPF jawan Shambhu Roy, who died in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh, during his funeral ceremony at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district on April 6, 2021. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Need to rethink strategy to tackle Maoist...

It is possible that some of the J&K separatists and the Naxalites are fanatical ideologues, but there are many others...

7 April 2021 7:16 AM IST

Mr Biden can do even more to help the world rid itself of the pandemic. (Photo: AFP)

A.G. Noorani | America sinking to a new low in crass diplomacy

One had thought that President Joe Biden would break with his predecessor Donald Trump's crudeness

6 April 2021 7:39 AM IST

The YarlungTsangpo, which becomes the Siang on entering Arunachal Pradesh and later the Brahmaputra in Assam (and the Meghna in Bangladesh) is one of the most eco-sensitive regions of the planet. (Representational image: AFP)

Claude Arpi | Hydro, rail projects in Tibet a threat to India

A series of nine hydropower plants in cascade will definitely threaten life across the whole of India's Northeast region

6 April 2021 7:27 AM IST

Given the kind of links that China has established with all major economies, it remains to be seen how effective the Quad countries can be in decoupling themselves from China. (AFP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Quad Quandary: Of social intimacy, political conflict

India cannot ignore the fact that Australia, Japan and the United States continue to do far more business with China...

5 April 2021 7:39 AM IST

If the BJP, now in power at the Centre, could run the vaccination programme as efficiently as it seeks to run elections, we could perhaps see light at the end of this dark tunnel. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K Varma | If only BJP were as good at vaccination as it's at...

The government I am sure is doing its best, but its best falls short, I am sorry to say, of the optimum

4 April 2021 4:52 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | Of everyone's friends' and being a public enemy

The other day there was a message on WhatsApp that our MLA would be visiting the nearby Primary Health Centre, or PHC,...

4 April 2021 4:19 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Personality cult infiltrates Left; leaked survey'...

While Pinarayi Vijayan is on a roll, the Congress-led UDF is fighting hard to wrest the state from its chief political...

4 April 2021 4:07 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Signs of hope in UK's Batley, as teacher triggers...

Mohammed Amin Pandor, a publicity seeker and a graduate engineer from Dewsbury recently issued a fatwa against the...

3 April 2021 7:57 AM IST

When Didi needs funds, she doesnt waste a moment on these fine people she goes straight to those who have the requisite lolly the Marwaris of Kolkata. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Will Didi's dadagiri' or BJP's dhanda' win Bong hearts?

Didi can appease, appease, appease all she wants and say namaz in public five times a day to win over a big and...

3 April 2021 7:45 AM IST

Vincenzo de Luca | Linking Italian, Indian cultures, past & present,...

The festival is a unique opportunity to further strengthen the historical cultural relations between the two countries

2 April 2021 7:44 AM IST

Less surprising but also far more frequent is evidence of the BJPs incredible faith in the Indian cow and its many products. (Representational image:AFP file photo)

Karan Thapar | BJP has a different take On history, science, cows!

Long is the list of BJP leaders who believe some of the greatest modern achievements actually existed in the times of...

2 April 2021 7:27 AM IST

The court noted the instance of PPS officer Rajinder Singh Sohal who was convicted in a criminal case but has been posted as the SSP of Gurdaspur, a post meant for the IPS cadre. (Representational Image/PTI)

Dilip Cherian | High court pulls up Punjab govt for tainted cops in...

The court has directed the state govt to explain how and why it has chosen to appoint PPS officers to IPS-cadre posts of...

1 April 2021 12:00 AM IST