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Who’s my neighbour: Chandni Chowk in Germany, my immigrant soul and a cup of noon chai

I learned neighbourliness by doing it, until it settled in my muscles: holding parcels, translating letters, swapping recipes, noticing when a...

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Editorial

Express View: AI disclosure draft rules — a move in the right direction

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Amitabh Kant

America is closing. India needs better cities to attract the best talent

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Amitabh Kant

US sanctions on Russia’s Rosneft and Lukoil pose a tough question for India: How far will it go in resisting pressure?

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Soumya Bhowmick

Deepfakes and Democracy: India’s test of digital maturity

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Manish Maheshwari

Creating discord between religious communities with ‘unsaid words’? Allahabad HC decision is anti-free speech

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Amitabh Kant

How To Raise A Boy: That moment when I grew up with my twins

How To Raise A Boy: That moment when I grew up with my twins

The best part of parenting has been discovering just how different our boys are. Now, it is for me to teach them that their achievements will never...

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Rahul Sabharwal

Delhi & Kabul: A bond tested by geopolitics

Delhi & Kabul: A bond tested by geopolitics

The recent visit of Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to New Delhi in the second week of October was not just another diplomatic...

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Ajay Darshan Behera

State of Climate Action Report shows record clean-energy investments still inadequate to check temperature rise. Upcoming COP 30 must address i

State of Climate Action Report shows record clean-energy investments still inadequate to check temperature rise. Upcoming COP 30 must address i

Past 10 years have been the hottest on record. Negotiators at the summit in Belem will need to find pathways to nudge countries to upscale ambitions.

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Editorial

In an unstable world, India has a stable partner

In an unstable world, India has a stable partner

India needs to appreciate the growing urge in ASEAN for enhanced ties amid the ongoing geopolitical flux

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Ram Madhav

Reversing the American brain drain: Is the Indian government’s scheme enough?

Reversing the American brain drain: Is the Indian government’s scheme enough?

A “substantial set-up grant” only makes the funds available. Procurement is another story altogether

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Shobhit Mahajan

From J D Vance to Jared Kushner: Why Trump White House is protecting Gaza ceasefire

From J D Vance to Jared Kushner: Why Trump White House is protecting Gaza ceasefire

The slow pace of the flow of aid, sporadic Israeli attacks on Gaza, the delay in the reopening of the Rafah crossing, and the extent of the...

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Ramachandran Swaminathan

A Kerala story: Marriage, love and the benefits of a video KYC

A Kerala story: Marriage, love and the benefits of a video KYC

A couple in Kerala registered their marriage using video KYC, which verifies identities using Aadhaar-based OTPs or email authentication. This must...

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Editorial

With Trump sanctioning Russian oil firms, India needs to reassess its energy imports

With Trump sanctioning Russian oil firms, India needs to reassess its energy imports

The US has been joined by the EU, which has also unveiled measures that target Russian oil and gas. This marks a significant change in Western...

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Editorial

Benjamin Netanyahu prolonged a war. Who can keep the peace in Gaza?

Benjamin Netanyahu prolonged a war. Who can keep the peace in Gaza?

For the sake of the ceasefire, a durable accommodation of Palestinians and broader regional stability, Israel needs a return to a politics of...

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Editorial

Number of public-sector vacancies is alarming. Can the government do something about them?

Number of public-sector vacancies is alarming. Can the government do something about them?

From teachers and doctors to scientists and security personnel, staffing shortages have spared no sector. This has precipitated not just a jobs...

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Derek O’Brien

Scale of dynastic politics, across political parties, is a warning and a symptom

Scale of dynastic politics, across political parties, is a warning and a symptom

Over half of India's population is under 30. How many of them can look up to a leadership that can empathise with their struggles and aspirations?...

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Editorial

Take a bow, AI — you’re getting closer to humanity

Take a bow, AI — you’re getting closer to humanity

Exposure to junk online can give LLMs dark traits. Case in point? Brain rot

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Editorial

Does the collapse of sincerity mark the end of our capacity to make a common world?

Does the collapse of sincerity mark the end of our capacity to make a common world?

The problem with sincerity is that it is not merely an inner mental state; it must be a legible social practice, a form of life. Yet, something in...

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

In trying to offer security and flexibility, the EPFO may end up providing neither

In trying to offer security and flexibility, the EPFO may end up providing neither

Recent reforms are caught between two opposing policy goals. While the streamlined withdrawal processes help towards “ease of living”, they...

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Renuka Sane

Bad Diwali gifts, free toll plaza and a lesson

Bad Diwali gifts, free toll plaza and a lesson

In UP, poor Diwali bonus leads to a unique workers’ protest that made a point.

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Editorial

In the age of algorithms, we need to pause for poetry

In the age of algorithms, we need to pause for poetry

Poetry endures because it refuses perfection. It carries within it the human crack, the breath that falters, the moment that slips between sense...

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Partha Sinha

Supreme Court order on trans rights highlights government failures

Supreme Court order on trans rights highlights government failures

The fact that courts have had to step in repeatedly to ensure that the rights of a vulnerable section of the citizenry are not violated, reflects...

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Editorial

Don't blame the roti for Indians' health

Don't blame the roti for Indians' health

Let's not blame grain-based foods for the obesity crisis and the growing burden of metabolic diseases. The real problems are the ultra-processed...

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Sangeeta Khanna

The principal loser as a result of Professor Francesca Orsini’s deportation is India

The principal loser as a result of Professor Francesca Orsini’s deportation is India

Worldwide, we are witnessing a return of the “fortress” mentality that seeks to protect intellectual resources by making them more difficult to...

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Supriya Chaudhuri