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Live long and prosper

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Chetan Savla

Lusting for lasting in instant age: Why consumers are choosing forever over fast

Lusting for lasting in instant age: Why consumers are choosing forever over fast

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Disha shah

Startups, not the only game in town

Startups, not the only game in town

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R narasimhan

Chip, chip, chipping away: Are GoI & Election Commission rewriting poll rules unilaterally and putting democracy in peril?

Chip, chip, chipping away: Are GoI & Election Commission rewriting poll rules unilaterally and putting democracy in peril?

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Gilles Verniers

Noida workers’ unrest: A story of hidden inflation and its impact

Noida workers’ unrest: A story of hidden inflation and its impact

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Dr b bala bhaskar

India watches, Pakistan acts: The optics war Delhi is losing

India watches, Pakistan acts: The optics war Delhi is losing

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yesterday 10

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Seema Sirohi

Constant AI labelling, lasting pain: Why govt's label mandate could reshape social media

Constant AI labelling, lasting pain: Why govt's label mandate could reshape social media

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yesterday 10

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Subimal Bhattacharjee

My Earth and ridvan

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yesterday 10

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A K Merchant

Bengal polls: Politicians switch parties here because the system consistently rewards leverage over loyalty

Bengal polls: Politicians switch parties here because the system consistently rewards leverage over loyalty

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yesterday 10

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Ujjwal katiyar

Brotherhood of atoms

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Jahanavi shandilya

Why Goa is Goddess' own country

Why Goa is Goddess' own country

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Anjuli Bhargava

Don’t waste a good crisis: India needs a body not just for putting out fires, but also for long-term strategic energy ideas

Don’t waste a good crisis: India needs a body not just for putting out fires, but also for long-term strategic energy ideas

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tuesday 10

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Rohit Chandra

Trump-Tehran, EVangelist for Us – time to charge the battery tech

Trump-Tehran, EVangelist for Us – time to charge the battery tech

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Arijit Barman

Flick of a switch

Flick of a switch

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20.04.2026 10

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Sant Rajinder Singh

India has to work out interim practical arrangements, without getting in the way of Iran or US

India has to work out interim practical arrangements, without getting in the way of Iran or US

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20.04.2026 10

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Pranab Dhal Samanta

Inside China’s ‘Magic’ factories: The tech playbook India can’t ignore

Inside China’s ‘Magic’ factories: The tech playbook India can’t ignore

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20.04.2026 10

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Rajiv Memani

The myth of India’s extreme inequality: What the data gets wrong

The myth of India’s extreme inequality: What the data gets wrong

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20.04.2026 10

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Vidhu Shekhar

The dollar is dead, long live the dollar!

The dollar is dead, long live the dollar!

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20.04.2026 10

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Prakash Balakrishnan

Prosperity formula

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20.04.2026 9

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Dada J P Vaswani

More, the merrier: Women in policymaking drive better social outcomes, economic gains, NCAER study shows

More, the merrier: Women in policymaking drive better social outcomes, economic gains, NCAER study shows

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19.04.2026 10

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Ratna Sahay

Women voters now India’s most decisive political force, reservation only a matter of time

Women voters now India’s most decisive political force, reservation only a matter of time

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19.04.2026 10

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Akshay Rout

The delimitation debate reflects our inability to eschew the politics of handouts, caste and ethnicity

The delimitation debate reflects our inability to eschew the politics of handouts, caste and ethnicity

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19.04.2026 10

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Rathin Roy

Problem with going to Japan - you return and expect things to be still civilised

Problem with going to Japan - you return and expect things to be still civilised

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18.04.2026 10

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Rajyasree Sen

Even in the chaos of war, keep your handbag handy

Even in the chaos of war, keep your handbag handy

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18.04.2026 10

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Reshom Majumdar

On being triggered by a tree at Epernay

On being triggered by a tree at Epernay

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18.04.2026 10

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Ateesh Tankha

Arsenal title fears: How to handle slow-burn anxiety & failure

Arsenal title fears: How to handle slow-burn anxiety & failure

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18.04.2026 10

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Indrajit Hazra

Touched by eternity

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17.04.2026 10

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Ullhas Pagey

Climate crisis is a gender issue, women face higher risks, less representation

Climate crisis is a gender issue, women face higher risks, less representation

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17.04.2026 10

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Deepali Khanna

Once an institution of warmth and wit, parties are now an embodiment of symbol over experience

