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Suman Sahai | In India, has the environment now been destroyed beyond recovery?

Suman Sahai | In India, has the environment now been destroyed beyond...

With dramatic changes in the climate overtaking our world, the ferocious pollution in Delhi, the most polluted city in...

20 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Sunil Gatade | BJP facing more trouble as polarisation' is not enough

Some truths hit hard. Notwithstanding plans for a grand inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya in January 2024, Prime...

20 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

A beautiful town isnt a shape-changing piece in a jigsaw that will magically click into the empty space in your life and make it complete. (Image: Freepik)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The going gets tough, the tough get...

Of all the quotes in the world — barring the ones about inner beauty that invariably (not to mention,...

19 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

AI will have the responsibility of addressing the growing digital divide both on the urban-rural and across class matrices. (Image: Freepik)

Manish Tewari | A standalone law to manage AI is just what India needs

The inaugural Global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit held at Bletchley Park, United Kingdom, brought together...

19 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Just like Ravan, Suella stumbles and falls off her perch amid row

Farrukh Dhondy | Just like Ravan, Suella stumbles and falls off her...

“O come with old Bachchoo and leave the lot Of God-men and life-style gurus forgot Let them preach to gullible...

18 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Indias Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja celebrate the wicket of New Zealands Devon Conway during the ICC Mens Cricket World Cup 2023 first semi-final match between India and New Zealand, at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)

Shobhaa De | Diwali is over... let the celebrations continue

I’m writing this the morning after the night before, while India is still on a cricket high… and...

17 Nov 2023 10:44 PM IST

A thick blanket of smog covers the India Gate, in New Delhi, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Act fast to clean air, or economy will take a...

For nearly the entire past decade -- every year from early November onwards -- Delhi and much of North India faces a...

17 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar. (Image: Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Fresh controversy for AAP as Delhi chief secy in flap...

Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar finds himself embroiled in a fresh controversy

16 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Nari Shakti Vandan-Abhinandan Karyakram, a day after Parliament passed the womens reservation bill, at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, on Friday. (Image: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi foreign policy fumble amid...

India's position on the Hamas-Israel confrontation is quite different from that of its stance on the Russia-Ukraine war

16 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Does single-minded Congress bode ill for INDIA allies?

Shikha Mukerjee | Does single-minded Congress bode ill for INDIA...

Elections are obviously a testing time for political competitors. The intensity increases when the possibility of...

15 Nov 2023 12:06 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to a meeting in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | India's challenges amidst shifting global equations

The fifth 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and the United States was held in New Delhi on Friday, November 10....

14 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Raghuram Rajan resigned as governor after having discussed and disapproved of this move. (PTI Image)

Aakar Patel | In 2016, RBI had warned Demo will not work, but govt...

Demonetisation’s anniversary came and went, without any defence of the masterstroke from the government....

13 Nov 2023 11:59 PM IST