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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | China playing puppeteer as Brics expands, G-20 looms

Crucially, the group’s most important economies are China and India, bitter adversaries that rarely cooperate on anything: Jim O' Neill

28 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

Saeed Naqvi | The Establishment in Pakistan plays Hamlet without Prince of Denmark

The PCB, in a state of funk, decided to take corrective action by resurrecting Imran.

28 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

Madras Week has become a thing over the last decade and has been creating an exponential increase in the Pride of Madrasis. (Photo: Facebook)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | About how proud I was last week

Curious as to what ‘Madras’ cuisine they would be serving, we went with the idea.

27 Aug 2023 12:21 AM

The current set of rules grants wide discretionary power to the presiding officers of either House. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | Revive democracy, codify parliamentary privileges

The history of parliamentary privileges can be traced back to the Privileges of Parliament Act passed in 1512.

27 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

A screenshot shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauding as ISRO Chairman speaks on Chandrayaan-3's successful landing on the Moon’s surface, at ISRO Hq in Bengaluru, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Shobhaa De | To the moon and back… Kashmir’s mojo returns

I wept, danced and cried as the nation, united as one people, applauded the staggering triumph.

26 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

“Frozzys -- The lactose-free lickable frozen yoghurt ‘Ice Cream’ for dogs. (Photo: Facebook)

Farrukh Dhondy | It's not a dog's life: Fancy ice cream, a misguided but loving treat

The Doggy ice-creamwallas are prospering in the UK as more and more brands hit the market.

26 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

A screenshot shows a representation of Chandrayaan-3's successful landing on the Moon’s surface, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Indranil Banerjee | To the moon and beyond: India at cusp of a new age

One of the most significant effects of Isro’s lunar success this week will be its impact on the country’s younger generation

25 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

Volunteers with displaced villagers from Gwaltabi protest over the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, at Yaingangpokpi in Imphal East. (PTI Photo)

Anita Anand | India remains a diverse nation, but there’s little sign of unity left

Nehru’s vision of India was one where differences would be celebrated, and we would be unified. But no mechanisms set in place then or now.

25 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

Union Home minister Amit Shah. (Photo by arrangement)

Dilip Cherian | Why bureaucrats from poll-bound states making a beeline for BJP

Ved Prakash, R.K. Mishra and M.K. Agarwal were made official members of the party by Amit Shah.

24 Aug 2023 12:15 AM

AICC president Malikarjuna Kharge. (Image Source: AA)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Rebooting CWC: Readying Congress for battle of 2024

It will be wildly speculative to say whether Mr Kharge can lead Congress back to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha election?

24 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

In 1999 the Government of India issued a draft National Policy on Tribals to address the development needs of tribal people. Special emphasis was laid on education, forestry, healthcare, languages, resettlement and land rights. (Representational Image: AA)

Mohan Guruswamy | Adivasis, the first Indians, cheated by Constitution?

The migration of outsiders into the traditional Adivasi homelands continues unabated

23 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

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)

Shikha Mukerjee | Inflation biggest challenge for Modi as 2024 gets near

Inflation prompts voters to begin listing all the things that he or she cannot afford and all the reasons why he/she cannot do so.

22 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

The one thing India can claim is that it does not prevent Muslims from holding high office. (Representional Image: AA)

Aakar Patel | From secularism to communalism, and back: Varied paths in India & Pak

India has had Muslim Presidents but unlike Pakistan, India’s Presidents are figureheads with no real authority.

22 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the summit meeting later this week. (PTI File Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Why Brics is still relevant in a divided, post-G20 world

Why would an increasing number of countries wish to join an anachronistic group?

21 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

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

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

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

20 Aug 2023 12:22 AM

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

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

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’ culture

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