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Social media adds to misinformation, conspiracy theories and the harshest ways of expressing opinions. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP)

AA Edit | Use social media time wisely

Parents of teenagers face the greatest problem in how to moderate the time youth spend on their mobile phones.

19 Dec 2023 12:28 AM IST

In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on December 15, 2023, army spokesman Daniel Hagari shows the entrance of a tunnel that Hamas reportedly used to attack Israel through the Erez border crossing on October 7. (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | Amid differences with US on Gaza, Israeli lobby has to...

The genocidal war continues but US wouldn't like to be seen pressing for a ceasefire without terminating Hamas

18 Dec 2023 3:08 AM IST

The twists and turns in a bizarre (alleged) plot to kill the Khalistani proponent Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, with dual citizenship of the US and Canada, have exacerbated the issue so much as to threaten the very fabric of increasingly warm India-US ties. (Image source: Facebook)

AA Edit | Curious case of Nikhil Gupta

It is in the fairness of things that the case of Nikhil Gupta be settled in a New York court, which is where it will be...

18 Dec 2023 2:51 AM IST

Suspended MPs Manickam Tagore, V.K. Sreekandan, Derek OBrien, T.N. Prathapan, Hibi Eden and others stage a protest during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Why suspend MPs? Come clean on security breach

A security breach in the Lok Sabha is an issue in and of itself, one that the government itself calls a grave national...

18 Dec 2023 2:04 AM IST

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, right, celebrates passing the global stocktake with United Nations Climate Chief Simon Stiell, left, and COP28 CEO Adnan Amin during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)

Indranil Banerjie | COP28 and wages of greed: Planet is at breaking...

The urgency of action on climate control has been reiterated endlessly in recent times

18 Dec 2023 12:54 AM IST

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (Photo by Gabriel DUVAL / AFP)

Manish Tewari | Why Kissinger's Legacy in South Asia is a Toxic One

Henry Kissinger lived to be one hundred years old

17 Dec 2023 12:08 AM IST

Its been over two months since October 7, 2023, when Hamas rockets attacked Israel, killing 1400 people. (Image:Twitter)

Ranjona Banerji | Hallo there! Have you all Condemned Hamas?

It's been over two months since October 7, 2023, when Hamas rockets attacked Israel, killing 1400 people

17 Dec 2023 12:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a road show ahead of Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Jaipur, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Shobhaa De | Word of Year: Where there is no fizz, there's no Rizz'

For now, I'm stuck on the word Rizz , short for charisma, charm or seduction

16 Dec 2023 12:48 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street for his weekly Prime Ministers Questions at the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | Sunak lives on the edge: Will he take the UK into icy...

What the country witnessed on Tuesday was the circus that this Tory government has deteriorated into

16 Dec 2023 12:32 AM IST

People pass by the BSE bull outside BSE Building.(Photo- PTI)

AA Edit | Stock markets on steroids

Behind the screen of positive, however, lies a cause for concern

16 Dec 2023 12:15 AM IST

To hold COP-28 in a petroleum producing state under the chairmanship of the head honcho of a fossil fuel firm and decide to hold the next one in another, in Azerbaijan, might not be such a bad thing if the idea was to take the ticklish subject of fossil fuels head-on. (AFP Photo)

AA Edit | Rich nations must pay for decarbonisation

World has acknowledged that a climate deal should involve transitioning away from fossil fuels

15 Dec 2023 11:57 PM IST

A visitor jumps in the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Two persons on Wednesday jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery, with Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury saying they were carrying tear gas canisters. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Shocking Security Lapse In Parl, Answers Needed

Five people have been arrested in the incident and the Lok Sabha secretariat has suspended eight members of its staff

15 Dec 2023 12:11 AM IST