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WB asks Railways not to send Shramik Special trains to state till May 26 in view of Cyclone Amphan. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Unlock' rules are illogical: If flights allowed, why not...

The Indian Railways is still by and large largely shut, and has been shut since the lockdown began

1 Sept 2020 5:34 PM IST

A woman rides a scooter past an advertising board outside a closed down branch of STA Travel near Victoria Station in central London. AFP Photo

Kishwar Desai | The latest ruse to meet people; e-cycles are the new...

How London traffic will cope with bicycles as well as e-cycles remains to be seen

31 Aug 2020 5:35 PM IST

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