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Give me this day my daily ice cream — a simian resident of Shimla, who will be counted in the Himachal monkey census (photo: Wikimedia commons)

Monkeying around with the census, consensus and con-sensus

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee symbolically painted Durga's eyes at Chetla Agrani this year, as every year (photo: Chetla Agrani/ Facebook)

The politics behind the pujas

Civilians in the Gaza strip have been facing incessant and brutal airstrikes by Israel. (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel-Hamas conflict: The only language Israel understands

While banks and depositors suffer massive losses, defaulters continue to ''live the life of the Sultan of Brunei'', remarks Avay Shukla (photo: Getty Images)

Dhan ki Baat: An IAS officer’s two biggest money mistakes

Palestinians walk among the rubble of a destroyed building, following an Israeli air attack on Khan Yunis, 10 October 2023. (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel–Hamas conflict: Modi’s stand jeopardises India’s position on Kashmir

A view of rockets fired by Palestinians in response to Israeli airstrikes during an operation in Gaza city on 7 October (photo: Getty Images)

A silent ‘Vishwaguru’? India’s baffling silence on the Palestine crisis

More than 1,500 people have been killed and over 6,000 wounded in Israeli airstrikes of Gaza. (photo: DW)

Herald View: War games in Palestine

In the first six months of 2023, there were 255 recorded instances of hate speech gatherings or rallies targeting Muslims across 17 states in India (photo: Getty Images)

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No country for non-Hindus, certainly not with elections ahead

13 Oct 2023, 7:55 AM

Students check the list before the NEET medical entrance exam at a private school in Delhi (photo: Getty Images)

Opinion

NEET mess: Miscalculations behind the zero percentile

12 Oct 2023, 6:37 PM

(Trigger warning: image depicts death) A Palestinian man cries out holding the body of his cousin, who he pulled from the rubble after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza (photo: Images)

Opinion

Hamas: When the monster turns on its creator

12 Oct 2023, 6:09 PM

US President Joe Biden and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina at G20 summit in New Delhi (photo courtesy: Bangladesh High Commission)

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Eye on China, pressure on Bangladesh: America’s latest great game east

08 Oct 2023, 6:45 PM

Indian Youth Congress members fry pakodas on PM Modi's birthday on 17 September, which the IYC observes as 'national unemployment day' (photo: Vipin/ National Herald)

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Reflections on the genius of the ‘pakoda economy’

08 Oct 2023, 2:17 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in February 2023 (photo: Getty Images)

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Putting India before Indians, and Indians behind Bangladeshis

08 Oct 2023, 1:34 PM

BJP MP from South Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri hurled abuses at fellow MP Danish Ali in the Lok Sabha, 21 Sept 2023 (Photo: Sansad TV)

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Competitive communalism is India’s new gladiatorial sport

07 Oct 2023, 4:56 PM

Census enumeration in Bihar (Getty Images)

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Class over caste: Bihar caste survey may have created new kingmakers

07 Oct 2023, 2:21 PM

Inside the new Parliament building. (Photo: PMO)

Opinion

Herald View: The public shaming of Parliament

30 Sep 2023, 5:23 PM

India’s population is expected to reach 1.65 bn by 2047 (Photo: Getty Images)

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India to become a ‘developed’ nation by 2047? It's a new pipe dream

26 Sep 2023, 8:03 AM

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (Photo: NH archives)

Opinion

Why we must take Justin Trudeau seriously

24 Sep 2023, 9:25 PM

It should not take external pressure for us to look at ourselves. But that seems to be how things often move in India (photo: Getty Images)

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800 ‘encounters’ in 6 years — and the looming Canada question

24 Sep 2023, 4:26 PM

A G20 billboard in Bhuj, Gujarat (photo: Getty Images)

Opinion

G20 summit and the art of beating about the bush

24 Sep 2023, 3:00 PM

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