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Rishabh Pant’s actions show what courage really means

Rishabh Pant’s actions show what courage really means

Rishabh Pant added only 17 runs to his score on the second day of the Manchester Test, but numbers often don’t measure courage, which in his case...

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Tushar Bhaduri

Bridging the digital chasm

Bridging the digital chasm

India’s dream of becoming a developed nation by 2047 is closely tied to the potential of its digital economy. From fintech innovations to digital...

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The US-China AI race

The US-China AI race

While no one has waved an official chequered flag in the Sino-American race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy, the markets are betting...

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Inside Track by Coomi Kapoor: Shock treatment

Inside Track by Coomi Kapoor: Shock treatment

While a silent behind-the-scenes tussle between Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and the BJP high command had been brewing for months, both sides...

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Coomi Kapoor

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Life is a mystery, not always beautiful

Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: Life is a mystery, not always beautiful

On July 10, 2025, Mr Jagdeep Dhankhar cheerfully announced “I will retire at the right time — August 2027, subject to divine intervention.” He...

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P Chidambaram

Transforming a nation of job seekers

Transforming a nation of job seekers

By Madan Padaki & Arup Roychoudhury Demographic dividend, a term used for over two decades to denote India’s biggest advantage in the global...

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Making sense of FDI trends

Making sense of FDI trends

By Nagesh Kumar Considering that they bring a package of entrepreneurship, technology, and integration with the global value chains besides...

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Gaza’s humanitarian crisis

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis

Prospects for a cessation of hostilities between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza—mediated by the US, Qatar, and Egypt—appear elusive with US...

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A win-win deal

India and the UK have signed a landmark Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)—in the presence of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

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Legal anchor in climate opinion

Legal anchor in climate opinion

Shashank Pandey, the writer is a lawyer and former research fellow at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice...

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A bilateral game changer

A bilateral game changer

India signed a historic trade deal on Thursday amid worldwide economic chaos and uncertainty triggered by US President Donald Trump’s tariff wars....

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Create more space for solar power

Create more space for solar power

India needs to install nearly 50 gigawatt (Gw) of renewable energy (RE) each year to reach its goal of 500 Gw of non-fossil fuel-based energy...

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Obsession with ‘de-congestion’

Obsession with ‘de-congestion’

A major source of India’s urban management problems is a philosophical mistake. Both, policymakers and the general public have a view that India’s...

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Credit conundrum

Credit conundrum

The deluge of liquidity and lower policy rates notwithstanding, bank credit growth remains subdued. Loans from banks grew at 9.5% in May, slower by...

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India overthinking private 5G demand

India overthinking private 5G demand

By TV Ramachandran The recent revival of plans to conduct a demand estimation study for private 5G networks in India might sound like a reasonable...

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Limits of intrusion

The Select Committee of the Lok Sabha has done a thorough job of reviewing the Income Tax Bill, 2025, making good use of the inputs from various...

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A step forward, two steps back

A step forward, two steps back

By Somit Dasgupta There is an old English idiom, almost a cliché, that goes “one step forward, and two steps back”. This is how one can aptly...

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