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President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

Sanjaya Baru | Trump to Biden: Modi's US ties in need of reset

How Mr Modi intends to redefine and rework his approach to the new America of Mr Biden and Ms Harris remains to be seen

25 Jan 2021 7:28 AM IST

Congress party MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Anita Katyal | Kharge or Sharma: Who will succeed Azad in LS?

Despite the Congress party's poor bench strength, the veteran leader managed to get under the government's skin on...

24 Jan 2021 7:47 AM IST

US President Donald Trump walks over to speak with the press after arriving on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown. (AP)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Trump, and the art of leaving

But was it also Trump's bid to trash Washington and American democracy, if he could no longer preside over it

24 Jan 2021 7:29 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Resist new usurpers of Hindu's eternal legacy

Hindus have been used to being Hindus in a self-assured way without being told that there is a higher 'authority' that...

24 Jan 2021 7:13 AM IST

Income Tax Department cautions people against phishing e-mails promising refund. (PTI Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Hoax on TV anchor is a wake-up call on fake offers

Gentle reader, Ms Razdan is not the only one to have fallen for fake offers which arrive through the Internet

23 Jan 2021 12:07 AM IST

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)

Shobhaa De | Vaccine hai to hum hai: Get ready for the vaxxie!

Come on Bollywood pull out a few cool 'vaxxie' looks. Airport looks are so 2020!

23 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

A file photo of the doctors from Osmania General Hospital who were vaccinated ( Image Source: DC Image)

Transparency needed to remove all vaccine fears

Frankly, it's not just bizarre but deplorable to frame differences over the efficacy of Covaxin as issues of national...

22 Jan 2021 6:36 AM IST

Peace at home, constitutionalism, rule of law and respect for human rights is a precondition to any genuine partnership abroad with major democracies recovering from the right-wing onslaught on their institutions. (Photo:AP)

K.C. Singh | India, world must gear up as Biden era begins

While India would be happy with the tone and tenor on China, though what the new China containment strategy will be is...

21 Jan 2021 4:53 AM IST

Free to air views, ex-babus square up in letters war' on love jihad'...

The love jihad law legislated by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has triggered a letter war between...

21 Jan 2021 4:15 AM IST

Mr Biden has a difficult, complex, sensitive job on his hands. If he succeeds, an impulse toward future insurgencies can be held in check. (Photo:AP)

Anand K. Sahay | Biden has tough task, to keep autocrats in check

Biden will no doubt be deeply conscious that he comes in as the chief at a deeply corroding moment in American life

20 Jan 2021 12:08 AM IST

KJU designated the United States as its biggest enemy, but also kept the door for dialogue ajar by asserting that the US changing its hostile policy was necessary to establish better ties. (Photo:AFP)

Skand Tayal | North Korea's Kim sends a clear signal to new US Prez

Kim Jong Un issued a stern warning to the incoming Biden administration, threatening to expand its nuclear arsenal

20 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Nehru a model of modernity Why his vision & legacy...

The problem is that nobody in the world of Hindutva has any vision good, bad or indifferent when compared to Nehru

19 Jan 2021 6:49 AM IST