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A file photo of Indian army soldiers patrollingl near the Line of Control (LOC), in Akhnoor, about 65kms from Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Agnipath: Bringing the ‘gig’ economy to India’s military

The Union government is experimenting with applying these “start-up” human resources management principles to the military

20 Jun 2022 11:35 PM

Youngsters stage a protest against the newly announced Agnipath scheme, at Jalandhar-Delhi national highway, in Jalandhar, on Saturday. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Anger on streets over Agnipath reflects how New India has no jobs

There are no jobs in New India and the anger over the changes in the Army recruitment system is emblematic of a much larger problem

20 Jun 2022 11:29 PM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union Home minister Amit Shah during a meeting in Patna. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | Why rewrite history?

Nitish Kumar’s wonderment about how history can be revisited is as much pregnant with political meaning as the call of Amit Shah on its need

19 Jun 2022 11:39 PM

The Agnipath scheme has probably upset that comfort level. The youth and many others are perceiving the scheme with limited imagination and unable to perceive the positives for them in the scheme. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Agnipath to transform our military, so give it a chance

Transformation always means wholescale uprooting of the old and planting of the new. Agnipath is a subset of the transformational approach

19 Jun 2022 11:20 PM

A train set on fire by a crowd in protest against the Centre's Agnipath scheme, at Danapur Railway station, near Patna, on Friday, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Arson, vandalism aren’t the way to protest; stop lunacy

Let us end all violence in the name of protest. You don’t have a right to destroy another citizen, or their property

19 Jun 2022 11:18 PM

Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel. (Photo:AP file)

Kishwar Desai | Big hats are all the rage after Jubilee; Charles in shock at Priti’s asylum plan

Home secretary Priti Patel has shocked everyone by executing a bold scheme to transport all illegal immigrants to Rwanda

19 Jun 2022 11:13 PM

The louder pre-alarm alarm for the news media in India and elsewhere is that not only has trust been declining, interest in news appears to have fallen across the world: a huge plunge from 63 per cent last year to 52 per cent this year. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Why people are avoiding news; and what must be done to fix things

Only 42 per cent of respondents said they trust news

19 Jun 2022 12:09 AM

The new generation nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ being successfully tested by the DRDO from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, on Dec. 18, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | The deterrence dynamic in India-China-Pak triad

No First Use benchmark was considered unique to Chinese strategic thinking

18 Jun 2022 11:40 PM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Trouble mounts for BoJo all over UK: Will Rwanda come to rescue?

Today the British government claims that Rwanda is the safest, most progressive, internationally engaged country in Africa

17 Jun 2022 11:02 PM

FILE- Authorities demolish the residence of activist Javed Ahmad they say has been constructed illegally in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | A breakdown of governance? We need healing, rule of law

A bulldozer is not an accessory of good governance. And stone pelting is not the way to progress

17 Jun 2022 9:24 PM

Security personnel keep vigil during a two-hour relaxation in the curfew imposed by administration in wake of possible communal flare-up over controversial remarks by two now-suspended BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad, at Bhaderwah in Doda district, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | The Prophet stir: If communalism hurtles at velocity, where’ll it crash?

Has the RSS & BJP plugged their ears so firmly that Atal Behari Vajpayee’s whisper doesn’t reach them:

17 Jun 2022 1:39 AM

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

Chandrakant Lahariya | Can ‘monkeypox’ disease develop into a pandemic?

In the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, it will not be surprising if one or more cases are reported from India as well

17 Jun 2022 1:21 AM

SC on UP demolitions: Authorities should strictly follow due process under law

There must be a sense among the citizens that rule of law prevails in the country, the apex court observed

16 Jun 2022 1:44 PM

A minimum 10-15 per cent increase in air fares is required to ensure that cost of operations are better sustained, Singh said in a statement. (Representational image: PTI)

Minimum 10-15% increase in airfares must: SpiceJet CMD

In his statement on Thursday, Ajay Singh said that the ATF prices have increased by more than 120 per cent since June 2021

16 Jun 2022 1:05 PM

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India fully supports strong and unified ASEAN: Jaishankar

ASEAN is considered one of the most influential groupings in the region, and India and several other countries are its dialogue partners

16 Jun 2022 12:06 PM

A total 12,213 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, taking India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,32,57,730. (AP file image)

Sharp spike in daily COVID tally, India reports over 12,000 new cases after 111 days

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.35 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was at 2.38 per cent

16 Jun 2022 10:44 AM

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and DMK leader T. R. Baalu during a press conference after the opposition leaders' meeting regarding upcoming Presidential elections, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Opposition scrambles to field joint Prez candidate

Opposition leaders will again meet on June 21 to finalise their common candidate for the President’s post

16 Jun 2022 1:47 AM

Police detain a Congress worker during a protest outside the AICC office against summoning of party leader Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). (PTI)

Government blocking political activities, will face consequences: Congress

Ashok Gehlot said these past eight years would be marked as the 'black chapter in India's history'

15 Jun 2022 1:59 PM

A total of 72097.85 MHz of spectrum with a validity period of 20 years will be put to auction to be held by the end of July, 2022. (Representational image: PTI)

Cabinet gives nod for 5G auctions; 72097.8 MHz spectrum to be put on block by July

The bidders would be given an option to surrender the spectrum after 10 years with no future liabilities with respect to balance instalments

15 Jun 2022 12:48 PM

K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal (ANI)

Cracks in Mamata Banerjee-led 'opposition meet' for Presidential polls

The leaders who would likely to take part in the meeting include HD Deve Gowda, HD Kumaraswamy and Mehbooba Mufti

15 Jun 2022 11:23 AM

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