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For us, here in India, 2024 is likely to be the single most significant year in the nations history. (Image by starline on Freepik)

Shobhaa De | 2024 is almost here Are you ready for it?

What happens in April-May will set the country on a course which some believe may mark a journey of no return for the...

30 Dec 2023 1:24 AM IST

Indias general election, the worlds largest, is likely to be held sometime in the first half of 2024. (Image by Freepik - pikusuperstar)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Several questions as we look back at 2023,...

Looking ahead necessarily means factoring in the country's contradictions and working much harder on the problem areas

28 Dec 2023 11:33 PM IST

Retired Punjab IAS officer Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh. (WHO)

Dilip Cherian | Bhutan's Order of Merit to ex-IAS showcases...

Her pivotal role in advancing transformative healthcare in Bhutan has elevated India's status as a key partner in...

27 Dec 2023 11:22 PM IST

Indias economy sprang a pleasant surprise last week by registering better than expected growth of 7.6 per cent in the July-September quarter as against the RBIs projected growth rate of 6.5 per cent. (Image:Twitter)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | What lies ahead: India to grow, inequality will...

India will continue to enjoy the benefits, and suffer the downsides, of political stability

27 Dec 2023 11:10 PM IST

People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure after cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 were detected in the country, at a hospital in Chikkamagaluru, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Chandrakant Lahariya | New variant of Covid-19, JN.1, is here, but no...

JN.1 is not a new virus but a sub-variant of BA.86, which itself is a subvariant of the Omicron variant of SARS CoV2.

26 Dec 2023 11:50 PM IST

Construction work in progress at Ayodhya Railway Station, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The lesson from Ayodhya: How power...

The Supreme Court judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Majid case had decided the issue in terms of a property dispute.

26 Dec 2023 11:47 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Aakar Patel | IPC gets junked: Why do we try to fix' problems that...

Almost all of post-1947 Pakistan's laws have remained the same that the British had left behind and are common across...

25 Dec 2023 11:00 PM IST

Army soldiers pay their last respects to four Army personnel killed in a recent militant attack during a wreath laying ceremony, in Rajouri, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Syed Ata Hasnain | The Rajouri encounter: It's about Pakistan's...

The security forces take much more risk to achieve while the terrorists minimise their own risk to survive and thus...

25 Dec 2023 10:54 PM IST

I am sure that the woke police will find something wrong and cancel Santa but till then lets enjoy our childhood fantasy! (DC File Image)

Kishwar Desai | Are Santa Claus' days numbered? Britain in midst of...

Some academics are now trying to find out the exact age when children actually begin to doubt that Santa exists

25 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (PTI File Image)

Sanjaya Baru | The power and legitimacy of nations and leaders

Henry Kissinger was a phenomenal student of history, a master of diplomacy and an engaging author.

25 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat by Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya. (Image: Twitter)

Pavan K. Varma | Road to Bharat is riddled with pitfalls of Hindutva

Cultural colonisation takes decades after that to be erased, and India is a good example to illustrate this.

24 Dec 2023 12:09 AM IST

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. (PTI Image)

Anita Katyal | BJP put caste in Dhankhar saga; Uddhav's honesty...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi BJP leaders called up Mr Dhankhar while others were asked to express their solidarity with...

24 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST