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The Trump–Zelenskyy debacle was really about the China supremacy

The Trump–Zelenskyy debacle was really about the China supremacy

What is one to write about hours after the US president literally scolds Ukraine’s President for gambling with World War III? In November 2024 —...

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Rashme Sehgal

No country for women

No country for women

International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March, will be special for a chosen few this year. Women who have achieved success in various fields will...

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Rashme Sehgal

The perils of foreign policy neutrality

The perils of foreign policy neutrality

President Trump has not reinvented American policy in his second term, he has instead intensified the strategies he introduced during his first....

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Ashok Swain

Amit Shah's law and order review: An admission of failure?

Amit Shah's law and order review: An admission of failure?

Union home minister Amit Shah’s sudden decision to chair a high-level meeting on Delhi’s law and order situation raises more questions than...

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Vishwadeepak

Holy cow! Decoding UP’s ‘sanatan’ budget

Holy cow! Decoding UP’s ‘sanatan’ budget

Modinomics has performed another miracle—it has turned annual budgets into religious documents dominated by references to temple tourism and Hindu...

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Herjinder

Another son rises in Bihar: JD(U) looks to Nishant after Nitish

Another son rises in Bihar: JD(U) looks to Nishant after Nitish

The 49-year-old son of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar finally made to the headlines on Tuesday, 25 February. The somewhat reclusive Nishant...

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Dipak Mishra

Five years since Delhi riots, justice still a distant dream

Five years since Delhi riots, justice still a distant dream

It has been five years since the February 2020 Delhi pogrom, and the lives of those affected remain in limbo, caught between loss, grief, and the...

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Dipak Mishra

Another white elephant India doesn’t need

Another white elephant India doesn’t need

On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Washington, US President Donald Trump made a surprising, reportedly unscripted announcement:...

24.02.2025 2

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Ashok Swain

Is this the beginning of the end of AAP in Punjab?

Is this the beginning of the end of AAP in Punjab?

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) does seem to have a Punjab problem. Despite a spectacular victory in the assembly election—bagging 92 of 117 seats—the...

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Harjeshwar Pal Singh

The missing census: A criminal gap in things we should know—and change

The missing census: A criminal gap in things we should know—and change

The union government says that the “Indian Census is the largest single source of various statistical information on various characteristics of the...

23.02.2025 2

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Aakar Patel

Why this election commission cannot be fair

Why this election commission cannot be fair

Outgoing chief election commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, who completed his term on 18 February, is unlikely to be missed. A colleague described him...

23.02.2025 2

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Herjinder