Clearly, coalition politics, especially in the Opposition space, is at the crossroads as the BJP works to expand its footprint and argues that a “double-engine” government (governments led by the same party at the Centre and the state) is essential for economic growth and development.

Biden and Xi have apparently agreed to explore the possibility of a physical summit between the two leaders at the end of the year. Hopefully, both the leaders will have greater political room to find some common ground.

While BSNL's losses have dipped — in 2020-21, losses fell to Rs 7,441 crore, down from Rs 15,500 crore in 2019-20 — its revenues have remained flat.

War is tragic, its human cost high. Zelenska and Zelenskyy may need to pose to grab the West's attention and assistance.

With the ambit of “offences” only growing bigger and wider — including a whole range of “misdeeds”, from nudity to scenes from decades-old films — it is up to the state and its instruments to ensure that one individual's right to be offended does not impinge on others' freedoms

For all its hostile actions, Russia will find it difficult to obstruct a UN-backed deal guaranteeing safe passage for Ukraine's exports through the Black Sea to Turkey's Bosporus Strait and on to world markets

Centre’s lion plan continues to ignore urgent imperative of relocating the animal out of Gir. Experts believe the Gir lions would have been far more effective in the role assigned to the cheetahs. Conservation authorities need to do some rethinking on big cats

Forty years ago, in 1982, the Opposition quit in the Rajya Sabha, Israel dropped bombs in Beirut, the US and India began a new partnership, and there was a flood in Burdwan.

Parentese, it appears, is near-universal. It is a reminder of how much people have in common. Gurgling sounds, high-pitched coos, sing-song voices and simple tunes — it is difficult to think of “Parentese” (as baby talk is formally known) as being intelligible, let alone translatable.

Executions in Myanmar signal that generals don’t care what world thinks of them. In this, for Delhi, a sharpening challenge. Two of the four activists executed were the well known and respected pro-democracy activists, Ko Jimmy and the Phyo Zayar Thaw, who had demonstrated in the days after last February's coup that they could mobilise thousands to rally against the junta.