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Overshoot: The climate warning

Overshoot: The climate warning

The United Nations’ stark warning comes as climate disasters linked to the melting Himalayas are causing an immediate human and regional security...

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This Teacher’s Day, give teachers their time back

This Teacher’s Day, give teachers their time back

Every few months, schools seem to discover something new that instructors must do: a fresh report, another portal, photographs from an activity,...

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Sakshi Sethi

India’s steel sector and decarbonisation

India’s steel sector and decarbonisation

India’s new greenhouse gas emission intensity targets for the iron and steel sector mark a significant step towards industrial decarbonisation. The...

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Gopal K Sarangi Suhani Yadav Shubhi Goel

SCO Summit: A win for India in Bishkek

SCO Summit: A win for India in Bishkek

Bishkek has offered a moment of diplomatic convergence - and a reminder that declarations are easier to sign than geopolitical differences are to...

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What kind of world does our news create?

What kind of world does our news create?

Peaceful world has been the main aim of humanity since time immemorial and one can say this without any doubt whatsoever that media being not only the...

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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

Laldenga: From insurgency to peace

Laldenga: From insurgency to peace

In From Guerrilla Fighter to Chief Minister, Zoramthanga Chhangte traces the turbulent journey from the 1966 uprising through years of exile and...

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Ashok K Mehta

The Russia embrace, recalibrated

The Russia embrace, recalibrated

As the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a relationship tested by war and sanctions, India made clear that its ties with Moscow remain...

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Action is ours, results belong to God

Action is ours, results belong to God

Yes, I am referring to the famous verse 2.47 of the Bhagavad-Gita. There are four instructions in this verse. The first instruction is: “You have a...

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

The American dream, under a visa siege

The American dream, under a visa siege

Despite the tightening of visa rules — and even as courts push back against some of the administration’s measures — the pull of the American...

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Kalyani Shankar

India’s quest for energy Atmanirbharta

India’s quest for energy Atmanirbharta

India’s dependence on imported hydrocarbons has long been its greatest energy vulnerability, a risk sharply exposed by recent disruptions to global...

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Abhishek Pratap Singh Kaustubh Tripathi

Why India’s Uzbekistan upgrade matters

Why India’s Uzbekistan upgrade matters

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership takes bilateral ties beyond diplomacy, encompassing energy, defence, trade and regional connectivity Prime...

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Janmashtami: When Krishna is born within

Janmashtami: When Krishna is born within

Every year, millions celebrate Janmashtami with devotion, fasting, prayers, music and joyous festivities. Temples are beautifully decorated, homes...

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Radhanath Swami Maharaj

H-1B shock: India must look beyond America

H-1B shock: India must look beyond America

Washington may keep changing the rules; India must make sure its economic prospects are not held hostage to them The US Department of Homeland...

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The horse that walks to the water

The horse that walks to the water

There is an old proverb that says, "You can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make it drink." Over the years, I have often wondered...

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Lucky Kulkarni

Cash in hand, capacity in retreat?

Cash in hand, capacity in retreat?

As states commit ever larger sums to recurring transfers, a more difficult question is emerging: what happens to the long-term investments that build...

31.08.2026 20

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Debdulal Thakur

India: Aiming to be a multi-trillion economy

India: Aiming to be a multi-trillion economy

This book has been sponsored by Bharat Global Industries Forum (BGIF), a premier national think-and-action platform uniting India’s top...

30.08.2026 10

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Anil Bhat

Soft power: India’s opportunity to shape the global imagination

Soft power: India’s opportunity to shape the global imagination

India should be able to speak to the world through yoga and aI, Ayurveda and animation, classical music and gaming, and cutting-edge digital...

30.08.2026 20

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Chaitanya K Prasad

SCO@25: An unending search for relevance

SCO@25: An unending search for relevance

The real test for the SCO is whether it can be effective in addressing the security and economic challenges confronting the region Prime Minister...

29.08.2026 10

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When strangers become our own

When strangers become our own

I recently moderated a conversation with a friend about his book On Angels’ Wings. He was only seventeen when he lost his entire family in the...

29.08.2026 20

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Sanjay Chandra

Rebuilding India’s Gorkha bridge with Nepal

Rebuilding India’s Gorkha bridge with Nepal

The Gorkha soldier once served as one of the strongest human bridges between India and Nepal. Today, that bridge is narrower. Delhi’s challenge is...

29.08.2026 10

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Bhopinder Singh

Himalayan catastrophe

Himalayan catastrophe

The warming of Himalayas is turning them into a ticking time bomb; only concerted action by Nepal, India and China can avert disaster On the morning...

28.08.2026 20

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The journey from faith to self-realisation

The journey from faith to self-realisation

Over the last several decades, the topic of spirituality has come to the forefront of public and professional consciousness. With the dawn of a new...

28.08.2026 20

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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

SCO Summit: India’s Eurasian balancing act

SCO Summit: India’s Eurasian balancing act

As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation turns 25, its Bishkek summit comes at a time of deepening geopolitical turbulence. For India, the grouping is...

28.08.2026 20

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Parul Chandra

India-China: A thaw without a breakthrough

India-China: A thaw without a breakthrough

Twenty-five rounds of India-China boundary talks have produced an important thaw in relations, but little movement on the boundary itself The 25th...

27.08.2026 20

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The vanishing value of repair

The vanishing value of repair

A broken mixer once meant a visit to the neighbourhood repairman. A torn shirt went to the tailor, a watch to the watchmaker, and a damaged chair to...

27.08.2026 10

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Siddharth Roy

Goa: India’s compass for coastal tourism

Goa: India’s compass for coastal tourism

The challenge is no longer simply to draw tourists to India’s shores, but to ensure that tourism does not destroy the very coastline that attracts...

27.08.2026 20

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Sadanand Shet Tanavade Anuj Pattnayak

The new age of narrative warfare

The new age of narrative warfare

What looks like an organic wave of outrage online may sometimes be carefully engineered. In this new age of psychological warfare, the most vulnerable...

26.08.2026 20

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Ashvathaman Allimuthu

The bitter truth: Sugar price go through the roof

The bitter truth: Sugar price go through the roof

An unprecedented jump in retail prices of sugar is a reminder of how Govt inaction can quickly turn a price rise of an essential kitchen item into a...

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Experience the love of God by taking his shelter

Experience the love of God by taking his shelter

I have sometimes wondered why a mother loves her baby so much and that too unconditionally. It is all one-sided! She looks after the baby the very...

26.08.2026 20

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

India-China talks: Clearing the ground for Xi’s Delhi visit

India-China talks: Clearing the ground for Xi’s Delhi visit

Coming just weeks before Xi’s visit to New Delhi for the BRICS Summit, the talks aim to stabilise the relationship and lay the groundwork for a...

25.08.2026 20

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Schools are not content factories

Schools are not content factories

A child steps onto a stage, gives a flawlessly rehearsed line, smiles at precisely the correct moment and waits while a teacher adjusts the camera....

25.08.2026 20

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Sakshi Sethi

When loyalty becomes the only qualification

When loyalty becomes the only qualification

The Trump administration shows how power can turn institutions into instruments of personal loyalty. Beneath the combative rhetoric and high-profile...

25.08.2026 20

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Nilantha Ilangamuwa

The right tree, in the right place

The right tree, in the right place

A tree planted today may live for decades. Where it is planted, which species is chosen, how it is cared for - all of this shapes a landscape long...

24.08.2026 20

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Mahesh Kumar Dadhich Gaurav Kumar Sharma

Maps matter, but people matter more

Maps matter, but people matter more

India’s latest assertion of its territorial identity in Arunachal Pradesh is important, but an inhabited and thriving frontier will remain the...

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Sabir Nishat

Confidence is India’s new neighbourhood doctrine

As India navigates an uncertain China, Bangladesh and an strategic Pakistan, the real question is if New Delhi can turn confident rhetoric into a...

24.08.2026 20

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The future of Islamic NATO

A defence treaty agreed in Mecca on August 7 binds Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan to a single mutual-defense promise: an armed attack on one...

23.08.2026 20

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Surjit Singh Flora

What we inherit: A father, a book and the memory of Mathura

There are some books you read as a reader. And then there are books you hold as an inheritance. For me, Mathura, Braj aur Mathur Chaturvedi is the...

23.08.2026 20

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Priyanka Chaturvedi

Greek bards and Indian battles

Christopher Nolans "The Odyssey" has crossed $1.3 billion worldwide and over ?200 crore in India, making it the biggest hit of Nolans...

23.08.2026 20

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Alok Priyadarshi

Education reform must factor in well-being

We have spent decades asking what our children need to learn. Perhaps it is time to ask another question: what do they need in order to learn well?...

22.08.2026 10

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Neerja Birla

When no one owns the problem

A recent experience made me wonder whether, in our increasing dependence on technology and standardised processes, we are creating systems in which...

22.08.2026 30

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Sanjay Chandra

Fake medicine: A crime against humanity

The recent bust of a large counterfeit-medicine operation near Bengaluru is not just another regulatory raid; it is a stark reminder that fake drugs...

21.08.2026 20

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Reimagining liberal arts in the era of AI

As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes the way knowledge is created, accessed, and applied, classrooms are evolving into 360-degree learning...

21.08.2026 30

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Surendra Kumar Yadawa

We need to stop treating reinvention as a crisis

There is a strange impatience with women as they grow older. At some point, the questions subtly change. When we are young, people ask what you want...

21.08.2026 30

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Deeba Irfan Salim

BJP’s generational reset without changing the core

The BJP’s new national team is less a rupture than a carefully calibrated reset. Of the 65 office-bearers announced under party president Nitin...

20.08.2026 30

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Neglecting our real home can be quite painful

I habitually look out of my window to soak in the surrounding greenery. Recently, I noticed a gate of the house opposite mine being painted. To my...

20.08.2026 20

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

Gelephu: Bhutan's bet, India's gain

Announced in December 2023 by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the mega Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) project is aimed at creating a...

20.08.2026 20

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Parul Chandra

India’s middle class needs opportunity more than subsidies

In almost every Indian city, there is a family the country needs to talk about. The father pays his income tax in full, on time, every year. The...

19.08.2026 10

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Ashok Kumar Mittal

The courage that refuses to look away

On August 19, 2003, a truck bomb tore through the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, the UN’s headquarters in Iraq, killing 22 people, including the gifted...

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Jason Arday and the cost of believing a good story

For some strange reason, my social media feeds have been serving up the Jason Arday matter quite relentlessly on my feeds for the past few weeks. For...

19.08.2026 30

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Kushan Mitra

“Bangladesh must be restored through Democracy, Constitutional Order and Religious Harmony” - Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh, a peaceful moderate Muslim country, is on the verge of crumbling. It became the 35th largest economy in the world from no-where in just 15...

18.08.2026 10

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Sheikh Hasina