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Work from mandap: Hustle’s new mantra

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M A Baby

Express View on PM’s three-nation tour: Three countries, one new story

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M A Baby

Allahabad High Court affirms right to love and live as you please

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M A Baby

Seeking veto over Sahitya Akademi awards, government targets one of the last bastions of intellectual freedom

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M A Baby

Ram Madhav writes: It’s time to deepen political engagement in Kashmir

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Ram Madhav

New job law is not a retreat from social protection. It aims to reform

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Shivraj Singh Chouhan

IPL’s nurseries, Test cricket’s loss

IPL’s nurseries, Test cricket’s loss

T20 leagues have democratised cricket and removed several entry barriers for budding talents. The flip side is that with the focus almost...

yesterday 4

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Editorial

Holding judges accountable strengthens democracy

Holding judges accountable strengthens democracy

The impeachment initiated by the INDIA bloc is not about one order alone, but about the conduct of Justice G R Swaminathan over the past two years.

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Editorial

Protests at Indian high commission in Dhaka: Insulate India-Bangladesh ties from short-term politics

Protests at Indian high commission in Dhaka: Insulate India-Bangladesh ties from short-term politics

Delhi must be careful not to take political sides in Dhaka, while sticking to its core principles. The political class in Bangladesh, for its part,...

yesterday 3

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Editorial

Little Foot tells a big evolution story

Little Foot tells a big evolution story

That the evolution of Homo sapiens —in fact, the species’ very existence —has been shaped by more factors than previously imagined makes for a...

yesterday 3

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Editorial

RBI shores up rupee. It may be good to let it be

RBI shores up rupee. It may be good to let it be

The rapidity of this fall was particularly sharp as the rupee lost 3 per cent relative to the dollar since November 15.

yesterday 3

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Editorial

Cleaning Delhi’s air requires a Delhi-specific plan

Cleaning Delhi’s air requires a Delhi-specific plan

The government’s replies to questions in the Lok Sabha on November 29, 2021, and July 18, 2022, show that even the Covid lockdown could not...

yesterday 3

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Editorial

Aftermath of Dhurandhar shows — space for good-faith criticism in Indian cinema is shrinking

Aftermath of Dhurandhar shows — space for good-faith criticism in Indian cinema is shrinking

The power of the box office, public opinion and government backing all but overrode those who sought to draw attention to these films’ shortcuts,...

yesterday 3

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Pooja Pillai

Notes from a very short Parliament session

Notes from a very short Parliament session

It was heartening to see J P Nadda, the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, ‘yield’ twice during his speech to allow an Opposition MP to...

yesterday 2

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Derek O’Brien

The marital rape exception in criminal law is a colonial relic. It needs to go

The marital rape exception in criminal law is a colonial relic. It needs to go

Resistance often stems from a deeply ingrained, old-fashioned patriarchal attitude — the notion that a woman’s identity, especially within the...

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Shashi Tharoor

The opening up of its nuclear value chain will aid India’s efforts to achieve energy security

The opening up of its nuclear value chain will aid India’s efforts to achieve energy security

India has set a short-term goal to increase its nuclear power capacity to 22.5 GW by 2032, and a long-term target to reach 100 GW by 2047

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Editorial

In the insurance market, avoid over-regulation

In the insurance market, avoid over-regulation

India's insurance density, primarily driven by life insurance, is merely 10.6 per cent of the world's average. The Sabko Bima Sabko Raksha bill is...

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Editorial

In Bihar, MPLADS have paved way for knowledge hubs

In Bihar, MPLADS have paved way for knowledge hubs

As an MP from Bihar, it was a personal commitment for me to utilise the MPLADS fund to strengthen the state’s knowledge systems and institutions

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Harivansh

It's not stubble burning or firecrackers: Delhi is choking on its own emissions

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Gufran Beig

The greater disenfranchisement: SIR 2.0 is worse than Bihar

The greater disenfranchisement: SIR 2.0 is worse than Bihar

If this looming disaster has not yet made headlines, it is because the information is scattered, staggered and shrouded. The repeated and...

wednesday 1

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Rahul Shastri

At FTII, cinema has many languages. Nurture them

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Gufran Beig

For an honest reckoning with air pollution, Delhi must confront its appetite for cars, concrete and convenience

wednesday 2

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Gufran Beig

C Raja Mohan writes: Indian Communism is 100 years old. And it's too early to write its obituary

C Raja Mohan writes: Indian Communism is 100 years old. And it's too early to write its obituary

The conditions that once gave rise to communism — deep inequality, agrarian distress, precarious labour, the persistence of feudal values, and...

wednesday 10

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C. Raja Mohan

Dear students, your missing teacher is working on the SIR

Dear students, your missing teacher is working on the SIR

Since independence, government school teachers have obediently served the duties assigned to them. They form a literate, reliable labour force that...

wednesday 10

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Krishna Kumar

At FTII, cinema has many languages. Nurture them

At FTII, cinema has many languages. Nurture them

In 2023, of a batch of 10 student diploma films, only one was made entirely in Hindi. Three were in Marathi; one each in Malayalam, Gujarati,...

wednesday 2

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Editorial

In the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack, Australia needs to protect openness, diversity

In the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack, Australia needs to protect openness, diversity

The Anthony Albanese government must strengthen its anti-terror infrastructure. At the same time, it should not let the terror attack compromise...

wednesday 1

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Editorial

For an honest reckoning with air pollution, Delhi must confront its appetite for cars, concrete and convenience

For an honest reckoning with air pollution, Delhi must confront its appetite for cars, concrete and convenience

Toxic air is everyone's problem. What Delhi needs is not obfuscation but robust, credible data to guide policy; bold interventions to curb...

wednesday 10

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Editorial

Even Messi can’t distract from Delhi’s AQI mess. Political class must act

Even Messi can’t distract from Delhi’s AQI mess. Political class must act

Toxic air is everyone's problem. What Delhi needs is not obfuscation but robust, credible data to guide policy; bold interventions to curb...

wednesday 10

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Editorial

In the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack, Australia needs to protect openness, diversity

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Amitabh Mattoo

Terror at Bondi beach raises a deeper question: How do societies respond to violence without surrendering the values that make them open?

Terror at Bondi beach raises a deeper question: How do societies respond to violence without surrendering the values that make them open?

From Australia to India, terrorism’s most lasting damage lies in the normalisation of fear in ordinary life

16.12.2025 3

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Amitabh Mattoo

In Myanmar, polls will not deliver peace or stability

In Myanmar, polls will not deliver peace or stability

While Senior General Min Aung Hlaing officially calls for “inclusive, free and fair” elections, the regime’s actions contradict these statements

16.12.2025 1

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Editorial

Rahul, Priyanka name-calling ECs is a new low

Rahul, Priyanka name-calling ECs is a new low

Its successive electoral defeats have evidently unsettled the Congress, but by raising the decibel levels, it draws attention to its own flailing

16.12.2025 1

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Editorial

After Zakir Hussain, a quieter ‘taal’

After Zakir Hussain, a quieter ‘taal’

A year after his sudden demise at 73, the limits of music’s ability to absorb grief have become apparent.

16.12.2025 2

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Editorial

MGNREGA needs reform but changes fray the safety net

MGNREGA needs reform but changes fray the safety net

The problem with Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) is poor fiscal design that burdens the states unduly

16.12.2025 1

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Editorial

From MGNREGA to RAM G — how the government kills a right

From MGNREGA to RAM G — how the government kills a right

Labourers who rely solely on MGNREGA work will be forced into agricultural labour during this time, at the mercy of private landlords. Is this an...

16.12.2025 1

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John Brittas

What the optics of a visit can't hide: India-Russia relationship is paradoxical and stagnant

What the optics of a visit can't hide: India-Russia relationship is paradoxical and stagnant

While it is sustainable thanks to long-standing connections in traditional spheres, it is also stagnant since new areas have not been clearly defined

16.12.2025 10

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Editorial

After Zakir Hussain, a quieter ‘taal’

16.12.2025 1

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Amitabh Mattoo

In Myanmar, polls will not deliver peace or stability

16.12.2025 1

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Amitabh Mattoo

Rahul, Priyanka name-calling ECs is a new low

16.12.2025 3

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Amitabh Mattoo

MGNREGA needs reform but changes fray the safety net

16.12.2025 2

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Amitabh Mattoo

Inflation is low, but policymakers cannot take their eye off the ball

16.12.2025 2

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Amitabh Mattoo