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Opinion | Peaceful Dissent Vs Unlawful Assembly: Lessons From Jantar Mantar

Opinion | Peaceful Dissent Vs Unlawful Assembly: Lessons From Jantar Mantar

The core student-led agitation was hijacked and infiltrated by anti-social elements, opportunists, and external actors

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Sanju Verma

The Left Is Dead At The Ballot Box. But, It Is Back In The Queue At Jantar Mantar

The Left Is Dead At The Ballot Box. But, It Is Back In The Queue At Jantar Mantar

There is anger among those present at the Jantar Mantar protest. The Left did not create all of that. But the Left knows what to do when such anger...

yesterday 10

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Madhuparna Das

Opinion | Is PM Modi Anti-Youth? His Decade Of Reforms Says Otherwise

Opinion | Is PM Modi Anti-Youth? His Decade Of Reforms Says Otherwise

Much of PM Modi's governance has been devoted to ensuring that India's youth are educated, skilled, entrepreneurial, globally competitive and...

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Tuhin A Sinha

Global Watch | Pakistan's GSP+ Lifeline Faces Europe's Toughest Test Yet

Global Watch | Pakistan's GSP+ Lifeline Faces Europe's Toughest Test Yet

From enforced disappearances to blasphemy laws, an EU report says Pakistan must show real reforms or risk losing the trade preferences that power its...

previous day 10

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Arun Anand

Opinion | Rahul Gandhi, Don’t Mess With Security Of A PM Whom 98 Crore Voters Put In Office

Opinion | Rahul Gandhi, Don’t Mess With Security Of A PM Whom 98 Crore Voters Put In Office

Rahul Gandhi publicly calling on “all patriotic people” to join the sit-in could have rapidly escalated into an uncontrolled mob.

wednesday 20

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Bangladesh After Hasina Is A Warning To India Under PM Modi: Look Who Inherits The Streets

Opinion | Bangladesh After Hasina Is A Warning To India Under PM Modi: Look Who Inherits The Streets

The two street movements now testing Dhaka's legacy and Delhi's present deserve a harder look than the applause they have received abroad

wednesday 20

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Abu Obaidha Arin

Opinion: The Jantar Mantar Formula

Opinion: The Jantar Mantar Formula

Every movement begins with an issue. Some end with a messiah. But the stories that endure are the ones we refuse to forget

21.07.2026 10

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Mayank Jain

Opinion | PoK Protests Show Pakistan’s Kashmir Playbook Is Losing Its Audience

Opinion | PoK Protests Show Pakistan’s Kashmir Playbook Is Losing Its Audience

The strongest demands emerging from the streets today are not for another round of ideological mobilisation, but for dignity, accountability and...

20.07.2026 20

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Zahack Tanvir

Right Word | Stop Asking India For Restraint: The Lessons Of Kargil War

Right Word | Stop Asking India For Restraint: The Lessons Of Kargil War

A power asked to underwrite the commons cannot simultaneously be lectured into absorbing terrorism at home.

20.07.2026 10

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Arun Anand

Opinion | David’s Star And Messi: Why Argentina Riles Up Islamists And The Global Left

Opinion | David’s Star And Messi: Why Argentina Riles Up Islamists And The Global Left

When Argentina faces off with Spain on Sunday, a lot more than football will be at play

19.07.2026 20

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Hambantota And Gwadar: Dhaka Snubbed PM Modi On Mongla But Will Eventually Pay For It

Opinion | Hambantota And Gwadar: Dhaka Snubbed PM Modi On Mongla But Will Eventually Pay For It

A Chinese state contractor will build & operate industrial infrastructure a day's drive from West Bengal, in a delta that Indian admirals have always...

18.07.2026 20

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Sohil Sinha

Opinion | NaMo Green Rail: World’s Most Powerful Hydrogen Train Puts Atmanirbharta On Track

Opinion | NaMo Green Rail: World’s Most Powerful Hydrogen Train Puts Atmanirbharta On Track

Developed entirely indigenously under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, it demonstrates India’s capability in next-generation clean rail technology

18.07.2026 10

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Sanju Verma

Opinion | With TMC In Pieces, BJP Can Now ‘Handpick’ Its Opposition In West Bengal

Opinion | With TMC In Pieces, BJP Can Now ‘Handpick’ Its Opposition In West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee’s once-formidable TMC has shattered into three large pieces after 15 brutal and corrupt years in power.

17.07.2026 20

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Abhijit Majumder

Global Watch | The ‘Great Bend’ Gamble: China’s Mega-Dam Is Rising Where The Himalayas Are Still Breaking

Global Watch | The ‘Great Bend’ Gamble: China’s Mega-Dam Is Rising Where The Himalayas Are Still Breaking

The project is located in one of the Himalayas’ most geologically complex areas, marked by steep terrain, deep gorges, and active fault systems

16.07.2026 20

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Arun Anand

Right Word | Why Seven Hill Councils Mark A New Chapter In Ladakh's Governance

Right Word | Why Seven Hill Councils Mark A New Chapter In Ladakh's Governance

Ladakh Chief Secretary has called the step a major move towards democratic decentralisation and grassroots governance, and said the model has no...

15.07.2026 20

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Arun Anand

Opinion: PM Modi Is Building A Future-Ready New India

Opinion: PM Modi Is Building A Future-Ready New India

Most economies facing the AI transition are now assembling their equivalent under pressure, while India is in a position to use what it already has

15.07.2026 20

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Sohil Sinha

Opinion | The Statecraft of Technology

Opinion | The Statecraft of Technology

Technology is no longer just about innovation—it's a tool of geopolitical power. From chip wars to UPI, here's how nations are competing to shape...

14.07.2026 20

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Aditya Vikram Kashyap

Opinion | What Rattled India's Enemies, Triggered Media Hitjobs About Modi's Visit Down Under

Opinion | What Rattled India's Enemies, Triggered Media Hitjobs About Modi's Visit Down Under

Why the sudden, sharp edge to animosity towards PM Modi? The truth lies in the scale of what his visit Down Under has achieved

14.07.2026 20

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | PM Modi's Australia-New Zealand Tour Has Strengthened India's Energy And Investment Future

These visits align with India's broader goals of achieving developed-nation status through clean energy transition, advanced manufacturing, and...

13.07.2026 20

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Sanju Verma

Opinion: Pakistan’s PoK Dilemma

The political and economic situation in PoJK has deteriorated rapidly over the past few years

12.07.2026 20

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Farooq Wani

Opinion | Has The US-Iran Memorandum Of Understanding Already Started To Collapse?

Tactical military success without strategic clarity rarely produces durable peace.

11.07.2026 20

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Lt Gen Devendra Pandey

Opinion | PM Modi’s New Zealand Visit: India’s Middle-Power Playbook Reaches The Pacific

PM Modi’s answer has been consistent: build bilateral depth with the wary partner, convert it into concrete economicfootholds, and let each foothold...

10.07.2026 20

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Sohil Sinha

Write Mind | Lohagad Became 'Siya Point' And A Society Lost Its Compass

This is a question about the cultural water that an entire generation has been swimming in, so long and so completely that they no longer notice it is...

09.07.2026 20

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Yuvraj Pokharna

Opinion | PM Modi’s Oceanic Diplomacy: Why Indonesia And Seychelles Matter

PM Modi’s visits exemplify oceanic diplomacy at its most effective — rooted in history, driven by shared interests and oriented towards a...

09.07.2026 20

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Sanju Verma

Global Watch | Politics Of Opportunism: The Many Faces Of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

The paradoxes in Jamaat’s political posturing are more prominent than ever as it constantly finds its old baggage unboxed while attempting political...

08.07.2026 30

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Arun Anand

Opinion | Caste Will Be The Sole Big Weapon Against Yogi Adityanath In UP Elections

Yogi can’t ignore caste. But as the monk who leads India’s most populous state, he must also transcend it.

08.07.2026 20

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Nickel, Not Just Missiles: The Critical Minerals Story Behind PM Modi’s Indonesia Visit

Indonesia holds the world’s largest nickel reserves and supplies more than half of global output, making it an obvious partner. The timing is what...

07.07.2026 30

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Sohil Sinha

Opinion | Why PM Modi's Indo-Pacific Tour Matters For India's Global Ambitions

Alongside boosting defence, trade, critical minerals, education and diaspora ties, the tour is expected to reinforce India's growing role as a trusted...

06.07.2026 20

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Amitabh Sinha

Right Word | Great Nicobar: Understanding India’s Most Strategic Infrastructure Project

Given its location at one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, the project carries strategic significance that extends well beyond the...

06.07.2026 20

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Arun Anand

Opinion | Citizen Vigilante Is Poorly Made, But Powerfully Portends Dark Storms In The West

Citizen Vigilante is not nuanced storytelling or captivating cinema

05.07.2026 40

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | Modi And Takaichi And The Playbook For Asia’s Middle Powers

India and Japan's summit signals a deeper strategic partnership, with defence, AI, critical minerals and energy cooperation taking centre stage amid...

03.07.2026 30

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Sohil Sinha

Opinion | Quantum Technologies: India's Next Strategic Frontier

For India, investing in quantum today is not merely a technological choice; it is an economic imperative and a strategic investment in long-term...

03.07.2026 30

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Atul Tripathi

Opinion | By Their Fruits: Faith, Conviction, And Compassion In Public Life

Religious faith always has both a public and a private dimension.

03.07.2026 30

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Prajesh Panikkar

Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 6): The Road Ahead

The next bargain, if one is to be reached, will reflect the realities of the twenty-first century rather than the optimism of the mid-twentieth

02.07.2026 60

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Arun Anand

Opinion | New FCRA Portal & E-OCI Card: How Tech Is Becoming India’s Strongest National Security Shield

The launch of the revamped FCRA 2.0 Portal and the e-OCI Card by Union Home Minister Amit Shah marks another significant milestone

01.07.2026 20

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Tuhin A Sinha

Global Watch | From Ram Statue Halt To Mob Violence: BNP Government’s Surrender To Islamists In Bangladesh

The BNP government needs to practise what it has been preaching and stop surrendering to the Islamist forces that pose an existential threat to...

01.07.2026 20

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Arun Anand

Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 5): Pahalgam And The Pause

The doctrinal scaffolding India had assembled over the preceding decade was now load-bearing

01.07.2026 60

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Arun Anand

Opinion | PM Modi In Seychelles: While US Pivots Away, India Deepens Its Grip On The Indian Ocean

India lives on its shores — and this visit was a reminder that it intends to govern them

30.06.2026 20

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Sanbeer Singh Ranhotra

Opinion | 12 Years Of Vikas Bhi, Virasat Bhi

Coined and championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this guiding philosophy rejects the false binary between modernity and tradition

30.06.2026 20

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Sanju Verma

UCC, Love Jihad, Muslim OBC Quota Cut: Is Suvendu Adhikari Rewriting Bengal Through Hindutva?

From UCC and an anti-Love Jihad law to curbing conversions, animal slaughter and Muslim OBC quotas, Adhikari has unveiled a clear ideological...

30.06.2026 20

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Madhuparna Das

Opinion | India’s Constitution, Not Just BJP, Exempts Tribals From Uniform Civil Code

Like West Bengal, the other BJP state governments like Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Assam have also kept scheduled tribes out of UCC.

30.06.2026 30

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Abhijit Majumder

Opinion | PM Modi In Seychelles: Honouring 50 Years Of The Indian Ocean Bond

Modi’s presence in Victoria this week is, at one level, about the $175 million package. At another, it is the latest instalment in a bond that began...

29.06.2026 20

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Sohil Sinha

Opinion: Why Siya Goyal And Chetan Chaudhary Are Not Out Of The Ordinary

Ketan Agarwal’s unnatural death seems to indicate a sociopathic epidemic in India

28.06.2026 50

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Reshmi Dasgupta

The Ghost Of Gijon Returned — And This Time, Iran Were The Ones Left Heartbroken

44 years after the Disgrace of Gijon, football delivered another cruel twist. Iran's World Cup dream ended not with their own result, but with the...

28.06.2026 20

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Siddarth Sriram

Why Is Choi Woo-Shik Facing Racism Allegations? Paris Fashion Week Incident Explained

Choi Woo-Shik faces racism claims after a Black fan says he ignored her autograph request at Paris Fashion Week.

28.06.2026 20

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Grace Cyril

Kailash Vijayvargiya Says RSS Needs 'Good Human Beings', Triggers Political Row

Kailash Vijayvargiya said the RSS must introspect as organisational growth means little without people of integrity, prompting sharp political...

28.06.2026 20

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Vani Mehrotra

What Happened At Lohagad Fort? Police Recreate Ketan Agarwal Murder Scene With Siya And Chetan

Ketan Agarwal Murder Case: The access to the fort has been temporarily restricted during the exercise, with tourists and other visitors not being...

28.06.2026 30

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Anushka Vats

Kunal Shah's Message To Reel-Obsessed Youth On Wealth Creation Goes Viral

After Meta invests 900 million in CRED and names Kunal Shah global head of WhatsApp, his old video on wealth, productivity and short form content use...

28.06.2026 20

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Varun Yadav

Warm morning in city

New Delhi, Jun 28 (PTI) Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 31.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 3.2 notches above the season’s average. The weather...

28.06.2026 20

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Pti

Congo becomes 8th African team to make the World Cup round of 32

Congo becomes 8th African team to make the World Cup round of 32 Atlanta, Jun 28 (AP) Africa had a historic 10 nations qualify for the 2026 World Cup....

28.06.2026 20

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Pti