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Education without entrance examinations

Education without entrance examinations

India’s entrance exam regime has grown into a parallel economy, draining families and destroying young lives. Coaching centres charge lakhs of...

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Dr O. Prasada Rao

Space Balance

Space Balance

Vikram-1 reaching orbit marks an important transition in India’s space journey. Built by Skyroot Aerospace, the rocket demonstrates that private...

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Statesman News Service

Student protests must not be hijacked by Opposition

Student protests must not be hijacked by Opposition

In a healthy democracy, student activism has always been a vital force – a crucible where ideas are sharpened , injustices challenged, and futures...

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Tuhin A. Sinha

Rot at the top

Rot at the top

Indian administration has always had a fantastic worldwide reputation. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel once referred to our civil services as the “steel...

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Statesman News Service

Reconciliation Gamble

Reconciliation Gamble

The latest Republican US budget package is about far more than allocating another $95 billion in federal spending. It represents an ambitious attempt...

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Statesman News Service

Choice Reimagined

Choice Reimagined

The return of arranged marriages among sections of India’s younger generation is less a rejection of modernity than an indictment of the digital...

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Statesman News Service

Cockroach Rising

Cockroach Rising

What began as an irreverent internet joke has acquired the unmistakable weight of a political movement. The Cockroach Janta Party’s ability to bring...

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Statesman News Service

Hydrogen rail signals clean energy leap

Hydrogen rail signals clean energy leap

Prime Minister Modi flagged off India’s first indigenous hydrogen powered train on the Jind–Sonipat section, marking a historic leap in clean...

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Shehzad Poonawalla And Vijeta Rattani

World’s response to warming is reckless

World’s response to warming is reckless

Fireworks at America’s 250th birthday bash, claimed to be the ‘best firework show ever!’ by President Donald Trump, is the new low in sending...

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B K Singh

Intimacy Transformed

Intimacy Transformed

India is undergoing a quiet yet consequential transformation ~ one unfolding not in legislatures or courtrooms, but in bedrooms, on smartphones, and...

yesterday 10

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Abhik Roy

Indus now a sacred word for Pakistan

Indus now a sacred word for Pakistan

Pakistan has, throughout its history, been desperate to create an identity for itself. Its history books have been modified every time a dictator has...

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Harsha Kakar

Fragmented climate responses won’t work

Fragmented climate responses won’t work

For much of the past three decades, climate change occupied a distinct corner of public policy. It was largely discussed through the lens of...

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Siddharth Roy

Disarming the farmer

Disarming the farmer

Every farmer’s grievance/ crop failure is a wound the nation must feel. The ongoing review of Paraquat Dichloride and Glyphosate, prompted by the...

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Dr. C D Mayee

Sea Change

Sea Change

India’s maritime ambitions cannot be measured by a ceremonial warship commissioning or ambitious infrastructure announcements alone. Naval power is...

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Statesman News Service

Changing Guard

Changing Guard

Spain’s triumph at the 2026 World Cup was more than the recovery of a crown last won in 2010. It may have marked a changing of the guard in...

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Statesman News Service

Export Illusion

Export Illusion

China’s latest economic numbers expose a contradiction that has been building for years. The country continues to dominate global manufacturing and...

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Statesman News Service

Energy Crossroads

Energy Crossroads

Trade policy has often been used as an instrument of strategic pressure, but when it collides with global energy markets, the consequences rarely...

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Statesman News Service

A problem of when, not how much

A problem of when, not how much

India’s clean power just set a record. According to grid data tracked by CEEW, at 11.46 on the morning of 6 July 2026, more than half of the...

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Pravin Kaushal

When Assam arrests invoke global concern

When Assam arrests invoke global concern

Global concern surfaced after the Assam Police arrested a prominent activist while he was protesting against a public-private partnership tourism...

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Statesman News Service

AI’s Governance Sutras ~ II

AI’s Governance Sutras ~ II

Finance did not wait for the national framework; it wrote the first draft of it. Three months before MeitY published its sutras, the Reserve Bank of...

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T. Kannan

Names deleted from a list

Names deleted from a list

There was a time when a voter list was a dull document. It sat in the Block Development Office, it was consulted once in five years, and nobody...

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Dr. Ajay Kummar Pandey

AI’s Governance Sutras ~ I

AI’s Governance Sutras ~ I

On 5 November 2025, confronted with the most consequential regulatory question of the decade, the Government of India declined to pass a law. In place...

19.07.2026 10

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T. Kannan

Rules, rivalries

Rules, rivalries

Football’s enduring appeal lies in its ability to transcend borders, histories and political divides. That ideal is tested every time a major...

19.07.2026 20

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Statesman News Service

Narrative Control

Narrative Control

Every nation has the right ~ and indeed the obligation ~ to ensure that educational institutions do not become platforms for glorifying terrorism,...

19.07.2026 20

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Statesman News Service

Are Hindus marginalized in Bangladesh?

Are Hindus marginalized in Bangladesh?

A sense of hope was earlier raised among the minority Hindus in Bangladesh that their interests and well-being would be protected by the new regime in...

18.07.2026 10

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Shantanu Mukharji

Coaching centre conundrum

Coaching centre conundrum

The flashing neon signs of coaching institutes lining the avenues of every major Indian city present an undeniable truth: India runs a parallel...

18.07.2026 10

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Bhaskar Nath Biswal

Patience First

Patience First

The temptation to settle on a convenient explanation after a major aviation disaster is understandable. Families seek closure, the public demands...

18.07.2026 20

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Statesman News Service

Trade Beyond Tariffs

Trade Beyond Tariffs

The India-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement ~ that took effect on Thursday ~ is being hailed as a landmark achievement, but its true significance...

18.07.2026 20

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Statesman News Service

Sonam Wangchuk’s fast is farcical; the politics of it takes all meaning out

Sonam Wangchuk’s fast is farcical; the politics of it takes all meaning out

Aamir Khan might have junked suggestions that his movie ‘3 Idiots’ was ever in any manner inspired by the persona and life of Sonam Wangchuk and...

17.07.2026 10

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Siddhartha Rai

Perilous Passage

Perilous Passage

The Strait of Hormuz has long been described as the world’s most important energy chokepoint. It has now become far more dangerous: the focal point...

17.07.2026 10

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Statesman News Service

Beyond Hype

Beyond Hype

The stock market’s romance with technological disruption has once again collided with an inconvenient reality: even the most visionary companies...

17.07.2026 20

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Statesman News Service

Why Trump – and others –must read Hemingway

Why Trump – and others –must read Hemingway

21 July marks American Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway’s (1899 -1961) 127th birth anniversary. Hemingway’s caveats about the mindless killing that...

17.07.2026 10

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Sanjukta Dasgupta

The man who shaped Sikh destiny

The man who shaped Sikh destiny

The Teja Singh Samundri Hall sits at the heart of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in Amritsar. It is a singular honour. In over a hundred...

17.07.2026 10

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Manjinder Singh Sirsa

Celebrating 100 years of Habichak Rath Yatra

Celebrating 100 years of Habichak Rath Yatra

Every village has a story of its own. This story in Habichak is about a dream. That dream gave birth to a tradition, which is now 100 years old....

17.07.2026 10

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Debroop Banerjee

Beyond parlours and boutiques

Beyond parlours and boutiques

For years, the standard way to check whether India’s vocational training system was getting fairer to women has been to look at one number: what...

17.07.2026 10

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Pravin Kaushal