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Israel has been striking targets throughout Gaza since a bloody, cross-border attack by Hamas militants killed over 1,300 and captured many Israelis on Oct. 7. (AP/PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | The Gaza war: Has Israel now lost its heroic sheen?

Israel heroically defied the odds and many writers like the late Leon Uris captured this new spirit of the Israeli people.

17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Transparency in Modi era? CAG’s working shows it remains opaque

It is hard to reconcile these words with the actual actions of Mr Modi and his government on vital issues where opacity was promoted.

17 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

Kishwar Desi | Madonna gives the world hope; Keir Starmer is the coolest one

Madonna re-imagined life for post-menopause women with six children

16 Oct 2023 12:42 AM

Even today, the Delhi and Hyderabad airports outshine Frankfurt and JFK. (AP File Image)

Sanjaya Baru | Don’t look Westward: The Sun still rises in the East

It’s true that Europe has many rundown airports and many European cities have depressed neighbourhoods.

16 Oct 2023 12:25 AM

Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.. (AP Photo)

Ranjona Banerji | Another TV war, with no solution in sight

The so-called heroism of Leon Uris’ fiction appeared now to be just that

15 Oct 2023 1:53 AM

Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Raje turns the tables on BJP; candidate list worries Gehlot

Not keen to project her as the next CM face in the upcoming assembly polls, BJP has yet to announce her candidature from any constituency

15 Oct 2023 1:37 AM

People demonstrate during a pro-Palestine rally. (AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Stand with Israel, but fair deal key to lasting peace

India did the right thing to condemn this terrorist attack. We are against terrorism of all kinds anywhere in the world

15 Oct 2023 1:14 AM

File photo of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Ukrainian Presidential Press/AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | Ukraine fast losing friends as no end to war is visible

The unexpected war in Israel is an added complications that could distract the Western powers.

14 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | As Hamas goes to war with Israel, civilians in Gaza paying the price

Perhaps the civilian citizens of Gaza who are even now being bombed and starved of food and water in Israel’s retaliation do not agree.

13 Oct 2023 11:32 PM

American economist Claudia Goldin was awarded the Nobel prize in economics. American economist Claudia Goldin, who was awarded the Nobel prize in economics, talks to the press at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 9, 2023. The Nobel prize in economics was on October 9, 2023 awarded to American economist Claudia Goldin for her research that has helped understand the role of women in the labour market. The 77-year-old Harvard professor, who is the third woman to be awarded the prestigious economics prize, was given the nod "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes," the jury said. (Photo by Lauren Owens Lambert / AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | ‘Big ideas for change’: What 2023 Eco Nobel is all about

Economics, possibly because of its associations with politics, money and finance has for long been dominated by men.

13 Oct 2023 12:55 AM

While obviously not all former babus will get BJP tickets, their growing presence in organisational roles within the party is causing unease among the party cadres. (Image Source: ANI)

Dilip Cherian| As more babus get involved in politics, BJP’s cadres unhappy

Recently, BJP workers in Rajasthan complained about Chandra Mohan Babu, a 1980-batch IAS officer.

12 Oct 2023 12:35 AM

Palestinian health officials reported hundreds of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP/PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Israel-Hamas war might be transformative for Mideast

Hamas has employed almost 5,000 of these rockets and missiles without much interception by Israel’s famed Iron Dome

12 Oct 2023 12:28 AM

Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP/PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can India play constructive role for peace in West Asia?

Palestinians will never accept their present subordinate position as permanent subjugation.

11 Oct 2023 1:14 AM

Sunil Gatade | Brash boys of BJP: Will Bidhuri, Biren, Bhushan call shots in 2024?

Mr Bidhuri’s rants in Parliament also signify that the going isn’t good for the BJP in the Assembly elections

11 Oct 2023 1:08 AM

Aakar Patel | What will make India great? The nation’s rise, or people’s benefit

During last month’s Vibrant Gujarat summit, PM Modi said that India’s economy would be third largest during his third term

10 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP/File)

K.C. Singh | Did Bibi’s divisive agenda allow Hamas to hit Israel?

The Hamas outburst should actually come as no surprise.

10 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

Former first lady Michelle Obama. (AP File Image)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Will Michelle replace Biden to take on Trump in 2024?

Michelle Obama would be the first woman President and the first fully African-American person to be elected to that position.

09 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra takes stock of the damages following flash floods, in Sikkim, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Monideepa Banerjie | Sikkim Tsunami in a River: A Man-Made Tragedy Long in the Making

The Chungthang factor in the Sikkim disaster is unquestionably man-made. What about the melting water of the glaciers?

08 Oct 2023 12:16 AM

Through such partnerships, based on trust and fairness, India can contribute to the development and stability of West Africa. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Manish Tewari | African coups: China pips France to Big Bully spot

India can become a true partner to West Africa by treating it as an equal and investing in its development without any strings attached.

08 Oct 2023 12:05 AM

Finding Peace in Chaos: Embracing Personalized Self-Care. (Image: Freepik)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Merits of self-care during a ‘bad year’

We’d still need doctors though, and shrinks, and most of all, arts practitioners.

08 Oct 2023 12:03 AM

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