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Farrukh Dhondy | Mahatma imperfect, but toppling history dooms you to...

Historical outrage against a person, nation, race, religion or caste, can be proved.

27 Jun 2020 2:40 AM IST

Indians have woken up to the other side of the India as a pharmacy to the developing world narrative

Dev 360 | Medicine and frontiers: The challenge that China poses

Globally, the pharma industry's demand for less stringent environmental regulations is a prickly issue

26 Jun 2020 5:49 PM IST

ITBP personnel practice yoga at Khardung La in Ladakh on June 21, 2020. (PTI)

Saikat Datta | India's intel agencies make no use of big data...

The Galwan Valley skirmish and the COVID-19 crisis have both showed up our intelligence frailties

26 Jun 2020 10:45 AM IST

Dilli ka Babu | Kerala cop hangs up his khaki

Observers note that Mr Thomas was a plain-speaking cop, who fell foul of the political establishment pretty early

25 Jun 2020 6:09 PM IST

US diplomats comments on India-China border issue nonsense, says China. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | Why the Chinese did what they have done

Of its 23 ongoing territorial disputes from 1949, China proposed generous concessions in as many as 17

24 Jun 2020 6:34 PM IST

An Indian fighter jet flies over a mountain range near Leh, the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh. AP Photo

Syed Ata Hasnain | Reset Sino-Indian ties: A long road lies ahead

There appears to be a long haul staring us in the face, and it needs a quick but detailed think through

24 Jun 2020 4:43 PM IST

Indian border security force soldiers keep vigil near a military bunker along the Srinagar-Leh National highway on June 17, 2020. (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Limited options: Next war's nature changing

The question we must ponder over is whether we ready for a bigger conflict with China?

23 Jun 2020 5:53 PM IST

adhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP State President VD Sharma, BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and other leaders pay tribute to Jansangh founder leader Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, on his death anniversary, at BJP State headquarters in Bhopal. PTI Photo

Aakar Patel | As BJP's story evolves, will Bengal set tone for its...

The story of BJP, which began in Bengal with Mookerjee, is poised to return to that state very soon

23 Jun 2020 4:44 PM IST

Commuters wearing a face mask travel on TfL Victoria Line underground train carriages, heading towards central London, on June 15, 2020 (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | UK cautiously looks ahead, to local travel and...

There are reports that the government might relax the social distancing rule as the economy needs to pick up

22 Jun 2020 5:53 PM IST

ITBP personnel practice yoga at Khardung La in Ladakh on June 21, 2020. (PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | China has multi-front strategy and India must...

South China Sea, Hong Kong, the Taiwan Strait and now Ladakh something is brewing in Beijing

22 Jun 2020 12:10 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi and national security adviser Ajit Doval (PTI)

Waqyanawis | India not up for military action; NSA, CDS keep low...

The Delhi government is busy converting posh, five-star hotels into Covid-19 hospitals in the national capital

21 Jun 2020 5:11 PM IST

Representational image (Twitter)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Three Short Tales On Art

In some cases, the publishing houses have been sold, lock, stock and barrel

21 Jun 2020 4:54 PM IST