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Children attend a tele-learning class at their home displayed on Kalvi TV channel, an education tele-learning initiative set up by the Department of School Education to allow students from class 2 to 10 to continue with their curriculums as schools remain closed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai. AFP Photo

Devi Kar | Learning virtually: Key is to keep kids engaged

The pursuit of higher studies involving admission procedures of colleges and entry into various professional courses...

22 July 2020 5:52 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | What my dog taught me about 'No Trespassing' signs

Corruption is India's favourite conversation topic, We love discussing it and bemoaning its all pervasiveness

21 July 2020 5:09 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Modiji the 2-minute decision-maker

PM Modi said in a very fine interview with Madhu Kishwar that he doesn't read files as he can't govern through academic...

21 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London . AFP Photo

Kishwar Desai | Westminster revamp sooner, will the British cabinet...

However, there will be problems as Westminster has not only parliamentarians but also large numbers of workers, at all...

20 July 2020 4:54 PM IST

An Indian army vehicle moves towards Ladakh, amid India-China border dispute in eastern Ladakh, at Bara-lacha la mountain pass in Lahual district. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari | Parliament oversight key for reforms in intelligence...

There is an unnecessary and manufactured culture of secrecy enveloping our national security establishment

20 July 2020 4:34 PM IST

Ram Gopal Varma

Sowjanya Tamalapakula | Rape, honour killings: Can RGV offer a true...

It must be remembered that it is important to protect the survivors of crime from further violence

19 July 2020 5:00 PM IST

In this file photo the rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot (R) is seen with the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi during a rally in Jaipur. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis | Gandhis in a dilemma as Ashok Gehlot kept enemies closer

The Gandhis are now in a dilemma. Their stated position of opposing anyone having truck with the BJP is compromised

19 July 2020 4:33 PM IST

File photo of UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak (right) speaking to employees during a visit to a factory in Worcester, central England earlier this month. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Rishi and Priti bring us Bringapore

We're beginning to see the shape of the post-COVID UK: Freeports all around but a wall in the channel

18 July 2020 12:43 AM IST

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has survived Sachin Pilots challenge but there is little doubt that the BJP is out to dislodge him. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | Why the BJP is like the fox in the chicken coop

Ashok Gehlot has survived for now but he must know the BJP has put a mark on him

18 July 2020 12:04 AM IST

(From left) Sachin Pilot with Ashok Gehlot

Parsa | A failed coup & intolerant CM fuels Raj sarkar crisis

There is room only for one leader, It is the same culture that has been enacted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the...

16 July 2020 6:57 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | With cinema as guide, is conflict the destiny of India &...

Let's begin with Breaking with Old Ideas on China during Mao's Great Leap Forward

16 July 2020 5:24 PM IST

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers guard a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir (AFP)

The Line of Actual Concern

The Chinese goal is to remap the areas it is occupying militarily to suit its strategic purposes.

16 July 2020 11:11 AM IST