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Both parties, prisoners of the predictable, continue to viciously kick each other in the shin even as the Chinese kick us on the border. PTI Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Why can't Indians unite in face of China threat?

The government must come clean on what the position on the Line of Actual Control is

29 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Congress, BJP fight media wars with young' Rahul fans...

The Congress tweeted its own version of a survey , showing that the majority felt Modi had lost the ability to...

29 Jun 2020 4:29 PM IST

What a life, when even a smile, once talked about emphatically as an important feature of ones personality, has almost lost its appeal. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Grit on side, some Indians still smiling

It is possible that the guest workers' walk to their rural roots has prompted the poorer people settled in cities to...

28 Jun 2020 7:10 PM IST

Medical staff wearing full protective gear talk about a patient in the COVID-19 ward at the Hospital Juarez, in Mexico City. AP Photo

Veena Das | The new normal' in healthcare a myth

Many patients from low-income neighborhoods tend to first access private providers, before turning to government-run...

28 Jun 2020 6:44 PM IST

There is talk of new faces in railways and finance.

Rejig buzz in railways, finance; Mukul, Scindia and Sarma hopeful

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to have assured them of weighty berths

28 Jun 2020 6:31 PM IST

Health workers screen residents for COVID-19 symptoms at Dharavi, one of Asias biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday. AP Photo

Amitabha Bhattacharya | The summer of discontent: Let's learn to live...

Would things have been better if the lockdown was announced earlier, say in late February or early March?

27 Jun 2020 6:22 PM IST

Statues of people long dead, and possibly of zero relevance to our times, should be dismissed, ignored, and removed if they have become painful reminders of something hateful in the past. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | 150 years of Mahatma: Why are we so touchy?

In the case of Mahatma Gandhi, why is our national outrage this pronounced?

27 Jun 2020 5:41 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Mahatma imperfect, but toppling history dooms you to...

Historical outrage against a person, nation, race, religion or caste, can be proved.

27 Jun 2020 2:40 AM IST

Indians have woken up to the other side of the India as a pharmacy to the developing world narrative

Dev 360 | Medicine and frontiers: The challenge that China poses

Globally, the pharma industry's demand for less stringent environmental regulations is a prickly issue

26 Jun 2020 5:49 PM IST

ITBP personnel practice yoga at Khardung La in Ladakh on June 21, 2020. (PTI)

Saikat Datta | India's intel agencies make no use of big data...

The Galwan Valley skirmish and the COVID-19 crisis have both showed up our intelligence frailties

26 Jun 2020 10:45 AM IST

Dilli ka Babu | Kerala cop hangs up his khaki

Observers note that Mr Thomas was a plain-speaking cop, who fell foul of the political establishment pretty early

25 Jun 2020 6:09 PM IST

US diplomats comments on India-China border issue nonsense, says China. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | Why the Chinese did what they have done

Of its 23 ongoing territorial disputes from 1949, China proposed generous concessions in as many as 17

24 Jun 2020 6:34 PM IST