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In this image taken from video released by the Androscoggin County Sheriffs Office, an unidentified shooter points a gun while entering Sparetime Recreation in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Maine State Police ordered residents in the states second-largest city to shelter in place Wednesday night as the suspect remains at large. (AP/PTI)

AA Edit | US gun violence out of control

It is a curiosity of America that virtually anyone can own weapons more powerful than a simple yet deadly handgun

28 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Dilip Cherian | Fresh intake of officers in CBI, IB, RAW, NIA to...

Now officers with a minimum of five years of service are eligible for induction into R&AW, IB, NIA & CBI

27 Oct 2023 12:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an interview with PTI, in New Delhi, on Wednesday. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Will Hindutva help Modi to win record 3rd term?

The Hindutva project for electoral gains has been overriding the topics Modi tried to bring to the focus of late.

27 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

The summits slew of panels included important themes such as human-centered health coverage, effective financing models for healthcare through public-private partnerships. (Image: Twitter)

Debotri Dhar | Possibilities and challenges of the global health...

The discussion of race in global health equity was perhaps among the hardest, along with discussions on partnerships...

27 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Newly elected US House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference after his election at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP)

AA Edit | At last, US House gets a Speaker

It is being said that the arch Conservative Johnson made it as he had lesser enemies within the Republican Party

27 Oct 2023 12:02 AM IST

Bulgarias President Rumen Radev is seen on video screens as he addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly remotely, Sept. 21, 2021 at U.N. headquarters. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

AA Edit | Did UN chief cross a line?

Apart from pedantic calls for an immediate ceasefire, there is little the association of nations can do.

26 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

The LGBTQ+ community, as a minority, is one among many others in seeking equality and non-discrimination. (PTI File Photo)

Anita Anand | Legalising of gay marriage: The key is mobilising of...

By petitioning, LGBTQ+ groups are keeping the agenda of same-sex marriage and subsequent rights on the table and in view...

26 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering during Nari Shakti Vandan - Abhinandan event, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Unity needed for true development agenda

The political leadership of the world's most populous nation with half of them under 30 years has the task to set a...

26 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

A Palestinian stands outside the building destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Wednesday, Oct 25, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | It's time to rehumanise', to shun hate, cease...

We urgently need rehumanising narratives to counter the dehumanising narratives swirling around inside the country and...

26 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

The flag was used since 1978, but only in 1994 did it become a symbol for LGBTQ pride. (Photo: Pixabay)

Aakar Patel | Same-sex marriage will eventually be legal Why is India...

One reason is that the Supreme Court has been slow to determine whether the moves made by this government are...

25 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Relatives and family members carry the mortal remains of former Indian cricket team captain Bishan Singh Bedi during his cremation at Lodhi Road crematorium, in New Delhi, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Bedi Indian cricket's bulwark

The Sardar of spin was the classicist in the Indian spin pantheon

25 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Nari Shakti Vandan-Abhinandan Karyakram, a day after Parliament passed the womens reservation bill, at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, on Friday. (Image: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Caste and colonialism: From India to Mideast

Israel's employment situation might help to explain these unlikely Jews

25 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST