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Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi during the wreath laying ceremony of four army soldiers killed in a militant attack in J&K's Rajouri on Thursday morning, in Jammu district. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Ending 370 & terror in J&K: Delhi, UT govt must explain

The recent attack raises questions about the strategy of the Central government regarding the UT after the abrogation of Article 370

13 Aug 2022 12:20 AM

Freebies become the fig leaf that corrupt politicians and political parties use to cover their sins of omission and commission while seeking electoral support. (Representational Image/ AP)

AA Edit | Freebies: It’s not courts’ call

The leading question the judiciary may have entertained is whether any political party would agree to curbs on freebies ahead of polls

13 Aug 2022 12:16 AM

The signs are ominous — Europe is sweating like never before. (DC Image)

AA Edit | Heatwaves are the new normal

The Arctic has seen its oldest and thickest ice declining by 95 per cent in the last three decades

11 Aug 2022 12:02 AM

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar with Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav interacts with the media after meeting Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | BJP to feel the heat of Nitish’s coup in 2024

It is the BJP’s expansionist tendency that has fed dissatisfaction with the party’s traditional allies

11 Aug 2022 12:00 AM

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis with newly sworn-in ministers, at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Maha Cabinet: Work in progress

There is not even symbolic representation of women in the Shinde Cabinet

10 Aug 2022 12:30 AM

Team India's flagbearer Nikhat Zareen during the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG). Photo: PTI

AA Edit | CWG 2022: Has Indian sport now come of age?

For Indian sportspersons, who enjoyed their best-ever CWG, the Games may have been a starting point for greater achievements

10 Aug 2022 12:21 AM

Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans. It belongs to the family of smallpox viruses. (Photo: AP file photo)

AA Edit | Identify monkeypox early

As of now, more than 25,000 people have been affected by the disease in 80 countries across all continents, the majority being in Europe

09 Aug 2022 12:15 AM

ISRO's new offering Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) during its launch from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edits | Isro needs to pass test on small satellite launch ops

Isro’s record with maiden launches has been less than perfect as history would show that the SLV, ASLV and the reliable workhorse PSLV

09 Aug 2022 12:11 AM

Chinese Spy Ship Yuan Wang 5, which was scheduled to berth in the Hambantota port (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Diplomatic win for India

President Ranil Wickremasinghe may have seen the logic behind India’s security concerns when it came to allowing a spy ship close to India

08 Aug 2022 12:28 AM

Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha filing his nomination papers for presidential election. (Photo PTI)

AA Edit | Prez, V-P polls expose Opp’s growing disunity

The Grand Indian Oppositionhas surrendered and handed an even greater advantage to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP

08 Aug 2022 12:23 AM

A military fighter jet flies above the Taiwan Strait as seen from the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, the closest point in mainland China to the island of Taiwan. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | China goes over the top in Taiwan missile drills

China has been flexing its military muscle with missile launches and military movement that could potentially blockade the island nation

06 Aug 2022 12:30 AM

AA Edit | Repo rate hike unavoidable

Since May this year, the RBI has undertaken a series of moves on the money supply side to handle inflation

06 Aug 2022 12:30 AM

None of the objectives that were advanced to justify the dramatic changes — leading to the bifurcation of the state and its reduction to Union Territory status — have been realised yet.

AA Edit | 3 years after J&K changes, don’t delay polls any more

It was argued that J&K’s autonomy must end for economic development to proceed apace

05 Aug 2022 12:30 AM

Visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) waves to journalists during her arrival at the Parliament in Taipei on August 3, 2022.

AA EDIT | Pelosi in Taiwan: World on edge over China response

None can dispute the right of a US citizen to visit Taipei, but it’s the timing of her visit that raises the hackles

04 Aug 2022 12:20 AM

A shopkeeper displays Indian flags at the entrance of his shop in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

AA EDIT | It’s time for all to fly the flag

The Prime Minister has given a call to every Indian to hoist the tiranga on their home

04 Aug 2022 12:15 AM

The average revenue per user will rise for Indian operators too. The impact of the rollout of 5G services should be felt all around but sectors like education could benefit the most even as IoT (Internet of Things) and other superconnectivity processes and devices will be better served. — Representational Image/Flickr

5G sale win-win for all

The consumer might well turn out to be king as he can expect better broadband services

03 Aug 2022 9:50 AM

Having targeted Osama bin Laden and waited 10 years to get him in Abbottabad (Pakistan), they took another decade to bring down the other chief co-conspirator in the Al-Qaeda chief, Ayman Al-Zawahiri (in picture), who too was reported to have been living in Pakistan before Afghanistan became, post-US withdrawal, an even safer haven. — AP

AA Edit | 9/11 brain slain, but war against terror to go on

While the intelligence coup of killing Laden came in the time of Obama, it’s Biden’s turn to exult in elimination of a terror mastermind

03 Aug 2022 9:48 AM

Though Mr Soren broke ranks with this ally, the Congress, to support the NDA candidate in the Presidential elections, the ED raids and investigations against his adviser in the mining case are continuing. Earlier, the CM’s constituency representative was also arrested in the ongoing probe. — PTI

AA Edit | Beyond Cong MLAs’ arrest: Political games in J’khand?

For starters, the arrest of three Congress MLAs belonging to Jharkhand in West Bengal is all wrong but not for moral reasons

02 Aug 2022 9:00 AM

Had India been able to go through with the initially contemplated purchase of 126 “omnirole” Rafales, the high end may have been served better. — Representational Image/PTI

AA Edit | High time to phase out MiG-21s

The IAF may have asked for the MiG-21 jets to be replaced in the 1980s but is still in the process of finding a modern equivalent

02 Aug 2022 8:58 AM

AA Edit | Pelosi better skip Taiwan

No high-ranking US official has visited the island for 25 years though the US is bound to provide the island the means to defend itself

01 Aug 2022 12:40 AM

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