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Mandate for an inclusive nation

The overarching win of the NPP suggests a rupture in Sri Lankan politics. It shifts the narrative from identity-centric agendas that have shaped electoral outcomes to class politics driven by economic concerns (AFP)
Published on Nov 19, 2024 14:37 IST

The AAP’s failure in managing dissent

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Former Delhi Transport Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kailash Gahlot addresses the media on joining Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), at BJP HQ in New Delhi on Monday. Delhi Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) President Virendra Sachdeva and Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and others also present. (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh) (Rahul Singh)
Published on Nov 18, 2024 14:29 IST

Why Mumbai is a prestige fight

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows a bowstring arch bridge, installed by Hindustan Construction Company, that will connect the Bandra-Worli sea link and the coastal road in Mumbai, India, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 18, 2024 14:28 IST

Snuffing out young lives

Firefighters work after a fire broke out in a neonatal intensive care unit at Jhansi Medical College hospital in Jhansi (AP)
Published on Nov 17, 2024 19:15 IST

Breathless in the Capital

New Delhi, Nov 15 (ANI): Red Fort stands cloaked in a thick veil of smog as pollution levels continue to rise, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)
Updated on Nov 15, 2024 15:02 IST

Civic bodies must be fiscally empowered

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is seen inside its headquarters in Mumbai, India, April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas//File Photo/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Nov 14, 2024 14:58 IST

Cautious rebuilding of Delhi-Kabul ties

MAY 13, 2024** Tehran: Officials during the signing of a contract between India Ports Global Ltd. & Ports and Maritime organisation of Iran for the operation of the Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar, Iran. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Published on Nov 13, 2024 14:51 IST

Looking beyond the CPI numbers

Signage at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters building in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)
Published on Nov 13, 2024 14:50 IST

India must cash in on chip war

FILE PHOTO: Flags of China and U.S. are displayed on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips, in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 12, 2024 15:28 IST

Where have all the women gone?

Clearly, the parties are refusing to walk the talk. They wish to see women as consumers of politics, who need to be wooed with sops, but not as active players (ANI Photo) (Snehal Sontakke)
Updated on Nov 11, 2024 13:58 IST

Apex court could have ended the AMU debate

Aligarh Muslim University. (Sourced)
Published on Nov 10, 2024 17:44 IST

The warning from Quetta

A security personnel inspects the blast site at a railway station, a day after an explosion allegedly by Pakistani separatists in Quetta, in Pakistan's Balochistan province, on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP)
Published on Nov 10, 2024 17:36 IST

No cop-out on climate crisis

FILE PHOTO: Climate activists project a message onto the Embassy of Azerbaijan ahead of COP29 climate talks, in London, Britain, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Nov 8, 2024 15:04 IST

Fireproofing digital spaces

A man uses his phone as he stands on a footpath in central Sydney on November 7, 2024. Australia will move to pass new laws banning children under 16 from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, vowing to crack down on tech giants failing to protect vulnerable users. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Nov 7, 2024 14:21 IST

The Trump presidency

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Callaghan O'hare/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Nov 6, 2024 14:53 IST

Canadian crisis,India’s headache

Brampton [Canada], Nov 05 (ANI): A massive crowd gather outside Hindu Sabha Mandir in solidarity with the temple and the Hindu community after the Khalistani attack on November 3, in Brampton on Monday. (ANI Photo) (CoHNA Canada - X)
Published on Nov 5, 2024 14:12 IST

State of play inJharkhand polls

Chaibasa [Jharkhand], Nov 04 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in conversation with former Jharkhand CM and BJP candidate from Saraikela assembly constituency Champai Soren during a public meeting for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, in Chaibasa on Monday. (ANI Photo) (Narendra Modi Website)
Updated on Nov 4, 2024 14:56 IST

West must walk its talk on conservation

Greenpeace activists hang on a building a banner that reads “COP 16 Action for Nature” in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, on October 18, 2024. The 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) will be held in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) (AFP)
Published on Nov 4, 2024 14:56 IST

Welfare spends vs fiscal sense

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s advice to his party about making only deliverable promises has triggered yet another slugfest on what is popularly termed freebies
Published on Nov 3, 2024 14:56 IST

US democracy is under scanner

MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 21: A poll worker directs a voter to a polling station set up inside of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex as Early Voting begins on October 21, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Early voting runs from Oct. 21 through Nov. 3 in Miami-Dade and Broward. People head to the polls to decide, among other races, the next president of the United States. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)
Published on Nov 1, 2024 16:01 IST

It’s alliance that matters

Just as the ideological lines have blurred, party boundaries too have been erased with candidates seeking votes for the alliance (PTI)
Updated on Nov 1, 2024 06:00 IST