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A thick blanket of smog covers the India Gate, in New Delhi, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Act fast to clean air, or economy will take a...

A lot has been discussed and understood in the last decade to tackle the challenge and improve air quality.

16 Nov 2023 6:35 PM GMT

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)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi foreign policy fumble amid...

India's position on the Hamas-Israel confrontation is quite different from that of its stance on the Russia-Ukraine war

15 Nov 2023 6:30 PM GMT

Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar. (Image: Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Fresh controversy for AAP as Delhi chief secy in flap...

Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar finds himself embroiled in a fresh controversy

15 Nov 2023 6:30 PM GMT

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting, in Mumbai, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil

Shikha Mukerjee | Does single-minded Congress bode ill for INDIA...

It's true that when votes are fractured, outcomes are unpredictable.

14 Nov 2023 6:35 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to a meeting in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | India's challenges amidst shifting global equations

India may also discover that the anti-China alliances woven by the US are also losing their glue.

13 Nov 2023 6:35 PM GMT

Raghuram Rajan resigned as governor after having discussed and disapproved of this move. (PTI Image)

Aakar Patel | In 2016, RBI had warned Demo will not work, but govt...

In a country like India where 70 per cent of people survive on just Rs 150 per day, why do we need currency notes of...

13 Nov 2023 6:28 PM GMT

Smoke and flames rise from burning paddy stubble at a field, near Patiala, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | AAP Faces Stubble Issue in Punjab; Poll Worries for...

Mr Kejriwal's party is heading the government in Punjab and Delhi and is facing flak in both states on this grave...

11 Nov 2023 6:21 PM GMT

Fudge and Squark. (Image by Shashi Warrier)

Shashi Warrier | Squark, the dog on the doorstep

Warrier's Decision to Adopt Stray Pup Challenges Initial Agreements

11 Nov 2023 6:19 PM GMT

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (PTI file photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Caste census to hide Nitish record? Let's rethink...

The unfortunate truth is that increasingly reservations have become a substitute for administrative competence and good...

11 Nov 2023 6:15 PM GMT

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | The mess in Gaza: Will Israel's war create many more...

Hamas knew precisely what the October 7 atrocities would bring about.

10 Nov 2023 6:35 PM GMT

The time horizon of the AI tipping point is uncertain. (Image: jcomp on Freepik)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Why the whole world needs to keep the AI genie...

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) different, and if so, how much time do we have left?

10 Nov 2023 6:35 PM GMT

A bird sits on a railing during a smoggy morning, in New Delhi, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. The air quality in Delhi was recorded in the severe category on Thursday morning. The Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 420 at 8 am, compared to 426 at 4 pm on Wednesday. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Toxic air: Get serious on avoiding death by...

Health must be the prism through which we view and address air pollution.

9 Nov 2023 6:07 PM GMT