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Spotlight on Migrants

Several years ago, I had to stay for some days at a hotel in Adelaide, Australia. At the hotel reception, during the day sat an elderly white...

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Angshuman Kar New Delhi

Diplomacy Shattered

The strike in Doha that targeted senior Hamas leaders marks a decisive rupture in the fragile framework of diplomacy that had been holding together...

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New Delhi

Constitutional Calm

India’s vice-presidential election, though often overshadowed by larger political contests, has once again underscored the delicate balance between...

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New Delhi

Fate of Mediation Act remains unknown

The Supreme Court of India proposed a separate standalone legislation on mediation in India more than five years ago, citing the mounting caseload...

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Dr. P. Madhava Rao New Delhi

The inherent bias

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will mark the twentieth edition of the event and are scheduled to take place from 13 to 21 September 2025 in...

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Srinivas Madhav New Delhi

Tariff Gambit

US President Donald Trump’s latest call for Europe to impose 100 per cent tariffs on China and India represents a sharp escalation in the use of...

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New Delhi

The hidden price of India’s ethanol rush

This month, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition that argued Indian consumers should be given a choice between regular petrol and 20 per cent...

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Shrey Madaan New Delhi

Monsoon in Peril

India’s monsoon has always been a paradox ~ revered as a life-giver yet feared as a destroyer. This year, however, the paradox has deepened into...

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New Delhi

Endless Deadlock

France has once again been thrown into political upheaval, with its Prime Minister brought down not by a scandal or a sudden shift in public mood,...

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New Delhi

Transformative stewardship

Today is September 11. This day evokes two contrasting remembrances. The first dates back to 1893, when Swami Vivekananda delivered his iconic...

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Narendra Modi New Delhi

Digital fault-line

The turmoil in Kathmandu on Monday is more than a story of street protests. It is a reminder of how central digital freedoms have become to the...

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New Delhi

Politics of Payback ~II

Let’s turn to the international stage. An independent-minded foreign government, however determined an adversary or stalwart an ally, invites...

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Narain Batra New Delhi

Tariffs appeal could divide US top court unpredictably

The United States has historically championed free trade, particularly after World War II. It played a key role in establishing the General...

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Prabhu Dayal New Delhi

Food over Time

Intermittent fasting has been hailed as the ultimate shortcut to better health. By narrowing the hours of eating rather than obsessing over...

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New Delhi

Politics of Payback ~I

The political landscape, it is often said, is a battlefield of ideas, a contest of policies debated in the hallowed halls of democracy. Yet, in the...

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