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Farmers prepare food for their fellows during their protest against the Centres new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi on Friday, December 4 (PTI /Arun Sharma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Pivot or perish: India's heartland sends signal

To defy the demands by farmers is as politically risky for the BJP as it would be reckless for the Modi government

5 Dec 2020 8:13 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Keeping Big Biz out of banks not a good idea

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Keeping Big Biz out of banks not a good idea

Increasing the number of well- capitalised private banks will induce competition and dilute the concentration of...

4 Dec 2020 7:35 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pay heed to shadow pandemic of hunger

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pay heed to shadow pandemic of hunger

Globally, there is a red alert about the shadow pandemic of hunger in the time of COVID-19

3 Dec 2020 9:56 AM IST

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Caste fraud stench in Chhattisgarh secretariat

According to Baghel's instruction, all government servants whose caste certificates are false will be immediately...

3 Dec 2020 9:04 AM IST

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to name his economic team at the Queen Theater on December 1 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | Are America's days over as world's moral arbiter?

The bitter and highly polarised November 2020 election was watched with disbelief and distaste across the world

2 Dec 2020 7:23 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla during the first National Implementation Committee meeting on 75 years of Independence, in New Delhi on November 25, (PTI /Shahbaz Khan)

Aakar Patel | Looking at the future in fear as economy goes into...

India's economy has contracted for six months since Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the harshest lockdown in the...

1 Dec 2020 10:07 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will our farmers force arrogant govt to yield?

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will our farmers force arrogant govt to...

The hardnosed men and women of the soil are not going to be overwhelmed by the PM's rhetoric and sweet talk

1 Dec 2020 9:33 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, on November 2. (Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / Sputnik / AFP)

Skand Tayal | Are virtual' summits of any real use?

Brics summits are rarely noticed by any international observer outside those from the member countries

30 Nov 2020 11:00 AM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Prime Minister of UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during a meeting, in Dubai. (PTI)

K C Singh | New Delhi tries to reset its ties with neighbours

Multiple events with geopolitical impact are compelling diplomats to scurry for meetings

30 Nov 2020 10:06 AM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah on his way to visit Bhagyalakshmi Ammavari Temple, in Hyderabad. (PTI)

Sriram Karri | Why has the GHMC campaign missed the context?

Whoever wins, we will most likely have a dummy mayor, a disappointing candidate

30 Nov 2020 9:26 AM IST

In this file photo dated May 6, 2016, Congress President Sonia Gandhi talks with party leader Ahmed Patel as Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Janardhan Dwivedi look on during the Save Democracy rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Despite defeat, Rahul vac was on track; Patel's...

Among the various responsibilities entrusted to the Patel was to keep his boss out of the line of fire

29 Nov 2020 10:01 AM IST

Farmers who came from Punjab and Haryana to protest against the new Farmers Law reached at Burari ground raising slogans to withdraw the anti-farmers law, in New Delhi on Saturday, 28 Nov 2020. (DC Image: D Kamraj)

Pavan K. Varma | At best, farm laws pass reform buck to big biz

The question is not that agricultural commerce needs to be opened up, but what is going to replace it

29 Nov 2020 9:53 AM IST