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Pilgrimage perils

The tragic bus accident near Medina that claimed the lives of 45 Indian pilgrims from Telangana is not just an isolated incident on a foreign...

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Menstrual Leave

Karnataka’s new policy granting one day of paid menstrual leave every month to all women employed in the formal sector is, on the surface, a modest...

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New Delhi

Defying the Raj ~II

The inherent bond of revolutionary freedom fighters was evident in the Ghadar party’s formation. Advised by Lala Lajpat Rai, Lala Har Dayal went...

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Nandalal Chakrabarti New Delhi

How India will handle the Hasina imbroglio

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentence d to death in absentia on 17 November 2025, by the country’s International Crimes...

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Prabhu Dayal New Delhi

Transparency on Trial

The political storm surrounding the Epstein files has entered a new and unpredictable phase. What began as a slow drip of selectively released...

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New Delhi

Engineered Politics

Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor’s long-awaited leap from political strategist to political contender was always going to be a high-stakes...

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New Delhi

Arbitration needs stronger teeth

Ever since the Modi government assumed control of the national government, the country’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) ecosystem has been...

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New Delhi

The world can do away with coal

As world leaders and thousands of researchers, activists and lobbyists meet in Brazil at the 30th annual United Nations climate conference, there...

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Stacy D Vandeveer New Delhi

Defying the Raj ~I

In 1917, the British Indian government appointed the Sedition Committee headed by Justice Sidney Rowlatt, to investigate “criminal conspiracies...

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Nandalal Chakrabarti New Delhi

War on terror continues

The Delhi blast is an indicator that India’s war on terror is nowhere near concluding, despite conveying strong messages to Islamabad by means of...

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Harsha Kakar New Delhi

Populism Fractured

The open rupture between US President Donald Trump and key MAGA figure Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is more than a dramatic falling-out...

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New Delhi

Preventable

The tragic explosion at a police station in Srinagar, which claimed nine lives and left dozens injured, is a sobering reminder of a persistent and...

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New Delhi

A demand for change

Zohran Mamdani’s remarkable ascent to the mayorship of New York City has already become one of the most significant political stories of the year,...

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Anand Kumar New Delhi

Frugal Generation

China’s younger generation is quietly rewriting the country’s economic script. Unlike the consumer-driven youth cultures of earlier decades,...

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New Delhi

Red Lines Recast

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has stirred a diplomatic storm that may reshape the strategic balance in East Asia. Her assertion that...

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New Delhi

Hungry India

A tragic paradox is that even while democracies are apathetic to mass starvation, they downplay and ignore the fact that the hundreds of million...

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Aydev Jana New Delhi

The sound of truth in a noisy world

I vividly recall receiving a call many years ago from a musician friend who, after seeing a WhatsApp message, wanted to confirm whether the...

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Rajdeep Pathak New Delhi

Plutocracy Gone Crazy

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, is slated to get richer. With a current worth of nearly US$500 billion (roughly Rs 44 lakh crore), Musk has...

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Devendra Saksena New Delhi

Caste count

India’s decision to conduct a full caste census in 2027 marks a profound turning point in how the nation confronts its most enduring social...

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New Delhi

Decisive vote

Bihar has delivered its verdict with striking clarity. The NDA is to return to power with a sweeping mandate, securing 202 of the state’s 243 seats...

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New Delhi

Empowered women show the way in UP

Uttar Pradesh has long been a canvas of contrasts. On the one hand the biggest political and social movements and reforms originated here, churning...

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Shehzad Poonawala New Delhi

Numbers may not tell whole story

The latest PLFS monthly bulletin (Sep, 2025) highlights that “Rising LFPR of Rural Women Uplifts Overall Female LFPR for Third Consecutive Month”...

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Basit Abdullah And Satyaki Dasgupta New Delhi