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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

AA Edit | Naked power grab

It appears the ruling BJP was in a tearing hurry to pass the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of...

17 Dec 2020 7:23 AM IST

A farmer leader addresses other farmers during their protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi on Wednesday, December. 16, 2020. (PTI /Ravi Choudhary)

AA Edit | Facts don't back PM's theory on farmers' stir

The farmers seem to be up against the strength of ideology rather than economic logic

17 Dec 2020 7:12 AM IST

This combination of pictures created on November 4, 2020 shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gestures after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, and US President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States Tuesday -- and a long night of waiting for results in key battlegrounds on the cards. (AFP)

AA Edit | Biden affirmation is a win for US democracy

Mr Biden, put it in a gracious speech in which he said realistically, 'Now it is time to turn the page'

16 Dec 2020 7:02 AM IST

AA Edit | Reckless' Kamal Haasan

He even pledges to make ministers out of at least 20 women when the mantle falls on him

16 Dec 2020 6:46 AM IST

Farmers carry an effigy during their ongoing Delhi Chalo agitation against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi on Sunday, December 6 (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

AA Edit | Lessons from Delhi border

The government's propaganda machine, however, is jealous of the confident, new farmer

13 Dec 2020 11:59 PM IST

BJP National President JP Nadda is greeted by his party supporters on his arrival in Kolkata on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee is also seen. (PTI /Ashok Bhaumik)

AA Edit | Maintain decorum and probe Nadda cavalcade stoning

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee can hardly be said to have covered herself with glory when she rhymed disparagingly on Mr...

12 Dec 2020 7:22 AM IST

AA Edit | Breaking up Big Tech

The Internet may not be that much different for users if Facebook were to hive off WhatsApp or Amazon were to divest its...

11 Dec 2020 7:33 AM IST

AA Edit | Democracy and reforms: How much is too much?

Niti Aayog CEO had recently said that 'tough reforms' were difficult in the Indian context because there was 'too much...

10 Dec 2020 12:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being briefed during a visit to the Bharat Biotech facility to review the development of indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin, on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Saturday, November 28 (PTI)

AA Edit | Govt needs to do more to push vaccine awareness

It looks like the government has taken one area for granted -- public awareness about the vaccine

8 Dec 2020 7:26 AM IST

Farmers carry an effigy during their ongoing Delhi Chalo agitation against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi on Sunday, December 6 (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

AA Edit | To end farm stir, PM must signal shift in govt stand

If the proposed strike is met with repression in the smallest degree, the next meeting is unlikely to take place

7 Dec 2020 7:23 AM IST