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Asad Durrani | The Three Ks: Some old ideas revisited

The concept was heavy on strategy and avoided concrete steps unless they were required to illustrate an argument

12 Jan 2021 10:44 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Sitharaman's Third Act: What'll be her Big Idea?

The FM can spend money and secure early results and Ms Sitharaman has promised to spend a trillion rupees on...

11 Jan 2021 7:18 AM IST

Majority of the Punjabi singers have supported the farmers in the ongoing protest. (Photo:PTI)

Anita Katyal | Divide and win Sikh farmers; artist's mighty snub to...

It would seem that the BJP is playing a cat-and-mouse game with former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who joined...

10 Jan 2021 8:40 AM IST

The work is the latest in a series of studies from Waller and colleagues using observation to assess a variety of aspects of parenting. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | C-virus funk? Relax, and respect the kids

There are so many moving parts, any of which could pitch the game against the parent or the child

10 Jan 2021 7:32 AM IST

Justice Sanjiv Khanna (Photo credit : Wikipedia)

Pavan K. Varma | Why J. Khanna dissented from Central Vista ruling

Justice Sanjiv Khanna, in his dissenting judgment, used a very telling expression to describe the undemocratic opacity...

10 Jan 2021 7:17 AM IST

An illustration picture taken on November 19, 2020, shows a vial with Covid-19 Vaccine sticker, a syringe and an earth globe. (AFP)

Of Chinese virus, Spanish flu, UK strain: Do points of origin matter?

Of course, viruses, just like us Parsis, are sometimes named after the things we do and sometimes after the places from...

9 Jan 2021 7:38 AM IST

Indian Parliament (Image credit : Wikipedia)

Ashwani Kumar | Reassert core' values & halt democracy's decay

As the highest forum of democracy, Parliament too cannot escape its share of responsibility for our faltering record on...

9 Jan 2021 7:21 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. (PTI)

Karan Thapar | Hindus and patriotism: Why RSS chief is wrong

However, I suspect that Mr Bhagwat would simply brush aside all the evidence of history that I have just marshalled

8 Jan 2021 4:49 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Mary Mitzy | Ensuring justice in virtual courts: Who controls the mute...

Today, nine months on, the Supreme Court still takes up only urgent matters for hearing

8 Jan 2021 4:06 AM IST

Well-known Thai artist Lampun Kansanohs caricature of the Thai PM at the Biennale.

Lekha Shankar | Life follows art, at Bangkok Biennale

It is not a coincidence that 25 international artists of the Biennale took a stand supporting the political protesters...

7 Jan 2021 8:51 PM IST

Could it be that there are many more attractive alternative career paths available now that are more rewarding financially and career-wise than what the civil service can offer to our brightest?

Dilip Cherian | India's toppers no longer find civil services a dream...

For decades, the civil services have enjoyed an unparalleled social standing

7 Jan 2021 4:15 AM IST

The controversy, however, is more about the drug regulators emergency approval to the second coronavirus vaccine, the indigenously produced Covaxin, before critical efficacy data of the third phase of clinical trials are out.

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why trust needs to be the key word in 2021

Opacity in decision-making, attempts to gloss over mistakes or polarise the populace on any count will punch holes in...

7 Jan 2021 4:00 AM IST