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Bihar is entering a new political era. After decades, the BJP has managed to install its own leader as chief minister (CM) — the new CM, Samrat...
At first glance, the judgment of the Madurai Special Court on March 23, 2026, which convicted nine police officers for the custodial torture and...
World Haemophilia Day will be observed on April 17. India’s fight against the disease needs many fixes. Picture this: A 10-year-old child from a...
The live concerts industry is rapidly becoming a significant focus for major financial investors, signalling its emergence as a distinct and valuable...
Today, there is music in the midst of desolation. In the scarred, whispering forests of Chhattisgarh, brave souls like my father fell like sacred rain...
Something fundamental has shifted in cybersecurity, and while a few nations are beginning to grasp the implications, most, particularly India, remain...
In a few days from now, Parliament will convene for a special session — to take up amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam that will bring...
I am delighted to extend my traditional New Year greetings to all in India and around the world on the occasions of Baisakhi, Rongali Bihu, Maha...
Delhi continues to rank among the most polluted capitals on Earth, and vehicular emissions are a major culprit. The impact of vehicle pollution on...
Campbell Wilson’s recent resignation as Air India chief executive officer (CEO) can be seen as an admission of the failure to turn the airline...
I was just a little girl when the first man landed on the moon. We did not have a television set at home and there certainly was no internet. It was...
There are multiple reasons for the failure of the US-Iran talks in Islamabad. If the reporting on US President Donald Trump’s Hormuz ambitions is...
The world held its breath last week, as four astronauts were hurtling back toward a vast blue ocean, after entering the atmosphere. NASA’s Artemis...
The Islamabad talks between the US and Iran to end the war have failed. Little else could have been expected from US President Donald Trump...
In the past, the conventional wisdom was that a destabilising war in the oil-producing heart of West Asia could badly destabilise China, the world’s...
I’m not generally given to admiring people. Those that I do are few and far between. But starting October 2023, when Israel’s deliberately planned...
On newspaper front page ads, the BJP is listing its various accomplishments for women, from clean water to toilets and homes. In Kerala, the...
‘There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ There are only some things good literature can’t make better. For everything...
As another round of assembly elections in West Bengal approaches, discussions around the state of its economy have inevitably resurfaced. Whatever...
I don’t know if the Iran war will end anytime soon. But here are two things that have most certainly ended — the idea of America and the relevance...
April 13 marks the death anniversary of Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, who passed away in 1982. Mandal chaired the commission whose report laid the...
Every recruitment cycle in India sees tens of thousands of public posts attract millions of applicants. The fact that even a posting for the position...
When President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran on April 7, 2026 — barely 90 minutes before his own military strike deadline...
It is not often that middle-school civics sparks judicial controversy. The recent banning of a civics textbook by the Supreme Court, however, has...
What is Asian hospitality? It’s a term that became popular in the early years of this century to categorise hotel chains from East Asia that were...
After 40 days of accelerating escalation and expansion of the war in West Asia -- with many red lines crossed -- the two-week ceasefire announced on...
In the coming days, India will be immersed in a festive season, with celebrations taking place across the length and breadth of the nation. The people...
Washington entered the war against Iran as the clear favourite. It has now paused the war, offering lessons for everyone in how not to fight a war. Of...
Everybody is claiming victory in West Asia. President Donald Trump has done so repeatedly, and Iran was shouting defiance every time it fired a...
Election season is here with gender friendly promises galore. These offerings are easy to dismiss as sops offered in exchange for votes. But political...
Over the past decade, India has recorded visible gains in global innovation metrics, rising from 81st in 2015 to 38th in the Global Innovation Index...
Pakistan’s conflict with Afghanistan has gone under the radar after the war in West Asia gained centre stage. The long-simmering conflict between...
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 was passed despite much furore by the Opposition in both houses of Parliament and...
India’s long-delayed census is finally back on track, with house-listing operations beginning this month. The data collected during this phase will...
The West Asia conflict shows no signs of an immediate resolution even after over a month, leaving global markets preoccupied with three imponderables:...
The resistance to the transgender law has, so far, been united. Sprung without notice or consultation with the community and passed in unseemly haste...
The ongoing West Asia crisis is an important warning on India’s energy dashboard. India imports over 87% of its crude oil requirements, and more...
India stands at a moment of extraordinary opportunity — to reshape its legislatures, elevate women’s leadership, and build a democracy that truly...
Four states and one Union territory will witness a war of ideas this month. It would be a mistake to consider the upcoming assembly elections as mere...
Everyone from Frank Sinatra to Billie Holiday once told us, “All or nothing at all…” The banality of half a love. Or not committing oneself...
What’s the best way to acquire skills? Learning on the job? Or attending a formal course? I guess it depends on the nature of the skills. If you...
When India stepped into freedom in the autumn of 1947, democracy was deemed by many to be a doomed project — nowhere had such an impoverished...
You could be forgiven if you haven’t the foggiest idea of the significance of 24 Akbar Road unless, of course, you are a member of the Congress...
The environment for women entrepreneurs in India has never been better than it is today. Thanks to focussed government schemes and increasing...
‘Let’s go to Japan,’ I casually asked the missus a few months ago, with some guilt that husbands typically carry — some residual shame for...
The second most viewed page on Wikipedia in the past week was its entry on the blockbuster Dhurandhar 2. The excitement was the result of media...
The much awaited address to the nation by US President Donald Trump turned out to be a damp squib. The world tuned in — eager to see whether Trump...
The US-Israel war on Iran is aimed at the destruction of Iran as a regional military power. Thus, it was timed to exploit the Iranian military’s...
Donald Trump’s much-anticipated address from the White House early on Thursday (India time) was, in the end, a speech delivered by an American...
US President Donald Trump’s speech early Thursday (India time) reiterated many of his earlier threats to Iran while offering the American public his...
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