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Claude Arpi | How Xi Jinping failed to learn the basics from Tzu's Art...

It's not that the new Great Helmsman hasn't received military training

28 July 2020 5:54 PM IST

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot leaves from a hotel, in Jaipur, Saturday. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis | Sibal, Singhvi, Randeep, Tankha who's to blame for...

In-house legal eagles are engaged in a full-fledged blame game over the Rajasthan fiasco

26 July 2020 6:49 PM IST

There are numerous cases of persons themselves not being aware that they have mild symptoms. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | COVID-19, the new excuse to other' your neighbour

Covid-19 has exposed the harsher face of another reality, the anti-poor bias and the invisibilising of the poor

26 July 2020 6:05 PM IST

One stoically reads about the saddest tales of grit, survival, defeat and loss during these terrible times of unprecedented suffering across the world. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | Drastic survival steps to live through COVID times

With no signs of abatement, most of us are now resigned to a bleak future with dark clouds on the horizon

25 July 2020 6:43 PM IST

The Islamist attacks in India were, in all instances, politically motivated spreading terror in the name of a neighbouring state. AFP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | Is Islamism' unjustified? It is, but so is women'

The objection is that the terms associate mass murder with Islam and that gives rise to Islamophobia and racism

25 July 2020 5:44 PM IST

: Workers stitch personal protective equipment (PPE) suits at a private manufacturing unit during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Vijayawada. PTI Photo

Dev 360 | A quality challenge for Atma Nirbhar Bharat

Atmanirbharta and Make in India must meet the quality challenge at home as well as abroad

24 July 2020 1:54 AM IST

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan keep a watch on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway ahead of the start of annual Amarnath Yatra, near Jammu. PTI Photo

Dilli ka Babu | IAS officer from Bihar first to get domicile rights to...

Navin Kumar Choudhary, a senior IAS officer from Bihar, has become the first bureaucrat to get domicile rights in the...

22 July 2020 6:38 PM IST

Children attend a tele-learning class at their home displayed on Kalvi TV channel, an education tele-learning initiative set up by the Department of School Education to allow students from class 2 to 10 to continue with their curriculums as schools remain closed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai. AFP Photo

Devi Kar | Learning virtually: Key is to keep kids engaged

The pursuit of higher studies involving admission procedures of colleges and entry into various professional courses...

22 July 2020 5:52 PM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | What my dog taught me about 'No Trespassing' signs

Corruption is India's favourite conversation topic, We love discussing it and bemoaning its all pervasiveness

21 July 2020 5:09 PM IST

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Aakar Patel | Modiji the 2-minute decision-maker

PM Modi said in a very fine interview with Madhu Kishwar that he doesn't read files as he can't govern through academic...

21 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London . AFP Photo

Kishwar Desai | Westminster revamp sooner, will the British cabinet...

However, there will be problems as Westminster has not only parliamentarians but also large numbers of workers, at all...

20 July 2020 4:54 PM 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

Manish Tewari | Parliament oversight key for reforms in intelligence...

There is an unnecessary and manufactured culture of secrecy enveloping our national security establishment

20 July 2020 4:34 PM IST