Once an institution of warmth and wit, parties are now an embodiment of symbol over experience

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17.04.2026 10

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Siddharth Shanghvi

JD Vance's dodgy H-1B sleight of hand

JD Vance's dodgy H-1B sleight of hand

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17.04.2026 10

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Kripa upadhyay

Anticipating the inevitable: What India must learn from prepared economies in an age of recurring crisis

Anticipating the inevitable: What India must learn from prepared economies in an age of recurring crisis

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17.04.2026 10

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Pradeep s. mehta and sohom banerjee

AI-armed founders disrupting venture capitalism?

AI-armed founders disrupting venture capitalism?

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17.04.2026 10

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Rita Mcgrath & M Muneer

Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitation

Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitation

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17.04.2026 10

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Kumkum Dasgupta

Calculating cost of war

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16.04.2026 10

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Dharmen Shah

War preparedness: Why India must spend smarter, not just more

War preparedness: Why India must spend smarter, not just more

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16.04.2026 10

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Somnath Mukherjee

India-China energy cooperation doesn't require warm relations, or lofty civilisational rhetoric

India-China energy cooperation doesn't require warm relations, or lofty civilisational rhetoric

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16.04.2026 10

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Kai Xue

Decontrol oil prices and replace cross-subsidies with targeted DBTs for needy households

Decontrol oil prices and replace cross-subsidies with targeted DBTs for needy households

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16.04.2026 10

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Aditya Sinha

Linearity of luck

Linearity of luck

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15.04.2026 10

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St correspondent

Basel III fragments as US, Europe and India take diverging paths on bank capital rules

Basel III fragments as US, Europe and India take diverging paths on bank capital rules

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15.04.2026 10

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Krishnan Ranganathan

India’s gig economy boom must start working for the women behind it

India’s gig economy boom must start working for the women behind it

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15.04.2026 10

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Kalpana ajayan

Trump caught between the devil and the deep Gulf sea

Trump caught between the devil and the deep Gulf sea

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15.04.2026 10

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Ateesh Tankha

Supreme power

Supreme power

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14.04.2026 10

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Shri Shri Anandamurti

Automation vs humans: How industry 4.0 is reshaping jobs in India's auto sector

Automation vs humans: How industry 4.0 is reshaping jobs in India's auto sector

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14.04.2026 10

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Vandana Vasudevan

Post-war climate change: As the world witnesses accelerated US decline, can India not get caught flat-footed?

Post-war climate change: As the world witnesses accelerated US decline, can India not get caught flat-footed?

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14.04.2026 10

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T K Arun

Shelter from Spike 'n' Supply Storm: West Asia tensions test India Inc’s resilience to energy shocks

Shelter from Spike 'n' Supply Storm: West Asia tensions test India Inc’s resilience to energy shocks

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14.04.2026 10

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Ramnath Krishnan

Celebrating Baisakhi

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14.04.2026 10

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Kamlesh Tripathi

Trump's Naval blockade of Hormuz is an economic warfare, harms global economy

Trump's Naval blockade of Hormuz is an economic warfare, harms global economy

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14.04.2026 10

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Harsh V Pant

Gulf storm: India should be evaluated as a strategic locational hedge for co-sharing GCC data centre infra

Gulf storm: India should be evaluated as a strategic locational hedge for co-sharing GCC data centre infra

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14.04.2026 10

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Anshita shukla

Crude at $100: Packaging costs surge, supply chains reset

Crude at $100: Packaging costs surge, supply chains reset

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13.04.2026 10

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Thimmaiah napanda

Peace and warmth

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12.04.2026 10

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Narayani Ganesh