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For a country that has lived with dengue as a seasonal inevitability, the emergence of DengiAll, India’s indigenous single-shot dengue vaccine now...
One of the oldest and most impactful media traditions is Time magazine’s Person of the Year title, first given to legendar y aviator Charles...
As the nation prepares to celebrate yet another Republic Day on 26th January, 2026, some serious reflections on the health of the republic are the...
The controversy over the notice issued to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is not really about a clerical error or an age mismatch. It is about the...
For decades, the 1962 war has occupied an awkward place in India’s national memory. It is recalled more for strategic failure than for individual...
The intellectual landscape of Bengal has historically been a dialogue between the “Red Flag” and the “Ochre Robe,” a dialectic between Karl Marx’s...
At the initial stage of my six-year involvement in uplifting society through skill-based initiatives, particularly by promoting handicraft work and...
Addressing the Sixth Ramnath Goenka Lecture on 17 November 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Macaulay’s 1835 education policy for...
India’s diplomacy in South Asia has often been accused of being overly personality-driven, tethered to familiar interlocutors and legacy...
Building a winning electoral narrative involves selectively emphasizing past events to create a compelling and politically useful interpretation of...
The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam does more than decide the fate of two undertrials. It exposes a...
Venezuela was not an aberration. It was a declaration. The forcible removal of Nicolás Maduro was presented as a corrective to criminality and...
As we approach the 126th anniversary of the tragic events at Dombari Buru on 9 January 1900, it is imperative that we pause to remember the martyrs...
Warfare today is witnessing a massive change. But when we analyse some ongoing wars, it is hard to decipher what is changing, and what is not. In...
India’s aviation boom has become a shorthand for its economic momentum. Passenger numbers are rising sharply, airports are expanding, and domestic...
The murder of a young man from the Northeast in a northern Indian city is not just a crime; it is a mirror held up to a society that still...
As the Muslim League solidified its base in the coastal districts, a parallel and significant expansion was occurring in Western Odisha,...