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A Pakistan-dependent dispensation in Kabul, especially one that has strong Chinese backing, a prospect made feasible on account of the US departure from Afghanistan on account of war-weariness, will also seek to deny India a physical link to Central Asia. (Twitter)

AA Edit | It's time for straight talk with US on Afghanistan

Even if India does not have a direct border with Afghanistan after Partition, that country lies just beyond our borders

26 July 2021 2:37 AM IST

Curiously, mankind itself is feeling hapless as climate change seems to be taking its toll. Representational Image (Twitter)

AA Edit | Climate change hits home

The precariously fragile ecosystems of the Western Ghats have also been potentially disrupted by construction activity

26 July 2021 2:08 AM IST

Tokyos excellent sporting infrastructure will be offering a level playing field for the athlettes. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Let the Games begin in Tokyo as Covid lingers

No edition since 1896 may have been so fraught with the sheer tensions of a global pandemic

23 July 2021 3:20 AM IST

That the Union government has picked the right signals from the tragedy of citizens dying due to lack of oxygen has been reflected in the way it has been taking precautionary measures to avoid a repeat of it, should a third wave visit us. Representational Image (PTI)

AA Edit | Own up to oxygen mess

The PM-Cares Fund has been liberally funded for the setting up of oxygen plants across the country

23 July 2021 2:48 AM IST

Amazon.com and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (centre), his brother, Mark Bezos (left), Oliver Daemen (right) and Wally Funk (seated) experienced about three minutes of weightlessness during their first space flight on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/ @blueorigin)

AA Edit | New space pioneers

Waiting in the wings is Elon Musk whose company has greater reach in space already

22 July 2021 1:16 AM IST

Two crore vaccine doses have been administered in the first 72 hours of the implementation of the new revised guidelines of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme, the ministry said. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | With crores vulnerable, vaccines key to safety

The survey was held among 28,975 people in 70 districts in 20 states in June and July this year

22 July 2021 1:03 AM IST

Crowded Vizhinjam fishing harbour after ease in COVID-induced lockdown restrictions in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Kerala's expediency politics

The Supreme Court directed the Kerala government to file its reply quickly to a plea challenging its decision to relax...

20 July 2021 8:27 AM IST

Newly elected Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Navjot Singh Sidhu at his residence, in Patiala. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Sidhu Punjab PCC chief: A self-goal by Congress?

Upon entering politics, Sidhu chose to hitch his political wagon to the BJP

20 July 2021 8:14 AM IST

England beat Denmark in the semi-finals of the European Football Cup and will now play Italy in the final on Sunday. (Representational Image: AFP)

AA Edit | Soccer's race hurdle

Poetry in motion, which flowing soccer is, may have come like a balm when the coronavirus pandemic raged in many parts...

14 July 2021 12:40 AM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

AA Edit | Pushing two-child policy: Can it ramp up growth?

According to the last population census (2011), the rate of growth of population among Muslims was higher than the...

14 July 2021 12:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the scientific community, saying it is perhaps unprecedented that vaccines were prepared within a year. (Photo: PTI/File)

AA Edit | Modi tries to change the optics as polls lie ahead

Important state elections are due in early 2022 and 2023 and the Lok Sabha poll in 2024

9 July 2021 12:20 AM IST

On September 3, the world came to a standstill, when female Indian cricketer Mithali Raj announced her decision to retire from T20Is. Having played 89 T20Is, including the three Womens WT20 World Cups in 2012 (Sri Lanka), 2014 (Bangladesh) and 2016 (India), the 36-year-old cricketer bade goodbye to the shortest format, after amassing T20I 2364 runs. (Photo:Twitter)

AA Edit | A dream run for Mithali

Mithali Raj made her international debut in 1999 at the tender age of 16 much like Sachin who she idolised

9 July 2021 12:20 AM IST