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President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP)

Vishnu Prakash | India-US ties might be stronger under Biden

The question that is uppermost in the minds of most Indians is about Biden's disposition towards India and China

11 Nov 2020 11:30 AM IST

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot gestures to the media after a meeting with the party MLAs at his residence in Jaipur. PTI

Dilip Cherian | Centre denies Gehlot his chosen babu

Until the last working day of outgoing chief secretary Rajeev Swarup, the Gehlot government hoped to push for a tenure...

11 Nov 2020 11:19 AM IST

People exercise in Green Park in central London on November 8, 2020 during a second national lockdown designed to contain soaring infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | London Diary

Locked down yet again, UK knows the rules but likes them less and less

9 Nov 2020 11:04 AM IST

Such a ban, if implemented, could hit the ruling Communist Party from the highest levels down to its rank-and-file and would be certain to draw retaliation against Americans who travel to China. (Representational Image:AFP)

Manish Tewari | The new Cold War

The Cold War with China will encompass all dimensions economic, military, cyber, space, cultural and civilisational

9 Nov 2020 10:47 AM IST

A boy plays cricket with a hockey stick as black clouds form over Prabhadevi beach in Mumbai. PTI photo

Shashi Warrier | The son also rises

Back to that VIP. It's the son's birthday today, and he's having a party I'll get my scotch there.

8 Nov 2020 4:26 AM IST

While reiterating their commitment to a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region , the two countries also committed to a common vision for the India-US Major Defence Partnership (MDP) to expand all aspects of their security and defence cooperation .

Amid new dawn in the US, India may now have to work differently

Most Indians may not know that in April India was earmarked as a Country of Particular Concern by the USCIRF

8 Nov 2020 4:21 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives with his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris. (AP)

Biden takes high road, Trumpism is still alive

A Biden presidency means both continuity and change

8 Nov 2020 4:14 AM IST

President Donald Trump supporter Steve Roberts plants campaign signs near the Seminole Heights Public Library polling precinct on November 3, 2020 in Tampa, United States. After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls on the last day to cast their vote for incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | A divided America is battling for its 'soul'

Gentle reader, democracy requires you to choose your side!

7 Nov 2020 11:50 AM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) speaks during the National Assembly session in Islamabad. (Handout photograph released by the Pakistans Press Information Department)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan in free fall is dangerous for India

Pakistan is in the news again, this time over looming threats to the Imran Khan government from a surprisingly united...

6 Nov 2020 1:05 PM IST

Jason Holder of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of Kieron Pollard of Mumbai Indians during Indian Premier League (IPL ) cricket match in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (PTI)

Raj Mohan Tella | IPL's purpose is to boost talent, but cricket should...

In the difficult times we live in now, when survival of businesses seems to be paramount, functionality is at the core

6 Nov 2020 1:00 PM IST

The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2020 Wave 1), released online late last month, reaffirms a positive trend: households in India, both rich and poor, are pinning their hopes on education as a passport to upward mobility, even in the times of Covid-19. (Representational Image: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Prioritise the needs of most vulnerable kids

The pandemic has once again sledgehammered the fact that in digital India, everyone is not equal

5 Nov 2020 1:35 PM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman before announcing the Budget 2019.

Dilip Cherian | Crunch time for babus preparing Budget 2021

Sources say that the first meeting of the budget preparing exercise took place with officials of the department of...

4 Nov 2020 3:47 PM IST