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Even the European Union (EU), with its over-pious climate attitude, is forced to import coal and fire its coal plants in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the EUs economic sanctions against Russia and the Russian retaliation by closing gas supplies to Europe. (Representational Image/AFP)

AA Edit | A victory of sorts in climate change fight

Taken together, the final resolution looks to have followed the agenda of the rich nations.

21 Nov 2022 1:58 AM IST

Cryptocurrency exchanges CoinSwitch Kuber and WazirX have disabled rupee deposits through United Payment Interface (UPI) for the purchase of cryptocurrency. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | Dollar's rise sets off crisis of collapsing...

So far, all attempts to bypass the dollar have failed, but not for want of trying.

21 Nov 2022 1:03 AM IST

Some people believe its inevitable theyll develop dementia because of their genetics. (Photo: ANI)

Suman Sahai | Slipshod way of approvals for GM crops very alarming

The use of herbicide destroys all the vegetation in and around the field where the HT crop is cultivated.

21 Nov 2022 1:01 AM IST

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing a polling station after voting in the US midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Trump is back like a bad penny

To the credit of the US voters, the most dangerous election deniers were not voted into office in the midterms.

21 Nov 2022 12:57 AM IST

Cover photo of Black River by Nilanjana S. Roy (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The soul of a river, poured into saga of fatherhood and...

Roy's success lies in the fact that it is actually comforting to read her work not just for the clarity but also the...

20 Nov 2022 1:40 AM IST

Cover photo of The Education of Yuri by Jerry Pinto (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Quasi-autobiographical & sanitised trip back to 1980s'...

There's a disquieting view of the country's education system, as Yuri discovers in preparing for the tuitions that...

20 Nov 2022 1:38 AM IST

Cover Photo of Rethink Ageing: Lessons in Ageing from the Older and Bolder Generation by Reshmi Chakraborty and Nidhi Chawla (Photo: By arrangement)

Book Review | Who's afraid of growing old?

The book, strangely, given my pessimism about ageing, made me smile

20 Nov 2022 1:35 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Unwounded in midterms, will Biden explore Ukraine peace?

With this ambiguous verdict in hand, Mr Biden doesn't need an endless war in Ukraine to redeem himself

20 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)

Manish Tewari | What about merit... and equality of opportunity?

The question, therefore, is not reservation but how much?

20 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Tourist life, real' life and the fate of being...

Helicopter rides to wave at the gods from on high fails both the religious test and the local outlet tests

20 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

People pose for photos next to a giant replica on the World Cup trophy in front of Stadium 974 on November 18, 2022 in Doha, Qatar, ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Does Qatar deserve this Cup?

FIFA officials are asking nations not to bring political or ideological issues to the World Cup where the focus should...

19 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Nalini Sriharan and V. Sriharan alias Murugan, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after being released from their prisons, in Vellore, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Rajiv killers' release: Govt plea raises key questions

The apex court has made use of two constitutional provisions while ordering the release of all the seven convicts

19 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST