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Express View on SC recalling verdict on environmental protections: Green exception should not become the rule

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Amit Julka

With killing of Hidma, Maoist base shrinks and state has a political opening

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Amit Julka

Once upon a love story, starring Neanderthals

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Amit Julka

We need a mental health movement rooted in community

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Rohini Nilekani

With killing of Hidma, Maoist base shrinks and state has a political opening

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Rohini Nilekani

More than two decades later, at end of the red corridor, there is light

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Rakesh Sinha

In Mumbai, a corner for the life of the mind

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Amrita Shah

Express View on SC recalling verdict on environmental protections: Green exception should not become the rule

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Rohini Nilekani

Once upon a love story, starring Neanderthals

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Rohini Nilekani

Political polarisation isn’t always bad, it can give clarity

Political polarisation isn’t always bad, it can give clarity

Political parties need a distinct and emotively resonant worldview that creates a new historic bloc. They may not please everybody, but that is...

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Amit Julka

The strange comforts of being parasocial

The strange comforts of being parasocial

Cambridge Dictionary's “word of the year” doesn't merely stand in for the one-sided bonds forged with celebrities. It captures the strange comfort...

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Editorial

Nations do not heal through purges. Can Muhammad Yunus break the cycle of vengeance politics in Bangladesh?

Nations do not heal through purges. Can Muhammad Yunus break the cycle of vengeance politics in Bangladesh?

Muhammad Yunus now inhabits a moment that may either entrench this culture or begin to unmake it

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Najeeb Jung

What the youth demand from COP 30

What the youth demand from COP 30

The participation of the younger generation in the economies of India’s coal dependent regions is constrained by a complex set of challenges.

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Editorial

As dirty money flows through crypto markets, raise the guardrails

As dirty money flows through crypto markets, raise the guardrails

A shadow economy has emerged across the world, and India is no exception. With more than 100 million users, India is a big crypto market

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Editorial

A Gaza resolution cannot exclude Israel

A Gaza resolution cannot exclude Israel

The US and Arab states must work together to implement the resolution for Gaza’s beleaguered people, but if Israel and Hamas refuse to cooperate,...

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Editorial

Is AI from Class III a leap forward or one too soon?

If learning about AI is to help children develop a critical outlook on its use, exercises of this kind nullify that hope. Given how little success...

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R Ramanujam

From Jharkhand, an inclusive model for India

From Jharkhand, an inclusive model for India

Our coal, our steel, our minerals and our workers have helped build modern India. This is a legacy we acknowledge with pride. But it is also a...

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Editorial

Hasina death sentence is a travesty of justice

Hasina death sentence is a travesty of justice

There is no denying that Sheikh Hasina, who remains in an undisclosed location in India, must own up to her heavy-handed response to the uprising...

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Editorial

Government rethink on quality control orders is welcome and timely

Government rethink on quality control orders is welcome and timely

This quality control regime, which effectively raises trade barriers, is at odds with the objective of seeking deeper integration with global...

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Editorial

SC ruling in telecom dues case softens a crippling blow

SC ruling in telecom dues case softens a crippling blow

The welcome direction of the SC will now enable reconsideration of the AGR dues, and waiver of interest and penalty

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Arvind P. Datar

Frankie the flamingo’s flight to freedom

Frankie the flamingo’s flight to freedom

Frankie is thriving in the world beyond her enclosure.

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Editorial

India’s TB successes — and the long road ahead

India’s TB successes — and the long road ahead

Among the reasons for India’s improved performance is the ability of its healthcare system — enabled by improved testing facilities — to...

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Editorial

What those who celebrate Bihar verdict, and those who lament it, get wrong

What those who celebrate Bihar verdict, and those who lament it, get wrong

The simple fact is that the NDA was a much bigger political coalition — nearly 5 points larger, going by the last assembly elections — than the...

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Yogendra Yadav

Shaken and stirred: Can bygones be bygones?

Shaken and stirred: Can bygones be bygones?

The dark history of Indri was related to me by a friend who was nearly choking with rage that at some dinner party the host served him the malt...

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Leher Kala

Inside Track: Bihar ki Baat

Inside Track: Bihar ki Baat

The BJP’s usual trump card in ensuring a well-oiled campaign machine was Home Minister Amit Shah’s organisational skills and unflagging energy.

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Coomi Kapoor

Congress is Bihar’s biggest loser

Congress is Bihar’s biggest loser

The Congress lost, and will continue to lose, until it admits that its grassroots muscles have withered and died across India. What now passes for...

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Tavleen Singh

EC has trust issues but to find vote chor, Congress may look in the mirror

EC has trust issues but to find vote chor, Congress may look in the mirror

A leadership so disengaged with the party’s reality cannot shape its future trajectory

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Editorial

Delhi blast should alert us to the threat of tech-savvy terror

Delhi blast should alert us to the threat of tech-savvy terror

The fact that terrorists were holding a stock of nearly 3,000 kilograms of explosives is very disturbing. They could have created havoc across the...

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Prakash Singh

Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan writes: On Birsa Munda's birth anniversary, let's celebrate his fight for dignity

Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan writes: On Birsa Munda's birth anniversary, let's celebrate his fight for dignity

The tribal leaders and their movements serve as a constant reminder that the fight for freedom and dignity was deeply rooted in the forests and...

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Editorial

Global Carbon Project underlines need for investments in clean energy, building people’s resilience

Global Carbon Project underlines need for investments in clean energy, building people’s resilience

It also has a sobering message -- the decarbonisation drive is not strong enough to mitigate the dangerous impacts of global warming

16.11.2025 1

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Editorial

Nobel, Booker and how two Hungarian writers redrew the world's literary centre

Nobel, Booker and how two Hungarian writers redrew the world's literary centre

If Krasznahorkai is the reclusive Hungarian prophet of “apocalyptic terror”, Szalay is the Hungarian-British chronicler of rootless modernity

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Aishwarya Khosla

At chess World Cup, P Harikrishna’s defiant run shows Indian chess has depth

At chess World Cup, P Harikrishna’s defiant run shows Indian chess has depth

What has stood out in the veteran’s run to the fifth round has been his aggressive, devil-may-care brand of chess

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Editorial

In NDA’s election landslide, a roadmap to find the next Big Ideas for Bihar

In NDA’s election landslide, a roadmap to find the next Big Ideas for Bihar

Only when it becomes the springboard for the next big idea to transform Bihar, will this sweeping mandate be truly honoured and respected

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Editorial