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This combination of pictures created on November 4, 2020 shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gestures after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, and US President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States Tuesday -- and a long night of waiting for results in key battlegrounds on the cards. (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Will Biden win in US, but Trump still be President?

Like Americans, most of the world believes that the US President is the most powerful person in the world

4 Nov 2020 3:09 PM IST

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland. AP

As US votes today, the world holds its breath

The stakes are high both for America and the world as the policy schism between Democrats and Republicans has never been...

3 Nov 2020 12:58 AM IST

A woman wearing a face covering to curb the spread of coronavirus walks past the window of a GAP clothing store just off Oxford Street, in London, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new month-long lockdown for England that will start on Thursday, after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Why Covid stress affects the young; UK gets ready for...

Even on the Covid front, situation in UK is getting worse rather than better

2 Nov 2020 8:43 PM IST

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung addresses a press conference in Kolkata on 21 October 2020. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | TMC realpolitik, BJP & future of Gorkhaland'

This time the spark was lit by the October 7 invitation to talks to discuss issues related to Gorkhaland by the Union...

2 Nov 2020 10:55 AM IST

Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar City, was reeling under winter chill and witnessed the seasons first snowfall earlier this month. (Photo: AFP)

Winter upon us, so's the season of scapegoating

Winter is nearly here, and will be a long litany of horrors, unless we act to prevent them.

1 Nov 2020 4:51 PM IST

Referring to a recent survey report, Tejaswi Yadav said that more than 75 percent ministers in the new NDA regime are tainted and facing criminal charges including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (Photo: PTI/File)

Anita Katyal | Will savarnas buy RJD pitch?

The RJD leader ensures he is flanked on either side by RJD's Bihar chief Jagdanand Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha at...

1 Nov 2020 4:39 PM IST

French soldiers and Municipal Police officers stand behind a cordon-off area near the Orthodox Church where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting before fleeing, on October 31, 2020 in Lyon, said a police source. - The priest, who has Greek nationality, was closing his church when the attack happened and is now in a serious condition, said the source, who asked not to be named. (AFP)

Pavan K Varma | India must set example of pluralism, tolerance

India's civilisational history presents the best example of a plural society.

1 Nov 2020 4:27 PM IST

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav addresses during the second leg of campaign for Bihar assembly polls, in Samastipur district, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Battle for Bihar: Super flop or a blockbuster?

It's time for Battle cry Bihar ! And this stellar star cast can take the pants off just about any actor from Bollywood

31 Oct 2020 9:48 AM IST

Tata Sons interim chairman Ratan Tata

Farrukh Dhondy | Communist MP in Britain was Tata's cousin, Gandhi's...

The book is called Comrade Sak and is written by Mark Wadsworth, a black British writer with Caribbean roots

31 Oct 2020 9:42 AM IST

Arun Shourie is former BJP member and was Cabinet minister during Atal Bihari Vajpayees rule. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Death talk: Euthanasia tales amid Covid times

The question this mesmerising account raises is did Arun's father, HD Shourie commit euthanasia?

30 Oct 2020 9:52 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020.(AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stop Dragon's free ride, don't let it exploit...

The Chinese Communist Party's mission to humiliate India has become more diabolical by the day

30 Oct 2020 9:46 AM IST

CM Manohar Lal Khattar being greeted by then Chief Secretary D.S. Dhesi in 2019. (Twitter/@cmohry)

Dilip Cherian | Dhesi, Khattar's favourite, gets a second innings

It is likely that Dhesi will become another power centre in the CMO, with all important files meant for Khattar being...

29 Oct 2020 9:58 AM IST