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On the fifth of August, the West Bengal panchayat department quietly withdrew a circular it had issued only days earlier. The standard operating...
Colombia’s new right-wing president, Abelardo de la Espriella, had barely taken office when the ground shifted beneath his feet. Three days into his...
For nearly two decades, India’s demographic dividend has occupied a central place in the country’s economic narrative. Policymakers, economists...
N Chandrasekaran’s decision not to seek another term as chairman of Tata Sons is being presented as a succession question. It is more consequential...
What defines a great democracy is not the act of voting alone but the integrity of the institutions that safeguard the vote. Ballots matter only when...
The next battle in mobile telecommunications may not be fought over more cell towers. It may be fought above them. That possibility has acquired new...
The end of Gautam Adani’s criminal prosecution in the United States is a legal victory for the Indian billionaire, but it is not quite the...
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mocking his interactions with foreign...
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India has made remarkable progress in expanding agricultural higher education, and has generated graduates to serve the country’s evolving...
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Artificial intelligence is usually discussed as a technology that writes, predicts, searches and reasons. A much less noticed development in...
Every few months, Indian public discourse rediscovers the word toolkit. It surfaced during the farmers’ protests, has since appeared in debates over...
India’s latest youth protests should worry every political party, not merely the government that happens to be facing them. The demonstrations in...
Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin scheme raises a question that India’s political class can no longer avoid: when does welfare cease to be social...
The American vice president, JD Vance’s political base is MAGA, a Christian white nationalist coalition that believes in Christian white supremacy...
In the contemporary geopolitical landscape, the traditional metrics of national strength – military hardware and economic indicators – are no...
A well-intentioned policy that promised inclusion has instead masked deep learning deficits in West Bengal’s remote tribal communities. The Right of...
For decades, Kashmir has been discussed in the vocabulary of conflict, security and politics. That is understandable given the region’s history. But...
The most dangerous word in the latest attempt to end the Gaza war may be “first”. Israel wants Hamas to disarm before Israeli forces withdraw....
Good leaders do not treat a crisis as a crisis. They treat it as an opening. Great leaders go one step further – they turn the crisis into territory...
Public protests have long been a part of democratic societies. They are expressions of hope, concern, disagreement and at times, frustration....
The defence pact signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan marks a significant shift in the security politics of West Asia and South Asia. Its...
Punjab and West Bengal police busted multiple cross-border terrorist modules which were planning to target the Cockroach Janata Party protests in...
India’s latest move against the decentralised messaging application Bitchat is about more than one piece of software. It reflects a challenge that...
A Joint Defence Agreement was signed by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey on 7 August 2026 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It establishes a collective...
President Donald Trump’s public criticism of ExxonMobil and Chevron over their soaring profits marks an unusual moment in American energy politics....
India has spent more than five decades building a robust environmental regulatory framework. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,...
For generations, the arrival of the southwest monsoon has been India’s closest equivalent to a national heartbeat. Farmers sowed crops, reservoirs...
I n the weeks and months following the death of Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee in the early hours of 23 June 1953, a sordid and sad story emerges from...
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday organised Raahgiri Day in the Central Zone (Karol Bagh) to promote road safety, cleanliness and...
For generations, ageing was associated with restraint. People slowed down, spent less, drank less, took fewer risks and gradually ceded social and...
The most revealing feature of The most revealing feature of India’s latest student mobilisation was not simply its scale or persistence. It was the...
Buried in a slim government publication released last month is a number that deserves more attention than it has received. In 2023/24, private...
On 5 August 2026, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent...
On 6 July 2026, India commemorated the 125th birth anniversary of Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee, endearingly referred to as Syama Babu. He passed away in...
Three months after the NEET paper leak shook the country’s examination system, public attention has understandably moved on. Investigations have...
Something remarkable is happening in a state better known for iron ore, bauxite and cyclones. In the space of barely twelve months, Odisha has moved...
Military strength is usually measured in terms of aircraft carriers, missiles and warplanes. Yet history repeatedly reminds us that geography can be...
In countless Indian homes this morning , someone will have woken before dawn to help an ageing parent rise, check her medicines, help her bathe and...
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat had a lot to say in his special outreach to the current generation, labelled GenZ, Wednesday in...
When yo ung voices gathered at Jantar Mantar recently to demand accountability and fair recruitment, the spark resonated far beyond the national...
India’s linguistic richness reflects our civilizational experience, constitutional design and democratic character. Together, these civilizational,...
Europe’s worst wildfire season in decades is more than a regional disaster. It is a warning that the age of climate extremes has moved beyond...
Economic growth is often judged by headline numbers like GDP, stock market indices, investment inflows and corporate profits. Yet the true test of any...
Every few years, India’s official statistical machinery undertakes one of the largest data collection exercises in the world. Surveyors travel...
Globalisation is often quantified through economic indicators: trillions of dollars in global trade, resilient supply chains, expanding shipping...
Visuals of the recent happenings in the heart of Delhi left people hopeful, disgusted and bemused, in equal measure. On the one hand, we saw young men...
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