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Shikha Mukerjee | Congress flounders, needs a strategy to get relevant

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress flounders, needs a strategy to get relevant

A Donate for Deshâ€ fundraising campaign or a 6,200-km Bharat Nyay Yatra crossing 14 states

3 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that India will never compromise on its national pride. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | After Rajnath's vow, will Army give justice' to all it...

Defence minister Rajnath Singh visited the families of those Kashmiris killed in Army custody and assured them justice....

2 Jan 2024 12:48 AM IST

$The \CMA CGM Palais Royal\, the worlds largest containers ship powered by natural gas, sails in the bay of Marseille, southern France, on December 14, 2023. Ships belonging to CMA-CGM have returned to the Red Sea following attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and those belonging to Maersk will do the same, the two shipping giants said on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)$ Opinion

K.C. Singh | 2024, a year of elections, will be full of challenges

The year 2024 brings multiple challenges, some quite unique. For one, over 40 countries will face national elections,...

2 Jan 2024 12:44 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | 2023 was a stormy year: Will 2024 be any better?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | 2023 was a stormy year: Will 2024 be any...

Man and Nature conspired to make 2023 one of the most disastrous in living memory. Governments confronted each...

1 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Indias inclusiveness is at risk as leaders push intolerance

Bhopinder Singh | India's inclusiveness is at risk as leaders push...

With all eight major religions of the world, 780 languages (according to the People’s Linguistic Survey of India)...

1 Jan 2024 12:04 AM IST

As December comes to an end, one can but cast a regretful gaze upon the portentous litany of tragic events that underscored the year 2023. (Image: Twitter)

Manish Tewari | A Year That Blurred The Line Between Truth and...

As December comes to an end, one can but cast a regretful gaze upon the portentous litany of tragic events that...

31 Dec 2023 12:11 AM IST

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Shreya Sen-Handley | Roast the Rogues, Tricksters are Toast

Every year brings gains and losses, but 2023 dished up extra helpings of the latter. Innumerable lives were lost in wars...

31 Dec 2023 12:03 AM IST

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. (PTI File Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | Of clowns' and politics in UK: When a joke isn't a...

“His son was an addict His wife was a slut The goats of the village Danced in his hut But the village wizard...

30 Dec 2023 1:54 AM IST

For us, here in India, 2024 is likely to be the single most significant year in the nations history. (Image by starline on Freepik)

Shobhaa De | 2024 is almost here Are you ready for it?

Wonder why we can’t resist what are called “year-enders’’? Mercifully, 2023 is nearly over --...

30 Dec 2023 1:49 AM IST

Indias general election, the worlds largest, is likely to be held sometime in the first half of 2024. (Image by Freepik - pikusuperstar)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Several questions as we look back at 2023,...

Like most of the world, I am in the “looking back, looking ahead” mode. And like many, I have more questions...

28 Dec 2023 11:34 PM IST

India will continue to enjoy the benefits, and suffer the downsides, of political stability. Success, sadly, breeds hubris over time, so this cannot be a long-term fix. (Image: DC)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | What lies ahead: India to grow, inequality will...

New beginnings are better in theory than in practice, at least for the average, Risk-averse individual. First, there is...

28 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

A file image of India - Bhutan border (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Bhutan's Order of Merit to ex-IAS showcases...

Retired Punjab IAS officer Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh’s recent award of Bhutan’s National Order of Merit gold...

28 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST