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$Farrukh Dhondy | Suella\s Dog-Whistle Bid: Targeting UK\s Multiculturalism?$ Opinion

Farrukh Dhondy | Suella-'s Dog-Whistle Bid: Targeting UK-'s...

“Sufis celebrate the vine Which yields the nectar to the cup To them it’s a metaphor -- a sign They...

7 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Does India still need the magic of the Mahatma?

Shobhaa De | Does India still need the magic of the Mahatma?

The 154th Gandhi Jayanti is over. Long live Gandhiji… That is, if the Mahatma still matters. The Father of the...

7 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | IAF must rely less on US troubled aircraft makers

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | IAF must rely less on US' troubled aircraft...

Till not so long ago, whenever one thought about aviation, it was mostly about the United States and its...

6 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Chandrakant Lahariya | Nobel Boost: New Malaria Vaccine; TB Vaccine Next?

Chandrakant Lahariya | Nobel Boost: New Malaria Vaccine; TB Vaccine...

The first week of October 2023 was very significant for vaccine development at the global level. First, two scientists...

6 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Amit Khare to continue as adviser to PM

Dilip Cherian | Amit Khare to continue as adviser to PM

In a significant development, the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has extended the tenure of Amit Khare as...

5 Oct 2023 12:57 AM IST

A file photo shows the Indian army personnel carring out drills at Kibithu close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh. (PTI File Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Amid India-China friction, we need to set real' LAC

We have two outstanding issues between India and China. The larger one is about the large tracts of territory in Ladakh...

5 Oct 2023 12:48 AM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Standoff with Canada to test new approach to diplomacy

Bhopinder Singh | Standoff with Canada to test new approach to...

India was no lamb and was often the contrarian voice

4 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

The victory of Opposition candidate Mohammed Muizzu in the Maldives presidential election seemed imminent when he led in the first round, though falling short of the 50 per cent vote that was needed for an outright victory. (Image : Twitter)

K.C. Singh | Maldives the latest play in India-China games

Warning signals that India's Maldivian policy was fraying had been visible for some time

4 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Aakar Patel | If you have eyesâ€¦The many ways in which govt targets Indias minorities

Aakar Patel | If you have eyesâ€¦The many ways in which govt targets...

Four centuries ago, a British ambassador, Sir Henry Wotton, defined a diplomat as “an honest gentleman sent to lie...

3 Oct 2023 12:08 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | 33% quota hasnt moved needle on women power

Shikha Mukerjee | 33% quota hasn't moved needle on women power

It is a significant legislation, the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, or what is best understood as a straightforward...

3 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST

UK Home secretary Suella Braverman. (AFP File Photo)

Kishwar Desai | Why Suella still Tories favourite; wine boom thanks to...

Whodunnit? While the masters and mistresses of crime had spun their tales in the UK over the past few centuries and...

2 Oct 2023 12:09 AM IST

Sanjaya Baru | Indias influence has always far exceeded its hard power

Sanjaya Baru | India's influence has always far exceeded its hard...

India, that is Bharat, has always had enormous influence on world affairs. Influence is what analysts define as...

2 Oct 2023 12:07 AM IST