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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attend a joint news conference following their talks in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Russian power play sees a key South Asian reset

The hyphenation of India and Pakistan for a high-profile Russian visit is a first of its kind

10 April 2021 12:05 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | All changes not a revolution': History can't be just...

Bloody Myanmar today is not a revolution, it is an imposed change of regime, best described as a fascist military coup

10 April 2021 12:05 AM IST

Saeed Naqvi | Syria is still in the eye of the storm even after 10...

The free run the US and regional allies like Saudi Arabia had to alter the ground realities in Syria ended when the...

9 April 2021 4:26 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Force majeure' can't be fig leaf for naked greed

It will be interesting to know if the government has been told by Reliance or Airtel of their inability to pay the...

9 April 2021 4:13 AM IST

Even as government health advisories tell ordinary people to observe social distancing, avoid big crowds and wear masks at all times, there is ample evidence of many politicians on the campaign trail doing just the opposite. (Representational Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | As Covid-19 spikes, the season of fear is back

We got here because of complacency, by ignoring early alerts by health experts

8 April 2021 4:21 AM IST

Mallika Srinivasan, chairman and MD of tractors and farm equipment (TAFE), is the first private sector specialist to be appointed as the head of PESB for a three-year term. (Image credit: Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | At last PESB has a chief; she has her task cut out

Hopefully, her appointment will now end the delayed crucial appointments to top management posts in central public...

7 April 2021 7:20 AM IST

Security personnel pay tribute to CRPF jawan Shambhu Roy, who died in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh, during his funeral ceremony at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district on April 6, 2021. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Need to rethink strategy to tackle Maoist...

It is possible that some of the J&K separatists and the Naxalites are fanatical ideologues, but there are many others...

7 April 2021 7:16 AM IST

Mr Biden can do even more to help the world rid itself of the pandemic. (Photo: AFP)

A.G. Noorani | America sinking to a new low in crass diplomacy

One had thought that President Joe Biden would break with his predecessor Donald Trump's crudeness

6 April 2021 7:39 AM IST

The YarlungTsangpo, which becomes the Siang on entering Arunachal Pradesh and later the Brahmaputra in Assam (and the Meghna in Bangladesh) is one of the most eco-sensitive regions of the planet. (Representational image: AFP)

Claude Arpi | Hydro, rail projects in Tibet a threat to India

A series of nine hydropower plants in cascade will definitely threaten life across the whole of India's Northeast region

6 April 2021 7:27 AM IST

Given the kind of links that China has established with all major economies, it remains to be seen how effective the Quad countries can be in decoupling themselves from China. (AFP file photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Quad Quandary: Of social intimacy, political conflict

India cannot ignore the fact that Australia, Japan and the United States continue to do far more business with China...

5 April 2021 7:39 AM IST

If the BJP, now in power at the Centre, could run the vaccination programme as efficiently as it seeks to run elections, we could perhaps see light at the end of this dark tunnel. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K Varma | If only BJP were as good at vaccination as it's at...

The government I am sure is doing its best, but its best falls short, I am sorry to say, of the optimum

4 April 2021 4:52 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | Of everyone's friends' and being a public enemy

The other day there was a message on WhatsApp that our MLA would be visiting the nearby Primary Health Centre, or PHC,...

4 April 2021 4:19 AM IST