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

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

11 Nov 2023 11:45 PM

Farrukh Dhondy | The mess in Gaza: Will Israel’s war create many more groups like Hamas?

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

11 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

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

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

11 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

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

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

09 Nov 2023 11:37 PM

Anita Anand | Chinese going a step backwards, taking away the sky from women

In contemporary China, while women’s rights have improved a great deal, they face discrimination in the workforce.

09 Nov 2023 11:28 PM

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Dilip Cherian | UPSC updates guidelines on choice of DGPs

why this volte-face?

09 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | In Hamas, has Bibi found the enemy Israel needs?

Hamas was not formally outlawed by the Israeli military authorities until 1989

09 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Delhi’s nightmare: Leaders bicker while citizens suffer

The Centre wants commercial vehicles which do not cater to essential services to be stopped, & 50 percent of employees to work from home

08 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

Saeed Naqvi | Decoding Blinken’s frenetic diplomacy in Mideast & role of Hezbollah’s chief

Iran, Hezbollah and the entire Shia arc, was cajoled and threatened not to expand the conflict.

08 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

Syed Ata Hasnain | Israel-Hamas war: Does expansion loom large?

The world cannot afford any more bloodletting of such proportions

07 Nov 2023 12:11 AM

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Aakar Patel | It’s time to end the anonymous funding of all Indian elections

The next body to say the electoral bonds scheme was dangerous was the Election Commission.

07 Nov 2023 12:08 AM

Sunil Gatade | Maratha quota issue unravels like ‘time bomb’ in Maha politics

The issue has taken centre-stage with the emergence of Manoj Jarange Patil from the backward Marathwada region.

06 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Many worries for BJP as ‘semi-final’ vote looms

The ultra-nationalistic narrative emerged as the overarching narrative, clearly missing at this stage.

05 Nov 2023 11:38 PM

Ranjona Banerji | The dashing kaali-peeli drivers of Mumbai

What made the Mumbai kaali-peeli my lifeline were the people, not the cars.

05 Nov 2023 12:08 AM

Manish Tewari | To foil wider conflict, Israel must stop sacking of Gaza

Is a disproportionately asymmetric conventional response to an outrage perpetrated by semi-state actors warranted?

05 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

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Farrukh Dhondy | Hamas ‘terrorists’ or ‘militants': A word storm as Gaza war rages

The BBC has stubbornly refused to call the Hamas personnel “terrorists”. The BBC has called them “militants”.

03 Nov 2023 11:58 PM

Shobhaa De | Diwali dhamakas galore… amid Mahua soap opera!

Even without the haze, there is a great deal of toxicity out there, folks.

03 Nov 2023 11:55 PM

Dilip Cherian | Central posting of Gujarat IPS officers sets off huge Delhi buzz

13 IPS officers from various states were initially shortlisted for Central deputation

03 Nov 2023 12:17 AM

Indranil Banerjie | World’s outrage over Gaza war is selective

Tel Aviv has only itself to blame for the October 7 carnage, which is the result of a failure to accept the two-state solution.

03 Nov 2023 12:11 AM

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | In ‘hate wars’ of today, no one can be a winner

The two major conflicts raging today have the distinct flavour of “hate war”.

02 Nov 2023 12:03 AM

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