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The plane was on its way from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Belitung province, to Batam in the Riau Islands. (Photo: Representational Image)

AA Edit: New Refund Rule To Aid Fliers

At the heart of the proposal is the introduction of a 48-hour “look-in” window, which allows passengers to cancel or...

6 Nov 2025 12:06 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | The Battle For Bihar: Democracy Is Dead…Long Live Democracy!

Mohan Guruswamy | The Battle For Bihar: Democracy Is Dead…Long Live...

The democratic path depends most upon one human quality: restraint. From restraint flows the spirit of accommodation,...

4 Nov 2025 10:38 PM IST

Manash Ghosh | Yunus Bid For Silent Coup To Humiliate B’desh Army

Manash Ghosh | Yunus Bid For Silent Coup To Humiliate B’desh Army

Mr Yunus’ real objective is to raise an armed Islamic militia on the lines of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, whose...

4 Nov 2025 10:03 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Why ‘Smart Cities’ Project Never Took Off In India, And Was Quietly Shelved

Aakar Patel | Why ‘Smart Cities’ Project Never Took Off In India, And...

The “Smart Cities” mission was set up with a concept note that said the aim was to make cities that would offer “decent...

3 Nov 2025 8:43 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan| Stalled J&K Statehood: Engineered Instability

Bharat Bhushan| Stalled J&K Statehood: Engineered Instability

Karl Marx in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte observed that man makes history not “out of the whole cloth” but...

3 Nov 2025 7:26 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | Why Our Schools Need To Start Sex Education Sooner, Rather Than Later

John J. Kennedy | Why Our Schools Need To Start Sex Education Sooner,...

In 2009, a parliamentary committee led by M. Venkaiah Naidu even declared that sex education “pollutes young minds”

2 Nov 2025 10:25 PM IST

Manish Tewari | Global Shift In Mediation: Why West Can’t Call Shots

Manish Tewari | Global Shift In Mediation: Why West Can’t Call Shots

Today, a radical shift has occurred; European and Western actors are increasingly marginalised, while mediators are...

2 Nov 2025 9:50 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | You, I and AI In This Beautiful World

Shashi Warrier | You, I and AI In This Beautiful World

We had both become old and staid and I hoped he wouldn’t reminisce too much about the old days because Prita didn’t know...

2 Nov 2025 1:12 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Trump-Xi Interim Truce Narrows Strategic Space

K.C. Singh | Trump-Xi Interim Truce Narrows Strategic Space

The other one was the long-awaited meeting of the Chinese and US Presidents, which took place at an airbase near South...

2 Nov 2025 1:01 AM IST

Anita Anand | Three Children For Hindu Families? Women Must Say ‘No’ to RSS’ Call

Anita Anand | Three Children For Hindu Families? Women Must Say ‘No’...

The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in 1950 was 5.7 live births per woman. In 2025, this figure has decreased to 1.9 live...

2 Nov 2025 12:53 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Get Ready To Meet Our desi bhooths… It’s Halloween!

Shobhaa De | Get Ready To Meet Our desi bhooths… It’s Halloween!

Good question. I recall the first ever Halloween society party which I attended in Mumbai around thirty years ago. It...

31 Oct 2025 11:21 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Will UK Investigate And Crack Down On Pak ‘Mirpuri’ Link To Grooming Gangs? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Will UK Investigate And Crack Down On Pak...

Then there’s Elon the lone Musketeer who presumes that because he has stacks of dollars, made on the backs of and...

31 Oct 2025 9:43 PM IST