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Kim Yo Jong, right, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (AP file photo)

S. Korea caught in crossfire between North and America

Chairman Kim Jong-un's younger sister Kim Yo-jong (KYJ) is an important top functionary of the North Korean regime

18 Jun 2020 6:25 PM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi sends a rising star to Tibet: Whats his plan?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi sends a rising star to Tibet: What's his...

Not much is known in this country about 57-year-old Lt. Gen. Xu Qiling, whom President Xi Jinping handpicked for the job

17 Jun 2020 5:35 PM IST

A scooterist tries to pass under an uprooted tree lying across a road, in the aftermath of the extremely severe cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata (PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu | Amphan goof-up: Social media has a good laugh, but...

While the mistake was detected and the photo removed, it had managed to go viral on social media platforms

17 Jun 2020 5:07 PM IST

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Anand K. Sahay | Chinese incursion: Why is Modi government so...

Modi doesn't have the privilege, unlike India's first leader did, of being the Mahatma's first disciple, and a visionary...

16 Jun 2020 6:11 PM IST

Unemployment at the beginning of the year was at eight per cent, the highest in Indias history. This was before the lockdown. Today it is around 20 per cent. PTI Photo

Aakar Patel | Modi and his bhakts, and the reality of today's India

Meanwhile, as if oblivious to the reality of the decline of India, Modi continues with his political games

16 Jun 2020 4:37 PM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Amid corona crisis, it's politics as usual for BJP

Union home minister and former party president Amit Shah held a virtual rally in Bihar

15 Jun 2020 6:46 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

Anita Katyal | Is ordinary' PM trying to steal a march on Nehru the...

Mr Modi's letters are described as conversations with Mother Goddess and his feelings of fear and anxiety

15 Jun 2020 6:22 PM IST

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Shashi Warrier | Principle of politics: Know your enemy

The ideology fellows say that society or countries or whatever must follow such-and-such rules to achieve happiness in...

14 Jun 2020 6:08 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia (PTI)

Waqyanawis | Coronavirus almost overtook Scindia's ministerial agenda

Scindia was in a posh Delhi hospital battling the Coronavirus even while his Rajya Sabha poll is slated for later this...

14 Jun 2020 5:28 PM IST

Publishers are doing everything to keep the book reading culture alive during this pandemic time. AFP Photo

Rachna Chhabria | Will printed word comfort and inform post-Covid?

Book sales in India aren't usually very high and the lockdown further plummeted these sales

14 Jun 2020 4:45 PM IST

Protesters march and hold signs near the Minneapolis 1st Police precinct during a demonstration against police brutality and racism on June 13, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | Collective subconscious demands redress, but fair...

The Black Lives Matter movement of the US demanded an end to the powers that allow American police to discriminate...

14 Jun 2020 4:20 PM IST

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Patralekha | Why Covid-19 pandemic is now personal

The lack of trust between the Centre and Opposition-ruled states is a huge stumbling block

13 Jun 2020 6:09 PM IST