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From 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the last census, the Indian population is projected to grow to 1.66 billion by 2050.

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Most populous in world: An asset or a burden...

Come April 14 next year and there will be no dearth of patriotic Indians to applaud the National Democratic Alliance if...

22 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

This file photo taken on October 14, 2018 shows soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force taking part in a military review at the Ground Self-Defence Forces Asaka training ground in Asaka, Saitama prefecture. - Japan announced on December 16, 2022 its biggest defence overhaul in decades, hiking spending, reshaping its military command and acquiring new missiles to tackle the threat from China. (Photo: AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Japanâ€™s rearmament impact Indiaâ€™s...

The East Asia scenario has got a lot more complex with Japan’s decision to rearm itself for the first time in 77...

21 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Former Mumbai municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi. (Photo: ANI)

Dilip Cherian | Sidelined after pandemic, former Mumbai babu will now...

Retired 1985-batch IAS officer and former Mumbai municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi who, during the worst months of...

21 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

A new generation of RSS and BJP leaders are not inclined to update the Hindutva ideology because their basic presumption of glorifying a dead national past is their basic principle. (Photo:PTI)

Aakar Patel | The caste factor and the BJP-RSSâ€™ Hindutva politics in...

The 103rd Constitution Amendment, which was upheld by the Supreme Court recently, has been appreciated by our middle...

20 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

It is now up to Rahul Gandhi to nurture inner-party democracy by deferring to Mr Kharge as the leader and letting him run the party. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Dynastic politics in India: Long live our democracy!

In recent days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been lamenting the rise of dynastic political parties. He is right....

20 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at the plenary session of the 19th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Indranil Banerjie | Russian oil sanctions and the Great Global Divide

On December 5 this year, the Western powers slammed the gates shut on sea-borne Russian oil exports and imposed punitive...

19 Dec 2022 9:02 AM IST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Americaâ€™s dream world order needs Russia, Europe to be...

A change in the world order means gains and losses. The United States and the West will, sooner or later, lose their...

19 Dec 2022 8:50 AM IST

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Ranjona Banerji | A 60-yr-oldâ€™s adventures and snarling aunties

Age is just a number they say. And the older you get, what they mean, I think, is that it is an unjust number. Like now...

18 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Parliament building. (ANI)

Manish Tewari | Should Parliament codify basic structure doctrine?

The recent stand-off between the judiciary and the executive on judicial appointments and the law minister’s...

18 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

A worker carrying LPG cylinders on a bicycle crosses a road, shrouded in a thick layer of smog, in New Delhi (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Tackle toxic air now: Itâ€™s ruining our...

There is a new twist in the tale of the legendary Delhi-Mumbai rivalry. Both cities find point-scoring politically...

17 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

In Britain, which has certainly been demographically transformed into a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-faith society in the last 50 years, it has become customary to ask first-generation immigrants where they come from without any malice intended. (Photo: Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | Where are you from? UK row erupts on royal racism,...

“O Bachchoo acknowledge your passion flower Isn’t just the blossom of a dream. And though her fragrant...

17 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command, Lt Gen MM Naravane, review the security situation and operational preparedness in the border areas of Arunachal Pradesh, in Tawang. (PTI file photo)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | 1962 to 2022: No lessons learnt on tackling...

Six decades after the 1962 Chinese invasion, it’s time for a proper historical narrative, not just partisanship...

16 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST