July 5, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Jharkhand’s swift CM change shows how crucial polls there & in Maha & Haryana are Hemant Soren is back as Jharkhand CM. His swift taking back of the post from Champai Soren, who held the…
July 5, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 5, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Biden’s age isn’t the issue, his mental acuity is. Even older heads of govt have done fine Biden’s recent presidential debate debacle has sharpened the focus on his age. At 81, Biden is not only…
July 5, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 5, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Leaked question papers and other forms of cheating prove our education system is a total failure We addressed him as Sir or Mr Peterson, but among us schoolboys he was always Gup, as in gup-shup,…
July 5, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 4, 2024, 7:17 AM IST
Mona Mehta Even to someone who has been living under a rock and woke up to India’s victory in the T20 World Cup, irritated by the sound of crackers bursting in the middle of the…
July 4, 2024, 7:17 AM IST
July 4, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Hindu majority is under no threat from conversions. HCs should know this basic data point Can an untruth told loud enough and often enough prevail over the truth? That this danger is very real today,…
July 4, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 4, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Stampedes, like the one in Hathras, are frequent as official permissions for events don’t ask basic questions As fatalities climb beyond 120 from the stampede at a religious event in UP’s Hathras, authorities have promised…
July 4, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 3, 2024, 8:36 AM IST
By invitation: Anant Goenka India becoming T20 world champions was a fabulous moment for India, for cricket. For me, what makes the win special is that in an era of bullies, the nice guys have…
July 3, 2024, 8:36 AM IST
July 3, 2024, 7:40 AM IST
Two decades ago, controversies around the measurement of poverty in National Sample Surveys set off what became known as the Great Indian Poverty Debate. We seem to have come full circle with new controversies about…
July 3, 2024, 7:40 AM IST
July 3, 2024, 7:25 AM IST
Though it is early days, a stormy inaugural session of the 18th Lok Sabha is belying expectations that national politics has re-entered a coalition phase that will bring consensus-building, effective floor management, and backroom parleys…
July 3, 2024, 7:25 AM IST
July 3, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
LS began with good political theatre. A tougher test of its efficacy will come once legislative biz starts Lok Sabha’s proceedings, starting with the oath ceremony, were loud. And clear. Voices carried. Rhetoric-tipped arrows flew….
July 3, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 3, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
NEET should follow JEE test model that uses offline computers & two-level examination Allegations that this year’s NEET-UG was a compromised affair have been validated since CBI began probing the matter. That irregularities have been…
July 3, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 2, 2024, 6:46 AM IST
Authored by Swami Tejomayananda Out of all the phases of life that we go through, people mostly like youth the best. Old age is usually looked upon as the age of complaining. In Marathi, there…
July 2, 2024, 6:46 AM IST
July 2, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
Nice guys don’t have to lose, provided rules are laid out & implemented fairly. This falters only in politics A cricket captain under whom India wins a world cup is bound to be celebrated in…
July 2, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 2, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
The two-shelf kitchen in flats might vanish soon Once people ate people, cavemen being cannibals, and one can almost picture the large pickle jars of sundried, salted human toes. After the discovery of fire came…
July 2, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 2, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
New criminal codes will ultimately be tested on their ability to protect the principle of presumption of innocence The three new criminal codes that kicked in yesterday – BNS, BNSS, and BSB – will eventually…
July 2, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 1, 2024, 6:59 AM IST
Authored by Jug Suraiya On March 4, 1861, the 16th President of United States, Abraham Lincoln, took the oath of office and made his inaugural address to his country, over which loomed the gathering storm…
July 1, 2024, 6:59 AM IST
July 1, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
JDU’s resolution for spl category funding is political ritual. Money isn’t the problem. Misgovernance is JDU has said its party brass will meet Modi to lobby Bihar’s cause for special category status, a category that…
July 1, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
July 1, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
A triumph that’ll live in India’s collective memory, T20 World Cup win means a lot more India’s cricket fans needed this. Cricketers in tears as the reality of the triumph sank in, India’s streets alive,…
July 1, 2024, 5:00 AM IST
June 30, 2024, 7:35 AM IST
Last week, this column described how the govt’s atmanirbhar policy was evolving into an Indian version of the Korean chaebol, where industrial conglomerates are backed by their govt with support and subsidies to become world-class…
June 30, 2024, 7:35 AM IST
June 29, 2024, 7:51 AM IST
Given how the first presidential debate went, should Democrats replace Biden by the next debate in Sep? But no matter which Democrat runs against Trump, it’s going to be a close contest Millions of Americans…
June 29, 2024, 7:51 AM IST
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