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A man plays a guitar in front of riot police line during Belarusian opposition supporters rally near the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus

Manish Tewari | The centrality of dissent

Ultimately what remains are the voices of dissidents celebrated for speaking truth to power, for attempting a...

31 Aug 2020 5:07 PM IST

Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (L) and Senator from California and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris greet supporters outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. AFP Photo

K.C. Singh | Is Modi government ready for Biden-Harris sarkar?

US voters are living through mishandled pandemic, economic chaos and racial tension caused street violence

30 Aug 2020 2:26 AM IST

Waqyanawis | 23 vs 23: Is affable Ahmed Patel the villain' of the...

The grudge against otherwise affable Patel is that he is pushing his favourites at all levels of the Congress hierarchy

30 Aug 2020 1:16 AM 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

Claude Arpi | Chinese mischief likely in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand

The first Chinese incursion in Barahoti, in today's Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, occurred in June 1954

29 Aug 2020 4:30 PM IST

A couple kiss as they visit an outdoor light immersive experience exhibition during the 2020 Beijing International Light Festival at a park in Beijing. AFP Photo

Shreya Sen-Handley | The pandemic kissiquette

Since kissing from two metres away is a physical impossibility, this rule isn't hard to maintain except for politicians...

28 Aug 2020 8:00 PM IST

Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi chairs a virtual meeting with Chief Ministers of 7 states to discuss various issues, in New Delhi

Anand K Sahay | It's time for Congress to change its culture'

The ruling party's object, no doubt, is to spread a sense of deepening organisational crisis in the Congress

28 Aug 2020 7:06 PM IST

Workers at a flyover construction site during reimposed weekend lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu. AP Photo

Sunanda K Datta-Ray | After COVID devastation, India to need...

If the pandemic does end in two years, as WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus predicts, it will leave behind...

26 Aug 2020 8:02 PM IST

Girish Chandra Murmu was speaking at a meeting convened in Jammu to review the progress of various steps taken for the development of the tourism sector. (Photo: Twitter)

Dilli ka Babu | Audit service is unhappy over G.C. Murmu as CAG

Sources say that in becoming CAG, Murmu who is from the 1985-batch Gujarat cadre of the IAS, has superseded at least six...

26 Aug 2020 5:47 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Dawood, D-Company and Pakistan's terror links

D-Company became a well-known name across India as it deeply involved itself with Pakistan-sponsored transnational proxy...

25 Aug 2020 7:56 PM IST

The fastest growing economies in the world, and its biggest the United States, China, Japan and most of western Europe -- have the highest debt/GDP ratios. PTI Photo

Mohan Guruswamy | India's economic challenges: A matter of philosophy

The government tends to be conservative in its outlook and has made no serious suggestion on an economic stimulus

25 Aug 2020 6:25 PM IST

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty leaves Enforcement Directorate (ED) office after being questioned in connection to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in Mumbai. PTI photo

Aakar Patel | Why are we so obsessed about a Bollywood actor's death?

Will the voter determine whether or not to vote for them based on a Bollywood event?

25 Aug 2020 5:19 PM IST

Students hold placards as they protest outside the Department for Education in central London to protest against the downgrading of A-level results. AFP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | UK's 'Fair Grades Matter' movement, where BoJo...

What I would call the Fair Exam Grades Matter movement now took to the streets

24 Aug 2020 4:58 PM IST