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Shikha Mukerjee | Caste, data & sub-quotas: No wriggle room for PM

Childish truculence is writ all over the Narendra Modi-led new minority government’s reaction that the water leaking in...

8 Aug 2024 9:28 AM IST

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K.C. Singh | India-Bangla ties adrift as Hasina flees from Dhaka

Bangladesh was simmering ever since the country’s high court had in June reinstated a 30 per cent reservation...

8 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Sudan’s challenge is to clean and reform UPSC

Preety Sudan has her work cut out for her as she steps into the role of UPSC chairperson. Taking over from Dr...

8 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

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AA Edit | Lineup out, gloves are off as US heads to prez polls

It is all set for a battle royale as the US Democratic Party, much energised after Kamala Harris took over the...

8 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

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AA Edit | India’s anxiety mounts as Bangladesh turmoil grows

India’s foreign relations in South Asia may be in for incredibly challenging times as Bangladesh reels in...

7 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

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AA Edit | Manipur CM Apologises for Violence, Calls for Reconciliation

The open apology Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh has tendered over the violence in the state that has...

2 Jan 2025 12:12 AM IST

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Wasbir Hussain | B’desh, Myanmar power shifts may hit N-E India

Domestic or internal power shifts in countries can alter bilateral relations with their neighbours. This is...

2 Jan 2025 12:12 AM IST

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AA Edit | Team India must turn new leaf

There can be no better time to turn a new leaf than at the start of a new year. Team India, floundering after...

2 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

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AA Edit | India needs harmony most in New Year

As the world leaves behind a parlous 2024 there is no end in sight yet of two major wars in Ukraine and around...

1 Jan 2025 12:02 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Decoding Delhi’s latest babu jigsaw

The recent secretary-level reshuffle in New Delhi left some scratching their heads yet again. Like an...

1 Jan 2025 12:02 AM IST

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will a year of global wars set off more 2025...

The world was at war. The world was on the move. With crooks and conmen everywhere, Indians never knew when...

1 Jan 2025 12:00 AM IST

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AA Edit | Let’s ensure flying remains safe

How safe is modern flying as the skies get more and more crowded and aviation infrastructure gets stretched...

31 Dec 2024 12:04 AM IST