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After poll defeats, an Opposition in serious disarray

Politics is ruthless and unforgiving and, therefore, also has an elephantine memory. The suddenly-diminished former chief minister of West Bengal,...

yesterday 10

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Barkha Dutt

In the West Asia crisis, an opportunity for China

The US-Israeli war with Iran has done much more than destabilise West Asia, send oil, gas, and other prices surging, and disrupt the global economy....

yesterday 10

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Ian Bremmer

Tech & worsening of sexual violence within marriage

In March 2026, CNN aired an investigation on drug-facilitated sexual violence committed on sleeping women by their husbands. One porn website with...

yesterday 10

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Jwalika Balaji

Rahul Gandhi’s politics of fruitless opportunism

It is useful to begin with recent chronology. The Congress fought the elections in Tamil Nadu as a junior partner of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam...

previous day 10

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Roshan Kishore

Pakistan, a year after Operation Sindoor

The package of measures adopted against Pakistan after last year’s terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, were collectively the strongest deployed...

previous day 10

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Tca Raghavan

India’s antibiotic crisis has a vaccine solution

Every year, antibiotic resistance — the failure of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections — kills more people in India than in any other...

previous day 10

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Ramanan Laxminarayan

Operation Sindoor set a new strategic course

Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7, 2025, was a defining moment in India’s response to a major Pakistan-sponsored terror strike on Indian soil. In...

wednesday 10

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Deependra Singh Hooda

Anchor judicial recusal in institutional design

Arvind Kejriwal’s recusal plea before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has reignited debate over a key judicial mechanism — the doctrine of recusal....

wednesday 10

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Insiyah Vahanvaty

Subsidising the status quo: How BEE fails EV transition

The conflict in West Asia delivers a stark reminder: Dependence on foreign energy is a strategic vulnerability. Many nations are responding by...

wednesday 10

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Amitabh Kant

Why Delhi’s prescription for newborn testing is flawed

India’s states are often criticised for chronically underinvesting in health. Yet, Delhi has long stood apart, consistently allocating one of the...

26.04.2026 20

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Death, potholes, and tea: Banality of bereavement

There is a particular cruelty in the way the world insists on continuing. Even before my youngest aunt’s bier was out of the house, tea arrangements...

26.04.2026 20

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Nishtha Gautam

The deferred FCRA bill calls for a quiet burial

It’s a paradox — to put it mildly — that just as the Bharatiya Janata Party was doing its best to reach out to Christian voters in Kerala, its...

25.04.2026 20

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Karan Thapar

How institutions build credibility and sustain it

In the iconic BBC TV series, Yes, Prime Minister, Sir Humphrey Appleby once remarked, “We mustn’t let daylight in upon magic (episode: ‘The...

25.04.2026 20

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Rajat Kathuria

Women’s rage finds a voice and vocabulary

You couldn’t have missed it — the outpouring of women’s anger across India this month. Spilling into streets, bursting into confrontations,...

25.04.2026 20

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Namita Bhandare