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Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies on the Motion of No-Confidence in the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Debate, not disruption, must be Opposition strategy

Disruption of House proceedings on a daily basis is a strategy of diminishing returns

20 Aug 2023 12:32 AM IST

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar addresses the media during a press conference at his residence, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | BJP eyes amity with Pawars... AAP still keeping an open...

As all political parties start preparing for 2024 general election, there are signs of concern among BJP MPs about their...

20 Aug 2023 12:22 AM IST

Indian Spiderman. (Photo by arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | South Asian marvels, but can they last?

In cinema outside the subcontinent, however, South Asian representation is negligible at best.

20 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) leaders summit meeting. (PTI Photo)

Debotri Dhar | Animal instincts: Future of Quad in a multipolar world

A major criticism of the Quad has been that it is an Asian Nato to contain Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific.

19 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

In the West, the traditional prejudice against homosexuality has, at least in law, been abolished. (AFP File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of trans rights and gay norms in the age of a cancel'...

Those who are sceptic insist that their scepticism doesn't mean that they deny trans people civil rights.

19 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation from the historic Red Fort on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Developed India' Story: Conversations we...

India remains a poor and very unequal country, with an affluent elite where the top 10% holds 57% of the total...

18 Aug 2023 12:33 AM IST

Threats are now lurking for children on apps like YouTube Kids. (Image: pvproductions on Freepik)

Shraddha Pandey | Newer threats to kids emerging, parents must be...

There are more than one lakh accounts on YouTube Kids made by child predators targeting children.

18 Aug 2023 12:33 AM IST

The proposed substitute to the existing CrPC 1973 will be the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. (Representional Image: DC)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Unshackling or rebranding India's basic criminal...

The laws themselves have rarely been a problem, it is how they are implemented that must change.

17 Aug 2023 12:30 AM IST

An Indian ragpicker collects reusable material from a garbage dump. Coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty. (AP Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Caste and poverty: How India's confusion grows

How long, O Lord, how long?

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Under this reshuffle, the 1989-batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre Safi Ahsan Rizvi and five other officers have been promoted as Special Directors in the IB from the post of Additional Directors.(Representational Image/File)

Dilip Cherian | Delayed promotions: Haryana IPS officers demand...

Their call for expeditious examination of the matter underlines the urgency they attach to this concern

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Security personnel stand guard after Haryana Roadways resumed services from the violence-hit Nuh district, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Riots' in India are different from mob fury in other...

The root of such violence is an underlying sentiment existing perennially in a large part of our society, and kept...

15 Aug 2023 12:07 AM IST

Red Fort decked up for Independence Day. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's mood conservative after 76 years...

The question arises about what happens to the sense of freedom when Indian society is turning conservative.

15 Aug 2023 12:01 AM IST