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Why a trade war, any war, is hard to end

Why a trade war, any war, is hard to end

How do trade wars end? The answer is that once begun, they are not easy to end. Most of the time, trade and diplomacy are conducted outside of the...

yesterday 30

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Aakar Patel

No room for Constitution: Notices to 300 for black-badge protest against Waqf Act in Muzaffarnagar

No room for Constitution: Notices to 300 for black-badge protest against Waqf Act in Muzaffarnagar

Authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district have issued notices to 300 people for protesting against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, by...

yesterday 10

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Yajnaseni Chakraborty

Donald Trump has no moral stature to broker peace — in Ukraine or in Gaza

Donald Trump has no moral stature to broker peace — in Ukraine or in Gaza

When Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term, he came back with a mission: to end the Russia–Ukraine war quickly and claim...

yesterday 1

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Ashok Swain

Beyond the diplomatese — Darwin was right, it's a jungle out there

Beyond the diplomatese — Darwin was right, it's a jungle out there

The generally received wisdom is that international affairs is so arcane a subject that it should be left to experts and diplomats to interpret....

previous day 10

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Aj Prabal

Indo-US trade deal: Indian negotiators find their hands tied

Indo-US trade deal: Indian negotiators find their hands tied

While announcing reciprocal tariffs, US President Donald Trump singled out India to impose an 80 per cent tariff on rice. That was as clear a...

previous day 4

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Aj Prabal

The judge who upheld liberty in the line of fire

The judge who upheld liberty in the line of fire

"A fundamentalist Muslim cannot be equated with an extremist or a separatist,” observed Justice Atul Sreedharan of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and...

previous day 10

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Irshad Hussain & Mubashir Naik

When UMEED spells doom, not hope

When UMEED spells doom, not hope

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 throws up more questions than solutions. If Union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Amit Shah are to be taken at face...

previous day 10

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Irshad Hussain & Mubashir Naik

India at a crossroads of religion vs democracy — still a ‘country of particular concern’

India at a crossroads of religion vs democracy — still a ‘country of particular concern’

Each year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom names those nations whose governments engage in or tolerate...

30.03.2025 2

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Aakar Patel

India’s language fault line

India’s language fault line

India’s enduring language conflict has re-emerged as a pressing threat to national unity and economic equity. The renewed push to impose Hindi as a...

30.03.2025 6

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Ashok Swain

Dog-walkers and the future of employment in India

Dog-walkers and the future of employment in India

Sometime back, Union Minister for labour and employment Shobha Karandjale blamed the spread of education in the country for the high unemployment...

30.03.2025 5

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Avay Shukla

A judge in the dock, a system on trial

A judge in the dock, a system on trial

As details following a fire at the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court come to light, the real danger is not that there...

29.03.2025 10

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Yogendra Yadav

Another sword of Damocles

Another sword of Damocles

Discrepancies in voters’ lists have been a hot topic of discussion for some time. In some cases, multiple voters share the same EPIC (Elector Photo...

29.03.2025 40

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Herjinder

Out goes globalisation as US turns and twists

Out goes globalisation as US turns and twists

In a significant speech that signals further tectonic shifts in US policy, vice-president J.D. Vance has rubbished globalisation and attacked the...

29.03.2025 5

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Herjinder

The sun is setting on the West — whether Donald Trump likes it or not

The sun is setting on the West — whether Donald Trump likes it or not

The combined American and European share of the world economy exceeded 50 per cent at the beginning of the 20th century and continued right till...

25.03.2025 3

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Aakar Patel