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Bhopinder Singh | Military vs Police: Why the Tensions Are Rising Between the ‘Two Uniforms’

Bhopinder Singh | Military vs Police: Why the Tensions Are Rising...

As political priorities shift, the value of policing eclipses the sacrifice of soldiers—an unsettling reality for a...

2 April 2025 8:56 PM IST

Anita Anand | Has social media ‘normalised’ hate, abuse, aggression in public forums?

Anita Anand | Has social media ‘normalised’ hate, abuse, aggression in...

As the Internet and the social media have become an integral part of our lives, the aggression and abrasiveness in our...

2 April 2025 12:30 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Can Bimstec help to counter Trump’s anti-global agenda?

K.C. Singh | Can Bimstec help to counter Trump’s anti-global agenda?

The China factor is back in play though the new government claims maintaining balanced dealings with India and China

2 April 2025 12:26 AM IST

Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Aakar Patel | Don’t just ‘reject’ USCIRF’s report, refute allegations...

This year these are Afghanistan, Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, India, Iran, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan,...

1 April 2025 1:28 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Norms for judges: Revise or shred, choice is open

Shikha Mukerjee | Norms for judges: Revise or shred, choice is open

Organisations like the Karni Sena, which once launched a campaign against distortions of Rajput history in the film...

1 April 2025 1:25 AM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | Media & unreasonable use of ‘reasonable restrictions’ | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | Media & unreasonable use of ‘reasonable restrictions’ |...

The judgment was categorical. “Seventy-five years into our republic, we cannot be seen to be so shaky on our...

30 March 2025 11:20 PM IST

R. Suresh | With a little help from my friends

R. Suresh | With a little help from my friends

But all of us friends had other friends too. M had prepared well for this. Already high from a generous dose of local...

30 March 2025 2:11 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | SC must punish dispensers of ‘bulldozer justice’ now

Pavan K. Varma | SC must punish dispensers of ‘bulldozer justice’ now

Recently, in the aftermath of communal violence that erupted in Nagpur following protests over a poster of Aurangzeb,...

30 March 2025 2:09 AM IST

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi attends the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Now it’ll be NJAC vs judges’ quotas; Mamata’s trip to...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been the target of sneers and jeers by Kolkata’s snotty brown sahibs over...

30 March 2025 2:06 AM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Vietnam vignettes: How a Communist country celebrates its entrepreneurs | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Vietnam vignettes: How a Communist country...

Hanoi, a city of a hundred lakes, has an island in the centre called Banana Island. No marks for guessing what it grows!

28 March 2025 10:49 PM IST

For Marathwada and Vidarbha region, the heatwave conditions will prevail, said an IMD official.

Dev 360 | Tackling extreme heat: Make it bigger priority | Patralekha...

A new report titled “Is India Ready for a Warming World? How Heat Resilience Measures Are Being Implemented for 11% of...

28 March 2025 10:46 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | After US, UK, EU; it’s time for India FTA with Russia

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | After US, UK, EU; it’s time for India FTA...

Despite this, however, at the height of the Cold War, the United States, in a bid to drive a wedge between its main...

28 March 2025 12:24 AM IST