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India’s strategic gamble with Myanmar’s Junta

India’s strategic gamble with Myanmar’s Junta

As Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing visits India, strategic imperatives appear to be outweighing democratic principles Myanmar’s President Min...

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When justice fails, revenge takes centre stage

When justice fails, revenge takes centre stage

Sidney Sheldon famously observed that, to the ancient Greeks, the concept of justice (dikaiosini) was often synonymous with vengeance (ekdikisis)....

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Shankar sahay

From coastal nation to global sea power

From coastal nation to global sea power

India long underutilised its maritime potential. That is changing rapidly. Through sweeping reforms, modern ports, green shipping initiatives, and...

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Bhaskar jyoti mahanta

Long-awaited reckoning in Karnataka

Long-awaited reckoning in Karnataka

The question is not just who sits in the CM’s chair — it is whether this transition will heal Karnataka Congress or deepen its fault lines. It was...

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The hidden health cost of emotional disconnection

The hidden health cost of emotional disconnection

Many illnesses are not merely diseases of the body — they are expressions of an unheard mind. A significant part of human suffering today can be...

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Pratiksha Vats

Birsa Munda legacy empowers a generation

Birsa Munda legacy empowers a generation

More than a century after he led a courageous resistance against colonial oppression, Bhagwan Birsa Munda continues to inspire India’s march toward...

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Ranjana chopra

TFR Drop: When progress becomes a peril

TFR Drop: When progress becomes a peril

India’s fertility decline is a sign of progress. Managing its consequences wisely will be the real test of governance It is irony at its finest....

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Pioneer News Service

Why good people are quietly disappearing?

Why good people are quietly disappearing?

We often hear of animal and bird species being declared endangered by governments and international organisations, leading to campaigns for their...

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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

India cannot afford ambiguity in West Asia

India cannot afford ambiguity in West Asia

West Asia’s instability now directly threatens India’s energy security, maritime trade routes, economic interests, and the safety of millions of...

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Shishir Priyadarshi

India to rule the skies with stealth bomber

India to rule the skies with stealth bomber

India is aspiring to make a stealth bomber — its most audacious defence project to date — a move that signals a technological coming-of-age If all...

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Suryakiran’s 30-Year flight across Indian skies

Suryakiran’s 30-Year flight across Indian skies

Formed in 1996 at Air Force Station Bidar in Karnataka, Suryakiran was established as the Indian Air Force’s dedicated aerobatic display team. The...

28.05.2026 10

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Sayan Chatterjee 

Can Vijay follow NTR’s political script?

Can Vijay follow NTR’s political script?

As Vijay enters politics, comparisons with MG Ramachandran are natural, but his rise more closely mirrors NT Rama Rao, who entered politics at the...

28.05.2026 10

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Kalyani shanikar

The Quad speaks: Is Beijing listening?

The Quad speaks: Is Beijing listening?

The Quad meet in Delhi was a reminder that the group has a potential to take on China and is a force to reckon with in Indo-Pacific When the foreign...

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The Arsenal way: Fair play, patience and glory

The Arsenal way: Fair play, patience and glory

I have to credit the arrival of cable television in India for my enduring love and passion for Arsenal Football Club, or ‘The Arsenal’, as some...

28.05.2026 20

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Kushan Mitra

The Rupee’s real worth: Time for a new narrative?

The Rupee’s real worth: Time for a new narrative?

India is the world’s third-largest economy. Its currency deserves to be judged by what it builds and buys — not by an exchange rate inherited from...

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Vivek aggarwal shah faesal

Pope Leo’s AI warning is a wake-up call

Pope Leo’s AI warning is a wake-up call

Pope Leo XIV has issued his starkest warning yet: artificial intelligence, left unchecked in the hands of a powerful few, risks fragmenting humanity...

27.05.2026 20

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Ahankar: The greatest barrier between man and God

Ahankar: The greatest barrier between man and God

We should all be peaceful, ‘sukhi’ (happy), and satisfied. Unfortunately, we fail to achieve this dream state. Aren’t we small, truly helpless,...

27.05.2026 20

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

India’s strategic autonomy needs a reset

India’s strategic autonomy needs a reset

New Delhi’s carefully cultivated policy of balancing competing powers is facing unprecedented stress. The larger question is whether India’s...

27.05.2026 20

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Ashok K Mehta

Repairing bridges, reaffirming alliances

Repairing bridges, reaffirming alliances

Rubio’s visit underscores the importance of the US-India partnership. Whether his words will translate into sustained and concrete commitments...

26.05.2026 20

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Exploring the world, discovering the self

Exploring the world, discovering the self

The writer is a columnist, lecturer, and radio presenter. He has delivered several talks on spirituality and literature, and has written numerous...

26.05.2026 20

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Boddapati chandrasekhar

NEET Leak: A national crisis of trust in education

NEET Leak: A national crisis of trust in education

The cancellation of NEET 2026 following allegations of a paper leak has triggered outrage and deep introspection across India. The scandal is a grim...

26.05.2026 10

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Js Rajput

Addressing India’s jobs crisis

Addressing India’s jobs crisis

The employment question is not merely economic — it is deeply linked to dignity and aspiration of the youth and affects national confidence Any...

25.05.2026 20

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Healing requires more than medicine

Healing requires more than medicine

I was recently at a well-known hospital for a follow-up consultation when I noticed an elderly couple standing hesitantly near the billing counters,...

