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Manish Tewari | Balance of power key to leashing China, Russia, Israel

History tells us that geo-strategic transitions are never easy. They are always accompanied by uncertainty, fear,...

30 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

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M.P. Nathanael | A proven force is better than taking new inductees to...

The “unprecedented misbehaviour” of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel with Rajya Sabha MP M. Mohammed...

30 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Let’s mistreat some robots, what say?

At a party I attended a while ago, a friend of mine, self-admitted doting dad, was having his daily phone conversation...

30 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Shobhaa De | The messy ‘maamla’ with the Hindujas of Geneva

As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me”. ...

29 Jun 2024 12:57 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | With the election just days away, all of Britain is...

“All stories have their endings --Yes, that’s true! Morality has its bending --What can we do? In every...

29 Jun 2024 12:51 AM IST

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Indranil Banerjie | As Europe swings right, extremism is on the rise

Europe is creaking at every joint. The Continent, racked by farmers’ protests, shuttering industries, fractious...

28 Jun 2024 12:14 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Women rise in IFS, but gender parity is still distant

The presence of women in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) increased by 6.6 per cent to the current 37.8 per cent in the...

28 Jun 2024 12:06 AM IST

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Fascinating insights from Indian Lok Sabha Elections: Constituencies...

The by-polls of 1963 witnessed the first experiment in opposition unity insofar as the opposition parties of that time...

27 Jun 2024 4:44 PM IST

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Syed Ata Hasnain | How to stabilise, secure J&K for Assembly polls

Having witnessed at least five elections in J&K plus the panchayat polls of 2011, I find myself reasonably...

27 Jun 2024 12:36 AM IST

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Anita Anand | Some lessons from Thailand’s same-sex marriage law:...

On June 18, Thailand made history as the first country in Southeast Asia to pass a marriage equality law, recognising...

26 Jun 2024 3:33 AM IST

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Sanjeev Ahluwalia | A wish-list for Budget: If I were Nirmala...

Union finance minister Nimala Sitharaman is all set to make history. Some may say she has already made history by...

26 Jun 2024 3:27 AM IST

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Shikha Mukerjee | Politics of deep divides, prejudice & reservation

The accusations of prejudice, amounting to negative discrimination against a Dalit candidate on the criteria used for...

25 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST