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Hulkamania will live on

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Aakash Joshi

Ram Madhav writes: All parties should welcome SIR

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Ram Madhav

In America, is the brouhaha all about Epstein? It depends on the reality you live in

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Vamsee Juluri

What Startup20 provides the world

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Chintan Vaishnav

In Manipur, extending President's Rule is not a solution

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Aakash Joshi

Left Wing Extremism is a smokescreen. Maharashtra's new law could criminalise dissent

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Suhas Palshikar

National Sports Governance Bill: Will govt clean up federations including BCCI -- or isthere a danger of overreach?

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Aakash Joshi

Best of Both Sides: CBSE's two levels of Maths is a bad idea

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Subimal Bhattacharjee

Best of Both Sides: CBSE’s Maths levels will give students more options

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Abraar Ahmed

Jeffrey Epstein case shows Donald Trump is not MAGA's Pied Piper. There are lessons for populist strongmen in that

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Aakash Joshi

If Gaza’s corpses can vanish from our conscience, what else are we becoming blind to?

The horror in Gaza is so palpable that explanation or contextualisation often feels obscene. These are now tools of evasion, not illumination. The...

yesterday 30

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Obesity is even worse for health than believed earlier. India can't ignore that

Obesity is even worse for health than believed earlier. India can't ignore that

Nearly 20 per cent of Indian households now have all adult members classified as overweight, while 10 per cent have all adults classified as obese....

yesterday 10

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Shalini Singh

As an artist and storyteller, Ratan Thiyam always came back to Manipur

As an artist and storyteller, Ratan Thiyam always came back to Manipur

His plays were searing political commentaries that made audiences in the region, the country and in international forums, understand the Manipuri...

yesterday 8

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Abraar Ahmed

India-UK trade pact -- a template for deals with America and Europe

India-UK trade pact -- a template for deals with America and Europe

Through this trade agreement, India has indicated its willingness to bring down its tariffs substantially as it seeks to integrate more closely...

yesterday 7

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Abraar Ahmed

Best of Both Sides: CBSE’s math levels will give students more options

Best of Both Sides: CBSE’s math levels will give students more options

By reducing the fear of examinations, a two-tiered evaluation is likely to make the subject more amenable to a large number of students

yesterday 9

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Abraar Ahmed

Jeffrey Epstein case shows Donald Trump is not MAGA's Pied Piper. There are lesson's for populist strongmen in that

Jeffrey Epstein case shows Donald Trump is not MAGA's Pied Piper. There are lesson's for populist strongmen in that

Releasing ‘the Epstein files’ was a significant component of Trump’s campaign — a signal to his base that he would expose the hidden crimes of the...

yesterday 9

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Aakash Joshi

On ground in Bihar, Election Commission of India writes a dystopian fiction

On ground in Bihar, Election Commission of India writes a dystopian fiction

ECI’s claims about progress of electoral roll revision in Bihar are sharply at odds with first-hand accounts of chaos and procedural violations

yesterday 10

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Kamayani Swami

Best of Both Sides: CBSE's two levels of Math is a bad idea

Best of Both Sides: CBSE's two levels of Math is a bad idea

Mathematical literacy determines economic opportunity and civic participation; India cannot afford to create artificial barriers to achievement

yesterday 10

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Subimal Bhattacharjee

Critical minerals are a strategic asset – India must not fall behind

Critical minerals are a strategic asset – India must not fall behind

India cannot afford to anchor its tech aspirations on supply chains that remain opaque, concentrated and subject to political risk

yesterday 10

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Amitabh Kant

Suhas Palshikar writes: Left Wing Extremism is a smokescreen. Maharashtra's new law could criminalise dissent

Suhas Palshikar writes: Left Wing Extremism is a smokescreen. Maharashtra's new law could criminalise dissent

While the law mentions LWE, these political acts are the common language of democratic mobilisation and as such practically any social worker can...

yesterday 20

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Suhas Palshikar

India is exporting doctors and nurses. The country needs them too

India is exporting doctors and nurses. The country needs them too

Countries exporting healthcare workers need to address domestic needs and engage globally to increase bargaining power of doctors and nurses

yesterday 20

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Sandhya Venkateswaran

The world must stop Israel from starving Gaza

The world must stop Israel from starving Gaza

Gazans are being forced to make a choice between starving to death and risking being shot in a desperate attempt to feed themselves and their families

yesterday 20

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Abraar Ahmed

India, China and the Brahmaputra front

India, China and the Brahmaputra front

After inauguration of China's new project on Brahmaputra, India's plans to build storage facilities on the river must acquire urgency.

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Shalini Singh

When Ozzy Osbourne ate a bat – and became a heavy metal legend

When Ozzy Osbourne ate a bat – and became a heavy metal legend

Father of heavy metal and one of its most outlandish figures, Ozzy Osbourne leaves behind the music and the showmanship

previous day 1

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Shalini Singh

Breaking the TB chain

Breaking the TB chain

ICMR’s push for TB diagnostic tests in primary healthcare centres could be crucial for early detection and treatment of infection

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Shalini Singh

The outspoken Jagdeep Dhankhar must break silence on his resignation

The outspoken Jagdeep Dhankhar must break silence on his resignation

The Monday night announcement of Dhankhar's exit came virtually mid-sentence, with no evidence of consultation or discussion having preceded it....

wednesday 4

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Dinshaw Pardiwala

V S Achuthanandan, a rebel with many causes

V S Achuthanandan, a rebel with many causes

The last survivor of the 32 members of the CPI national council who walked out to form the CPM in 1964, Achuthanandan remained a rebel throughout...

wednesday 4

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Dinshaw Pardiwala

Does your politics matter on a dating app? Love should be about discovery

Does your politics matter on a dating app? Love should be about discovery

In Mamdani’s story about meeting his wife on a dating app, many see hope of finding their own perfect matches, sans the drama of unpleasant debate....

wednesday 4

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Dinshaw Pardiwala

C Raja Mohan writes: PM Modi in the UK: Let go of the bilateral baggage

C Raja Mohan writes: PM Modi in the UK: Let go of the bilateral baggage

For too long, Delhi and London have underestimated what they could do for each other.

wednesday 1

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C. Raja Mohan

What National Sports Policy can do for India's athletes

What National Sports Policy can do for India's athletes

For the first time in our nation’s sporting journey, we are embedding science, technology, and evidence-based medicine at the heart of athlete...

wednesday 10

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Dinshaw Pardiwala

The reform India's power sector needed

The reform India's power sector needed

Removal of restrictions on thermal power plants provides respite to consumers. Faced with an assertive China and unpredictable US, India and the UK...

wednesday 1

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R V Shahi

Jagdeep Dhankhar, a very political Vice President

Jagdeep Dhankhar, a very political Vice President

As governor and V-P, he appeared more partisan than his office demanded. And his battle with judiciary also casts a shadow

wednesday 10

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Faizan Mustafa

V S Achuthanandan -- Communist, mass leader, icon

V S Achuthanandan -- Communist, mass leader, icon

As CM, the biggest allegation against V S was that he behaved more like the Opposition leader. The jibe was about the mass agitations he led – such...

wednesday 1

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John Brittas

Designating TRF as a terrorist group is welcome, but US has a tendency to play both sides

Designating TRF as a terrorist group is welcome, but US has a tendency to play both sides

India must recognise that it is being watched, evaluated, and targeted by global powers who see it as both a partner and a pawn. Today, Pakistan's...

wednesday 3

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Manoj K Channan

In Mumbai train blast case, acquittal 19 years later raises questions about criminal justice system

In Mumbai train blast case, acquittal 19 years later raises questions about criminal justice system

If we say that 'we have a history of failure in probes in terror cases', who is to be blamed? The police alone? Let us admit that it is a...

wednesday 4

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Meeran Chadha Borwankar

Vice President resigns: Jagdeep Dhankhar's tenure as West Bengal Governor was a constitutional flashpoint

Vice President resigns: Jagdeep Dhankhar's tenure as West Bengal Governor was a constitutional flashpoint

By adopting a posture of public and persistent opposition to the elected state government, his term forced a debate on the very nature of the...

wednesday 20

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Editorial

A former Pilot on Air India crash report: Foreign media are misleading the public. Wait for the final report

A former Pilot on Air India crash report: Foreign media are misleading the public. Wait for the final report

Some agencies have highlighted an exchange between the pilots about the “cut-off”. But this is a normal inquiry by a pilot in a situation where,...

22.07.2025 1

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Editorial

Ancestral property rights for Adivasi women: Constitution's promise over customary law

Ancestral property rights for Adivasi women: Constitution's promise over customary law

Customary laws are important as a bulwark against forceful assimilation and homogenisation. At the same time, as the SC rightly pointed out '...

22.07.2025 9

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Dinshaw Pardiwala

A musician's library -- when the written word isn't 'content'

A musician's library -- when the written word isn't 'content'

Rockstar Nick Cave's decision to donate 2000 books, rush for them is a reminder of a time when people had a more intimate relationship with what...

22.07.2025 9

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Dinshaw Pardiwala

19 years after Mumbai train attack, there is no closure -- only unanswered questions

19 years after Mumbai train attack, there is no closure -- only unanswered questions

Botched investigations and trials that span decades do an added injustice to the victims

22.07.2025 1

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Dinshaw Pardiwala