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Rahul Gandhi (AFP file photo)

Anita Katyal | Rahul starts his Telegram channel; would New Delhi...

China is learnt to have intervened to ensure that Oli remains in office

13 July 2020 6:05 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to be furious over the damage to Indias position and the embarrassment it has caused him personally. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis | Challenged at LAC, PM unhappy with corps commander, CDS

The PM is said to have given General Rawat a piece of his mind at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security

12 July 2020 7:06 PM IST

The extended lockdown period has affected the production of contraceptives all over the world. PTI Photo

Sweta Dash | How the pandemic has hurt the health and rights of women

It would not be a far stretch to say that India never really demonstrated a very commendable progress in sexual and...

12 July 2020 6:40 PM IST

Not all cancers yield readily to treatment, but there are new ways to detect cancer early, and to treat it successfully. Representational Image

Shashi Warrier | Here's to you, Dr Mary Kuriakose

Doctors and technology have made huge differences to lives, but sometimes, in individual cases, there's also the matter...

12 July 2020 6:05 PM IST

Students wearing facemasks sit in a classroom after their school was reopened in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP Photo

Wilima Wadhwa | Foundational learning a vital need, in India and...

According to Unesco, in the beginning of April 2020, schools had closed across 194 countries, affecting 1.6 billion...

11 July 2020 7:10 PM IST

Police inspect the encounter site where gangster Vikas Dubey was killed when he allegedly tried to escape from the spot following an accident, near Kanpur. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | Gangsterism in politics: Vikas Dubey in UP's Wild West

Dubey's subsequent arrest and murder are clearly a part of the huge coverup, now that the game is up

11 July 2020 6:38 PM IST

COVID-19 patients inside an isolation ward in Shehnai Banquet Hall near LNJP Hospital, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Dev 360 | Lessons from our patchwork pandemic, state by state

Currently, the big story is the surge in number of new infections in the southern states

10 July 2020 5:19 PM IST

For India, it may be the worst of times, despite the dubious, so-called retreat from Galwan . PTI Photo

Saikat Datta | Losing face to the Chinese

The ongoing disengagement is a setback to India's strategic interests

9 July 2020 10:52 PM IST

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Dilli ka Babu | Railways relooks at its spending

Apparently, the traffic earnings of the railways dropped by 58 per cent at the end of May as compared to the...

9 July 2020 8:18 PM IST

China accuses India of crossing boundary line in Galwan Valley. (AFP Photo)

Skand Tayal | Asean resists bullying by China in SCS

China's pre-meditated aggression all around its neighbourhood is a matter of deep concern

8 July 2020 5:13 PM IST

In this file photo dated Thursday, June 12, 2008, of Syed Ali Shah Geelani waves at a crowd, in Srinagar. Geelani, the lifetime chairman of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference, made a surprise announcement of completely dissociating himself from the 16-party amalgam. PTI Photo

Anand K. Sahay | Geelani's exit hints to a possible shift in Kashmir...

The Mirwaiz and Geelani factions of the Hurriyat had no popular leaders in their ranks

8 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (AFP)

Manish Tewari | Study Ancient China to learn to tackle Beijing

In 1839, China declared war on drugs by impounding over 1,000 tons of opium from British dealers in Canton (modern...

7 July 2020 6:07 PM IST