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Afghan security officers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said. (AP/PTI)

AA Edit | Afghan: Get US to stay on

It is to be hoped that the incoming Biden administration begins to seriously invest in counter-terrorism in the...

18 Jan 2021 12:20 AM IST

A nurse, right, performs rituals to a box containing COVID-19 vaccines upon its arrival at a government Hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. (AP /Ajit Solanki)

AA Edit | Transparency the key to success of vaccine drive

If a vaccine is under trial and has not gone through the due process, its administration should be called clinical...

18 Jan 2021 12:10 AM IST

So a step the Holy See takes to rework its hugely patriarchal system and make it more inclusive would be making history, and will have a catalytic and cascading effect. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | A seat at the table

The Pope, however, has once again refused to give women the permission to become priests

16 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

US President Donald Trump . (AP)

AA Edit | Does America have spine to convict its President?

Faith in the system has also eroded at a time when the pandemic has killed more Americans than World War II and Vietnam...

16 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

AA Edit | Policy not court's brief

The SC's job is to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of a legislation, not whether it is in the public...

14 Jan 2021 12:28 AM IST

AA Edit | Election fever grips TN as early hustings begin

The battle lines have been drawn between the two traditional rivals, who have been ruling the state alternately since...

14 Jan 2021 12:22 AM IST

There is just no place for racism in sport, whether such overt acts of discrimination come from within the game and its players or from a source beyond like spectators who come to watch games. (AP /Rick Rycroft)

AA Edit | No room for racism

We are often reminded that cricket is a gentleman's game that prides itself on having been a constant metaphor for fair...

11 Jan 2021 8:53 AM IST

Langar being prepared for farmers during their ongoing protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, January 10, 2021. (PTI/Arun Sharma)

AA Edit | How moving court over agri-row may go wrong

The farmers have consistently made it clear that they are not questioning the constitutionality or legality of the issue

11 Jan 2021 7:36 AM IST

A worker sprays disinfectant at birds enclosure, as part of a preventive measure against Bird flu, at Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (PTI)

AA Edit | Bird flu: Remain on alert

India has been called upon to pull up its socks against the avian flu which has till now killed thousands of birds and...

8 Jan 2021 4:32 AM IST

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP)

AA Edit | Trump's insurrection' was the final straw...

The first ever Senate wins for the Democrats in a long time in Georgia were a final rebuke to Trump

8 Jan 2021 4:21 AM IST

The Indian Army Corps of Signals contingent led by Captain Tanya Shergil marches during the 71st Republic Day Parade at Rajpath in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Scale down the parade

It may be recalled that in the years 1952, 1953, and 1966 no invitation was extended to an international dignitary to be...

7 Jan 2021 4:52 AM IST

If the government is serious, and if farmers welfare is its priority, then it should keep the laws in abeyance, sit with them and draft new ones that address their concerns. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Scrap laws, ask farmers, don't skip due process

As for the farm laws, the government has done too little to take the stakeholders into confidence

7 Jan 2021 4:28 AM IST