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File photo of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K. At least 49 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | Were India, Pak close to a nuke war after Pulwama?

Mike Pompeo, the seventieth secretary of state of the United States of America and the twenty-fourth director of...

12 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Dr Ashish Chauhan, consultant internal medicine and immunisation specialist, said autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which is a genetic disorder. In our society there has to be campaigns to educate people on such myths. Moreover, it must be ensured that families of affected children should not be stigmatised by the society. Representational image/Pixabay

Farrukh Dhondy | Mixing up myths & modern science will only lead to...

“The path to the waters is tough You stumble on sand-pit and stone No hardship is ever enough God has left us...

11 March 2023 12:49 AM IST

The Amazonian basin is nearly twice the size of India -- can you handle this factoid? (Representational Image)

Shobhaa De | The first Samba-Tango in South America

I am feeling like Vasco da Gama in a saree after discovering a new world: South America. I am...

11 March 2023 12:17 AM IST

The report said the crises between India and Pakistan are more concerning because both are nuclear-armed states. However, Pakistan has a long history of supporting anti-India terrorist groups. Representational Image/By Arramgement

Indranil Banerjie | If Pakistan implodes, India has to deal with the...

Pakistan could be imploding. All the king’s men -- in this case the Americans, the Chinese and the Saudis -- are...

10 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Congress-led Opposition staged a walkout from Lok Sabha on Thursday (PTI)

Sunil Gatade | To take on BJP, Opposition needs to â€˜cut off the...

It was an epic battle in Maratha history. One led by a brave general of Shivaji Maharaj. The general was more of a close...

9 March 2023 12:33 AM IST

On International Womens Day, going beyond clich©s, one must look around, go back in time and analyse to be truly humbled into realising at how much wiser, saner, smarter and productively higher in the ladder of economics the women around us are. (Representational Image)

Sriram Karri | Indiaâ€™s women can offer lessons in smart economics

My grandmother taught me the first lessons of economics when I was hardly five years old, after I was foolhardy and rash...

9 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Indus river in Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. AP file photo

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus waters: Yawning gap between threat and reality

The Narendra Modi government has decided to start talks with Pakistan on the Indus Waters Treaty, and rightly so. After...

8 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | SC plans to revisit ruling on remit of HC in WB...

The Supreme Court has decided to revisit its last year’s verdict in former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan...

8 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the Raisina Dialogue, in New Delhi, Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Aakar Patel | What kind of a â€˜developedâ€™ nation might we be by...

Some things happened last week that require reflection. They are different things but we shall try to join them. The...

7 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inaugural ceremony of Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | N-E verdict: Why thereâ€™s no alternative to Modi

The results of the recently-concluded Assembly elections in the three Northeast states of Tripura, Nagaland and...

7 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Ajay Banga. (DC File Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | Secession of the successful: Their passage out of India

Every time an alumnus of my school in Hyderabad gets a prize job overseas, everyone goes gaga. Ajay Banga is the latest...

6 March 2023 12:55 AM IST

King Charles (DC File Photo)

Kishwar Desai | More royal family drama looming as coronation nears;...

It will be coronation time again after 70 years! London will be the place to be in May. Preparations have begun...

6 March 2023 12:55 AM IST