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Chief Justice Ramanas strictures on police methods and condemnation of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code on sedition apply to all three nations, not just India, where the tragedy of the late Father Stan Swamy heaped shame and disgrace on the authorities. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Govt bends to apex court over filling vacancies in law...

An unprecedented new situation has developed at the secretary-level in the Narendra Modi sarkar

22 Sept 2021 1:23 AM IST

According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data, the unemployment rate was recorded at 6.9 per cent in February 2021 which is slightly better than 7.8 per cent in the same month last year and 8.8 per cent in March 2020, during which lockdown was imposed. (Representational image: PTI file photo)

Aakar Patel | Poverty on the rise, jobs begin to vanish: Will India...

MNREGA guarantees 100 days of employment in the year at Rs 200 per day to each registered household

21 Sept 2021 2:56 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Why the Congress needs an alternative to Modi

It is no wonder then that Narendra Modi's rise is seen as merited and Rahul Gandhi's ascension as unmerited

21 Sept 2021 1:53 AM IST

Anil Anand | Pushback against Azad casts cloud on Cong unity in poll-bound J-K

Anil Anand | Pushback against Azad casts cloud on Cong unity in...

While Mr Azad felt it could have positive ramifications for the Congress in the days to come, local Congress leaders...

20 Sept 2021 7:35 AM IST

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. (Photo: Twitter/@DrSJaishankar)

Sanjaya Baru | India's multi-alignment' and the Jaishankar Way

The US is emphasising its continued relevance to the Indo-Pacific and India is hedging against future US...

20 Sept 2021 7:28 AM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

Pavan Varma | Abbajaan! The basest lingo taints our faith

People like Adityanath also seem to be motivated by the focused goal of setting one religious community against another

19 Sept 2021 3:28 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Manoj, and the art of bonding professionally

Manoj was one of those people, one of the many we met in a short but harrowing journey from India to England this week

19 Sept 2021 2:26 AM IST

Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Win-win for Shah, new Gujarat CM; coming soon, a biopic...

Mr Patel is known to be a prot©g© of former chief minister Anandiben Patel, who has a tense relationship with Mr Shah

19 Sept 2021 1:23 AM IST

Shobhaa De | In India's neighbourhood: Kuch Kuch Ho Raha Hai

Biden has emerged as the chief villain of the tragedy that is Afghanistan. Biden is no Gabbar Singh (the guy Bollywood...

18 Sept 2021 3:22 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an extreme interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Was it cruel? Why Gavin had to go in Boris' shuffle

Gavin Williamson then supported Boris Johnson for the leadership of the party and was rewarded by BoJo with the...

18 Sept 2021 2:20 AM IST

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

K.C. Singh | Engage Iran & Russia to keep Pak in check in Afghanistan

The US also did not expect the rapid collapse of the Afghan National Army (ANA), which has left Afghanistan in chaos

17 Sept 2021 2:13 AM IST

Ashwani Kumar | It's now time to reclaim the moral centre of the...

The erosion of a nurtured culture of tolerant coexistence questions our democratic resilience

17 Sept 2021 2:11 AM IST