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PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

Shobhaa De | Plug and play, says PM: Enter political gaming!

The sort of administrative negligence one comes across is mind-numbing, to say the least

13 Jun 2020 5:42 PM IST

Capitalism, in other words, kept a wary eye on all transitions away from its stranglehold

Saeed Naqvi | Can US riots be compared with India's millions walking...

The vigour and success of a free society covered up an undercurrent of flaws like racism from the start

12 Jun 2020 6:55 PM IST

Supreme Court issued a notice to government and others on PIL against lay-offs and salary cuts in media industry. (PTI Photo)

Abdul Khaliq | Dismantling quotas, bit by inseparable bit

Dalits have been assaulted for daring to ride a horse; killed for sitting cross-legged; and thrashed for wearing mojris

12 Jun 2020 6:02 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | India vs China: Is give and take still possible?

At Galwan, the PLA found an unguarded but very strategic spot on the LAC and occupied it

10 Jun 2020 7:01 PM IST

Senior IPS officer V.K. Singh

Dilli Ka Babu: Senior cop disgruntled by delayed promotion

Turns out that at least six states have witnessed a rather quick turnover of principal health secretaries during the...

10 Jun 2020 6:31 PM IST

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrives during her visit to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Taipei. (AFP)

Skand Tayal | Heed Sardar: Rethink China line, ramp up Taiwan links

The subtle messages being sent by the Sangh Parivar on Tibet and Taiwan should be examined very seriously by Beijing

10 Jun 2020 2:57 AM IST

Doctors examines people during a free medical camp in Dharavi, one of Asias largest slums in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari | India's bankruptcy of infra, ideas on display

After the lockdown was announced it is indeed intriguing why the health minister Harshvardhan was not briefing the...

10 Jun 2020 2:19 AM IST

In this file photo taken on August 29, 2019 a Changpa nomad shepherd puts pashmina goats out to pasture near Korzok village in the Leh district of Ladakh. AP Photo

Aakar Patel | China's long-term game: What does it really want?

From May, China has physically stopped Indian patrols from proceeding beyond Finger 4, effectively giving China full...

9 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

Cities across Europe and elsewhere in the world filled with demonstrations decrying racism in America. AFP Photp

Maura Moynihan | US in turmoil: Is China instigating the violence?

The rapid escalation of violence in recent days has the American media focused mainly on the militarisation of the...

8 Jun 2020 6:35 PM IST

The lockdown is beginning to splinter with the cabinet issuing confusing instructions to citizens. AFP Photo

Kishwar Desai | Boris Johnson loses clout in Parliament

Having survived Covid, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going through an annihilation by politics

8 Jun 2020 6:18 PM IST

Volunteers wearing protective suits conduct thermal tests at Dharavi, during the fifth phase of the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Covid paranoia, and some cogitations

Frankly, seeing everyone in almost same type and colour of masks is just making this lockdown phase more uninteresting

7 Jun 2020 5:52 PM IST

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar

Waqyanawis | What got Sharad's tongue when it came to PM-Cares?

Opposition parties constantly attack the opacity of PM-Cares fund but the joint Opposition meeting didn't have any...

7 Jun 2020 5:13 PM IST