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The CCS approved the procurement of 73 Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft at the cost of Rs 45,696 crores, along with the design and development of infrastructure sanctions worth Rs 1,202 crores. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India must be watchful as it begins Taliban...

The Sifarat-e-Hind, as the embassy is called, in Shahre Nau, was one of India's best guarded diplomatic establishments

2 Sept 2021 1:05 AM IST

All children in primary schools need personalised guidance from their teachers. (PTI Photo)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Why primary schools should be the first to...

The individual benefits are in terms of better jobs and increased family earning in the future

1 Sept 2021 1:52 AM IST

NITI Aayog building in the National Capital has been sealed for 48 hours, after a director level officer tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt can't leave it to pvt sector to spend...

The private sector in India is not too keen to get into infrastructure projects

1 Sept 2021 1:50 AM IST

In February 2020, during US President Donald Trumps visit to India and just some weeks before the Ladakh crisis began, Mr Modi committed India to this agreement, essentially ranged against China. (Representational image: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Are India, US in military pact? It's not quite clear

With no discussion in Parliament, PM Modi began drifting India into a strategic partnership and military alliance with...

31 Aug 2021 7:03 AM IST

The XR activists were joined by Animal Rebellion activists who went on to pour red colour in the iconic fountain outside the Buckingham Palace gates. (Twitter)

10K-plus Brits wish to host Afghans; climate rebels dye Palace...

As chaos prevails and the region gets further destabilised, undoubtedly borders will get erased

30 Aug 2021 4:28 AM IST

Apart from an intensive drive for PLA recruitment, the stability of the borders seems to be the Chinese leaderships main worry. Representational Image. (AFP)

Claude Arpi | China's new ethnic ploy in Tibet: Unity via marriage?

Both New Delhi and the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala must take up this issue seriously

30 Aug 2021 3:57 AM IST

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