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Bangladeshs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laughs while speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)

K.C. Singh | Hasina's victory: Time for caution, not complacency

The January 7 elections for the Jatiya Sangsad, Bangladesh’s Parliament, has produced a huge win for Prime...

9 Jan 2024 11:14 PM IST

NHAI plans to develop 57 stretches as model national highways. (PTI Photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Punitive Laws Alone Can't De-Risk India's Highways

Christmas Day, December 25, is also Good Governance Day in India, as it has been since 2014, to coincide with the birth...

9 Jan 2024 12:01 AM IST

The Tablighi meeting was held before India issued guidelines on public gatherings. (PTI File Image)

Aakar Patel | Scapegoating of Tablighi Jamaat in 2020: Lessons for...

It’s sometimes necessary to remind ourselves of the past in order to understand the present. Four years ago, in...

8 Jan 2024 11:10 PM IST

The fact is that despite the 1962 war, and the consequences of the Cold War, the leaderships of both China and India have sought to maintain stability in their relationship. (Image: Twitter)

Sanjaya Baru | India & China: Of power, performance & posturing

Neither succeeded in full measure, but very quickly came to terms with the ground realitiesâ€

8 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

A Christmas surprise transforms Grumpy neighbors into pet enthusiasts. (Image by arrangement)

Shashi Warrier | The Christmas Conversion

It seems that there are cat people and there are dog people, and ne’er the twain shall get along, like...

7 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Temple under construction, ahead of the consecration ceremony at the temple, in Ayodhya. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Why BJP wants Kerala to rejoice; Pawar homes in on heir...

With two weeks to go for the grand consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, the Bharatiya Janata...

7 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Offerings brought by devotees during a Sandesh Yatra from Nepals Janakpur, ahead of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple, in Ayodhya, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Drama after trauma: Much politics in the name of Ram

These days the entire country is absorbed with the forthcoming inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22....

7 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

The ULFA on Dec. 29, 2023 signed a peace accord with the central and Assam governments in Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Wasbir Hussain | Will Ulfa accord really bring peace to Assam?

On December 29, 2023, just around a week ago, yet another rebellion ended in Assam. This time it was the tripartite...

6 Jan 2024 12:48 AM IST

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | After wars in Gaza, Ukraine: Despite old ties, I...

“Ugliness proves Darwin was right!” “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was OM” ...

6 Jan 2024 12:40 AM IST

Jalil Abbas Jilani. (AFP File Photo)

Claude Arpi | Why Pak politicians need to study Kashmir history

On December 11, 2023, India’s Supreme Court upheld the August 2019 abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution,...

4 Jan 2024 11:59 PM IST

The suspenseful build-up, supposedly orchestrated to sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modis appearance at the third national conference of chief secretaries (CS) adds an extra layer of intrigue to the impending reshuffle. (Image: Twitter: @NITIAayog)

Dilip Cherian | Centre's AGMUT Shakeup will Extend Beyond Delhi

Insiders are branding this exercise as potentially the last blockbuster move before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

4 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

There is every chance that these parties may assess the initiative as being primarily aimed at securing the anti-BJP space in states in which the regional parties are a significant force. In such a situation, the battle for 2024 may be over even before it has begun in right earnest. (File Image: AP)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will Opp. lose battle for 2024 before it's...

The Opposition parties got together, found in INDIAâ€ an acronym that creased brows of top BJP leaders

4 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST