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Priyanka Gandhi met Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad but the message was for Mayawati

Dalits’ new age icon Chandrashekhar Azad can disturb UP’s political equations in polls. With Priyanka Gandhi’s visit, he may already have.

Bilawal Bhutto is the opposition’s dark horse in Imran Khan’s Naya Pakistan

For a long time, Bilawal Bhutto wasn’t taken seriously, despite having the courage and charisma of mother Benazir & grandfather Zulfiqar Ali

Let China block Masood Azhar listing at UN, India must carry on with Wuhan spirit

New Delhi’s carefully worded disappointment over Beijing’s stand is in line with India’s engagement with China before and after the Modi-Xi meeting in Wuhan.

Ritesh Batra’s Photograph captures an unusual romance between two strangers

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra-starrer Photograph has all the ingredients of a typical Bollywood love story, yet it clicks.

Kerala’s war with water is slipping out of control

Kerala is staring at a crisis of safe drinking water and everyone from the governments to the citizens will need to step up to address this.

Seen as US’ successor in Afghanistan, China can take any stand it wants on Masood Azhar

Both Afghanistan and Pakistan see China as the power to which the Americans will hand over the keys when the last US soldier leaves.

By blocking Masood listing, China is playing a risky ‘good terrorist’ vs ‘bad terrorist’ game

Beijing’s calculus appears to be driven by its bet on its ‘all-weather ally’ and friends in Pakistan military who can keep Uighur separatists in check.

Two pension schemes, one problem: What Modi govt didn’t learn

India's old-age group remain without a secured pension policy. Those that came their way have either become fiscally unmanageable or soon will.

To-hear-or-not-to-hear conundrum over Michael Jackson has brought out the ‘cancel culture’

Cancel culture is as hotly debated as it is variously defined, but in its essence is the self-ban on works of people who have done terrible things to others.

If India continues to politicise military, we may not look very different from Pakistan

The Indian armed forces are as accountable to the people as any other institution in a democratic country.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.