25.05.2026 20

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Sanjay Chandra

IPL 2026: Time to Rebalance the Game

IPL 2026: Time to Rebalance the Game

The IPL’s strength lies in this very ability to reinvent attention around cricket. The task ahead, therefore, is to ensure that spectacle does not...

25.05.2026 20

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Chaitanya K Prasad

Xi-Putin meet: A new axis in the making?

Xi-Putin meet: A new axis in the making?

Days after hosting Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin, reinforcing China’s emergence as a global...

23.05.2026 20

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Pioneer News Service

Everyone wants change, but who should change first?

Everyone wants change, but who should change first?

Across the globe, almost every leader today articulates the need to base the educational system, politics, trade and commerce, and all other...

23.05.2026 20

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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

The slow death of peacekeeping

The slow death of peacekeeping

The peacekeeping system the world built to prevent its worst instincts from running unchecked is dying — not in a single dramatic moment, but...

23.05.2026 20

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Nilantha Ilangamuwa

India expands its European footprint

India expands its European footprint

By strengthening ties with Italy, India is securing economic opportunities, strategic connectivity and diplomatic leverage to shape its global...

22.05.2026 10

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Why quality teachers are hard to find?

Why quality teachers are hard to find?

Education is often described as the backbone of a nation’s development, and teachers are the pillars that support this foundation. Yet, despite the...

22.05.2026 20

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Sakshi Sethi

Flex-fuel: The future of India’s ethanol push

Flex-fuel: The future of India’s ethanol push

At a time when even the EV transition remains heavily dependent on imported components, flex-fuel may well represent India’s most realistic route...

22.05.2026 20

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Kushan Mitra

Dowry violence remains India’s ugly reality

Rising dowry deaths reflect a collective moral failure. Until society challenges the mindset that commodifies women in marriage, laws alone will not...

21.05.2026 20

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An open letter to the young lives lost too soon

You may never read this open letter I am writing to you — or perhaps you will, from the balcony of the world you chose to ascend to after the...

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Asha Iyer Kumar

Beijing’s Thucydides gambit

By invoking the ancient Greek concept of the ‘Thucydides Trap,’ Chinese President Xi Jinping sought to frame the US-China rivalry not as a...

21.05.2026 20

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Bhaskar jyoti mahanta

The case for incentivising population growth

Andhra Pradesh’s move to incentivise population growth reflects that demographic challenges are regional and require localised responses Are...

20.05.2026 20

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Many excuses for not accepting God

My aged mother, living in one of the six states that went to the Assembly polls, was unsure whether she would cast her ballot this time because of...

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

Italy and India: A strategic partnership for the Indo-Mediterranean

‘Made in Italy’ has always been synonymous with excellence worldwide, and today it finds a natural synergy with the high-quality goals of the...

20.05.2026 30

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Narendra modi giorgia meloni

Prime Minister Modi’s five-nation outreach

Modi’s trip signals that India’s foreign policy is moving beyond traditional diplomacy to strengthen technology alliances and ensure supply-chain...

19.05.2026 30

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Discipline: The foundation of a strong society

Discipline is essential for every living being, but for human beings, who are social by nature, it becomes even more important. Without discipline,...

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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

Satheesan’s rise ends Congress rift in Kerala

After days of intense lobbying, internal rivalry and public pressure, the Congress finally chose VD Satheesan, exposing deep factional cracks within...

19.05.2026 20

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Kalyani Shankar

Trump in Beijing: A pragmatic pause

The Xi-Trump summit stabilised a fragile relation, revived channels of dialogue, and rekindled the hope that the two nations could manage tensions The...

18.05.2026 30

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Hypertension: India’s biggest public health emergency

We have the drugs. We have the programme. We have the proof. What India lacks is the political will to measure hypertension properly, manage it...

18.05.2026 20

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Manoj vasant murhekar p ganesh kumar

Cannes 2026 and the Future of Cinema

As AI and platform-driven storytelling reshape the moving image, Cannes 2026 stands at the crossroads between nostalgia and reinvention. The festival...

18.05.2026 20

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Chaitanya K Prasad

BRICS at Delhi: Voice of the Global South

BRICS has emerged as a stronger political voice demanding strategic autonomy and fairer economic. But its real test lies in overcoming internal...

16.05.2026 20

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Pioneer News Service

Can we afford to waste food any longer?

Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to the edges of innovation; it is steadily becoming part of the everyday rhythm of education. Its...

16.05.2026 20

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Asha Iyer Kumar

Bengal’s verdict against the ‘Kabuliwala trap’

West Bengal’s verdict is more than an electoral transition; it is a correction. The people have not merely voted out a government, but rejected a...

16.05.2026 20

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Abhinav walia

NEET paper leak: Playing with students’ futures

The anger among Gen Z aspirants is not just about a leaked paper; it is about a betrayal by institutions that promised fairness, merit and equal...

15.05.2026 30

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Madan Lall Manchanda: A bridge between cultures and eras

The world of literature remembers Madan Lall Manchanda not merely as a writer, but as a rare visionary who used his pen to weave a tapestry of...

15.05.2026 30

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Madhu bhatt tailang

Regional titans fall as BJP rises

The 2026 Assembly elections have triggered one of the most dramatic political realignments in recent Indian history, toppling powerful regional...

15.05.2026 30

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Kalyani Shankar

The AI gold rush and the jobs paradox

There is a mad rush towards AI learning, but will this craze actually create jobs or is the society prepared for disruptions AI may bring, is the big...

14.05.2026 30

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The human side of AI in the classroom

Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to the edges of innovation; it is steadily becoming part of the everyday rhythm of education. Its...

14.05.2026 30

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Ritu java