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Ram Madhav writes: Together, against terror

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Ram Madhav

What can India do to get Pakistan to give up its policy of ‘proxy wars’?

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Anju Gupta

Pakistan is in steep decline. Army has resorted to failed strategies of the past

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Ramanathan Kumar

The Vaccination Crisis: Chipping away at hard-won gains against infectious diseases

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Ramanathan Kumar

Return of the yorker

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Ramanathan Kumar

Opposition’s support empowers government as it hunts for Pahalgam terrorists

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Ramanathan Kumar

We can’t just be users of AI. We have to be its co-creators

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Aditya Vishwanath

The cure to exorbitant fees in elite schools — fix the government school

Only a good quality public education system can offer an alternative to private schools.

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Anita Rampal

To deter terror activity in the Valley, after Pahalgam, back to basics

Area Domination Patrols are critical in ensuring a sense of omnipresence of security forces

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Syed Ata Hasnain

More regulation on private schools is bad idea

The notion that the failure of government schools can be overcome by higher regulatory cholesterol for private schools ignores rising costs,...

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Manish Sabharwal

Derek O’Brien writes: He was my Pope

Pope Francis had qualities that made me — made us — want to identify with him

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Derek O’Brien

YouTube turns 20: Small big screen

It continues to upend the way content is created and consumed.

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Manish Sabharwal

After Pahalgam, the next steps

India has sent a strong message of unity in face of terror. Delhi must now craft a calibrated response to credibly deter Pakistan's deep state

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Manish Sabharwal

To avoid reciprocal tariffs, lock down trade deal with the US

Successful closure of the deal would help the country reduce uncertainty, providing clarity to both global and domestic firms

yesterday 20

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Manish Sabharwal

Pahalgam terror attack is a grave reminder that peace is vulnerable, calls for a policy reset

Today, Kashmir faces a new breed of militancy. The hybrid terrorism of groups like The Resistance Front calls for a return to the fundamentals:...

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Editorial

The Bard’s love story and a Shakespearean twist

A letter addressed to the Bard's wife hints at a partnership sturdy enough to survive separation and centuries of speculation

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Davinder Sandhu

After Pahalgam, patience and precision must guide the way forward

There will be retaliation for the Pahalgam attack. It must be within a strategic framework

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Ajai Sahni

J D Vance in India: A case of frontstage confidence, backstage jitters

Now that US Vice President has returned home, the question remains: Will the poise of the US-India frontstage hold amid the chaos of the backstage?

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Amit Julka

After Pahalgam attack, J&K needs a people's movement for peace

The break from the immediate past of the last three decades and the building of an alternative narrative cannot only be political or governmental....

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Haseeb A Drabu

The menace of food adulteration — and how to tackle it

The state must deal with the challenge, not put onus on citizens

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Rituparna Patgiri

Why the government should acquire BluSmart

As India races to build inclusive cities, integrating BluSmart into the Sahkar Taxi cooperative can offer a transformative model of mobility

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Davinder Sandhu

In wake of Pahalgam attack, staying united, in grief -- and healing

There is need to remember: Way forward must build on hard-won gains in Kashmir

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Davinder Sandhu

The Pahalgam abyss

Perpetrators of the terror strike will be brought to justice. But a sense of foreboding will remain

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

What the UK can learn from India about trans rights and inclusive feminism

At a time when exclusion is often framed as protection, some collective practices of reflection, care, and solidarity remind us that the feminist...

previous day 10

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Editorial

J D Vance's India visit: The recasting

Amid global tumult, it framed convergence of interests, built on gains of PM Modi's America trip

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Davinder Sandhu

The world order is in flux. Multipolarity, based on equitable principles, is needed

New definitions of interstate relations, new behaviours, and doctrines are emerging. Seventy years after the Bandung Conference, India will do well...

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Mrinal Pande

When I met Pope Francis, he spoke of his great respect for India

He spoke out boldly against violence, poverty and injustice.

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Sudheendra Kulkarni

When Modi meets MbS: A Gulf of opportunities

As PM Modi visits Riyadh, a look Saudi Arabia's transformation and foreign policy pragmatism

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C. Raja Mohan

Hindi and Urdu, a common tongue

They have always been people’s languages, differing little but in scripts

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Mrinal Pande

Low snow levels in Hindu Kush region and a reminder to break the ice

Data sharing mechanisms on river flows, flood and drought alert systems, even a common renewable energy grid, could reduce people's vulnerabilities...

wednesday 10

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Amrita Narlikar

Politeness to LLMs costs money. Let’s thank AI anyway

In training machines to be courteous, humans might simply be reinforcing for themselves the idea that a good society is built on thoughtful...

wednesday 20

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Amrita Narlikar

J D Vance visit, bilateral trade and how to deal with China

A trade deal with the US should not be seen as being adversarial vis a vis China

wednesday 10

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Amrita Narlikar

This Earth Day, a reminder: There is no Planet B

Let this day be more than a date on the calendar. Let it be a turning point — for policy, people, and the planet

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Rao Inderjit Singh

Three beautiful consequences of Trump’s tariff game

Amidst all the fuss surrounding Trump’s tariffs and counter-measures, it is too easy to forget an important and empowering idea — tariffs,...

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Amrita Narlikar

Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba are wrong. India should not give up on manufacturing

Developing manufacturing is the best approach for super-populous economies like India and China to survive, grow and thrive on the global stage

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Mao Keji

US tariffs are likely to remake the global trade system. Few economies are prepared for this

We will have to consider things that are almost unthinkable in India. For example, raising consumption necessarily means lowering savings

wednesday 4

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Jahangir Aziz

A pope who chose empathy

Pope Francis advocated compassion over doctrinal rigidity, simplicity over pomp. His unwavering focus on the downtrodden will be his lasting legacy.

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Mrinal Pande

Dhaka must heed India’s call on minorities

India should remain resolute in its demand for protection of minorities in Bangladesh, while keeping door open for talks on other issues

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Mrinal Pande

In a black-and-white world, colour me olo

A new colour has been discovered. Only a few can see it. Yet olo adds to the palette in times when more colour is needed

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Mrinal Pande