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Turkey suffered an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | India is Turkey’s good ‘dost’

Operation Dost was a “very important operation” which demonstrated friendship between the two nations.

11 Feb 2023 12:55 AM

Big vaccine drive, self-reliance mark 8 years of Modi government

The resolution of the age-old Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute by the Supreme Court is also seen as among the Modi government’s achievements

27 May 2022 6:52 AM

It is most likely that Prime Minister Modi and home minister Shah will go into a self-congratulatory mode in the belief that they have handled the long-festering Kashmir problem well. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | In J&K, BJP continues to play political games

The Modi government was not satisfied with removing Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir

09 May 2022 12:47 AM

There appears to be no particular advantage or benefit that we get in officially changing our constitutional and legal state from a secular one to a Hindu Rashtra. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | If India turns into a Hindu Rashtra, what will it mean…

o understand what changes can come here, we must first try to understand what the term Hindu Rashtra means

26 Apr 2022 1:41 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | If Modi-Shah factor absent, mood favours Opposition

The BJP has generally fared poorly in bypolls, in contrast to its performances in the last eight years in state Assembly elections

18 Apr 2022 2:49 AM

Rashtrapati Bhavan plays a very important role after the Lok Sabha polls in the formation of the new government. (Representational Image/PTI)

Sunil Gatade | Modi’s formula on the choice of a loyalist as the next President

No Prime Minister likes to take chances on a crucial appointment as the President when each Lok Sabha election is a different cup of tea

05 Apr 2022 11:30 PM

A couple of years ago, I wrote a book whose thesis was that Hindutva has no end state. Meaning that there is no particular goal that it wants to achieve. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | Why divisive issues hold sway as ‘real’ ones ignored

The mass media in India is largely owned by corporate bodies

05 Apr 2022 12:41 AM

Aakar Patel | Pegasus spying probe: Can the panel hold Modi govt to account?

The citizens included journalists, key Opposition figures and a sexual harassment survivor

22 Mar 2022 1:08 AM

Sanjaya Baru | East-West psy-war: India in the battle of narratives

The battle of narratives is very much a part of modern warfare, with real time coverage of news

07 Mar 2022 3:46 AM

Mohan Guruswamy | What has led to failure of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?

We not only spit everywhere, we piss everywhere, we shit wherever and dump our garbage anywhere

15 Feb 2022 1:30 AM

Artists perform during Republic Day Parade 2022 at Rajpath in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | To celebrate the republic, focus on humble Indians

Around 230 million Indians were pushed into poverty during the last 12 months

01 Feb 2022 1:01 AM

Mohan Guruswamy | An important lesson from history for Narendra Modi

What is worrisome is that we know history is not Mr Modi’s forte

12 Jan 2022 1:29 AM

Some 60 per cent of Indians who still depend financially on farming struggle with debt, bankruptcy and endemic suicide. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Eco mess, climate of hate, Covid: Tough days ahead

The World Bank reckons that its share of the gross domestic product dropped from 43 per cent in 1967 to 16 per cent in 2019

06 Jan 2022 1:55 AM

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A bumpy ride for govt, but Modi 2.0 focused on 2024

The government is not too worried that nearly five lakh people have died in India due to Covid-19 in the 2020 and 2021 calendar years

03 Jan 2022 1:27 AM

The SKM, an umbrella body of over 40 farmers’ unions, has been spearheading the farmers’ movement against the three contentious agricultural reform laws and their other demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP. (Representational Image. PTI)

Centre asks Samyukt Kisan Morcha to give 5 names for MSP committee

This move comes a day after both Houses of Parliament had passed a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws

01 Dec 2021 6:48 AM

The Mediapart story says that "corruption, influence-peddling and favouratism" marked the deal during the UPA government. (Representational image: AFP)

Indian National Cong should be renamed 'I Need Commission': BJP on new Rafale report

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra also sought Rahul Gandhi's response to the fresh revelation by French investigative journal Mediapart

09 Nov 2021 2:01 PM

The lack of clarity on the thinking of the Prime Minister and the finance minister on macroeconomic policy has confused investors time and again. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Modi’s macroeconomics: Lack of clarity confusing

Economic policy watchers in New Delhi have often wondered who among the economists in the government Prime Minister Modi pays attention to

01 Nov 2021 1:54 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP Photo)

PM Modi completes 20 years in public service

In the last 20 years, PM Modi has gone from being the Chief Minister of Gujarat to one of the most popular leaders in the world

07 Oct 2021 3:47 PM

Justice Cheema had challenged his premature retirement and matter was taken up on Wednesday with direction to government to come back with its response on Thursday. — PTI

Centre backtracks, Justice Ashok Iqbal Singh Cheema is restored

Cheema to continue as acting chairperson of NCLAT

17 Sep 2021 7:56 AM

The Prime Minister said that he was confident that work on the new Parliament building will be completed on time. (PTI)

PM Modi hits out at critics of Central Vista project

The Prime Minister pointed out that while these hutments occupied an area of 62 acres, the new offices have come up in just 13 acres

17 Sep 2021 2:30 AM

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