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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament House complex during Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Lok Sabha membership of Rahul Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Testing time lies ahead for the mother of democracy'

Disqualifying Rahul Gandhi within 26 hours of the Surat court's verdict was an act as much in indecent haste as it was...

8 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

$J.K. Rowling poses for the media at the world premiere of the film \Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald\ in Paris. (AP File)$ Opinion

Kishwar Desai | Nigel Farage gets uncancelled'; no such hope for J.K....

If the cancel culture becomes a global movement then one wonders if, one day soon, her books can be even be published...

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

While Indias growth performance may not as yet warrant a ratings downgrade, political risk is not only about assessing the economic consequences of politics. It is also about the impact of politics on the standards of governance . (Image: ADB)

Sanjaya Baru | Too Many Tughlaqs': Why India's risk factor is rising

Peace and security, as that old adage goes, are indivisible

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

The BJPs outreach initiatives will also include public rallies to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi covering Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Will no-trust bid give PM boost? Tharoor stirs the pot...

This timing will allow Mr Modi to set the political narrative and end the session in a blaze of glory.

6 Aug 2023 12:15 AM IST

Amid prices of tomatoes and spices hitting the roof, onion prices are set to surge in September. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Sriram Karri | Tomatoes are not onions. Period!

Recent prime time discussion between Onion and Tomato got a bit out of hand.

6 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. (Photo:PTI)

Pavan K Varma | The nationalist's economic argument against hate

A fundamental difference of opinion between RSS that has a long-term Hindutva agenda & BJP seeking immediate short-term...

6 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (DC Photo)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Beijing's wolf warriors' in fresh games: Watch...

Mr Jaishankar, in Jakarta, made it clear that till there was peace and tranquility at the border, there couldn't be...

5 Aug 2023 12:46 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (AP File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Does Sunak have no fashion senseor is he simply...

Now Derek Guy, a men's fashion expert, contends in The Times that Hedgie's fashion sense is stuck in the year 2000.

5 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

The violence spreads out of Nuh, into Sona, Palwal and Gurgaon. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Look within, hate now spreading like...

Mr Modi can never go to the people on basis of his government's economic and political achievements.

4 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

Farmers sort tomatoes near a field before being be transported to other cities, during the nationwide lockdown imposed in wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Murbad Taluka in Thane. PTI photo

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tomatoes and turbulence: Indians face harder...

For context, in 2021, 418 million Asians experienced extreme hunger, indicating a rise from the previous year.

3 Aug 2023 12:35 AM IST

Rupak Kumar Dutta. (DC File Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Buzz in Bengal on ex-CBI man as Mamata's security...

Some critics, however, view Mr Dutta's appointment with scepticism.

3 Aug 2023 12:02 AM IST

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified that there is no instruction from the Centre to make Hindi learning compulsory. (DC)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Inter-faith unions still a threat' in Digital...

Himanta Biswa Sarma, warned Assamese youths not to cross the lakhsman rekha by marrying girls from another faith.

2 Aug 2023 12:32 AM IST