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Water Pressure

India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty marks a bold departure from decades of misplaced restraint. For too long, Pakistan has exported...

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AI-driven security

On 22 April, the pristine calm of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam was ruptured by violence of the most brutal kind. In what is now being called the...

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Narain Batra New Delhi

Reclaim Childhood

In a world where screens often substitute for human interaction and algorithms dictate attention, the notion of a safe, innocent childhood is fast...

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Fission Frontier

India’s nuclear power sector, long cloaked in strategic caution and state monopoly, appears ready for a historic leap. The government’s...

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Global system shakeup, courtesy Trump

Chaotic as it seems, Donald Trump’s tariff war and subsequent walk-backs are a deadly serious attempt by his team to address what they perceive as...

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

Love and revolution

The Indian independence movement saw a complex interplay between personal relationships and revolutionary ideals, with freedom fighters sometimes...

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Manas Das New Delhi

Schisms within

In the latest sign of a deepening internal fracture within the Palestinian leadership, President Mahmoud Abbas has launched an unprecedented verbal...

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Red Lines

The recent massacre in Pahalgam has once again laid bare the brutal persistence of jihadist violence in Kashmir. It is not the first time civilians...

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Power and Privilege

Billionaire Elon Musk’s decision to scale back his involvement with America’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) marks a pivotal moment in...

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Allowing creativity to spread its wings

As someone deeply inspired by the evolving landscape of India’s media and entertainment industry, I couldn’t be more excited about the upcoming...

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Navneet Sehgal New Delhi

When Tagore meets Shakespeare

When our train arrived at Stratford station, it was still early in the morning. About 150 kilometers northwest of London, in the Warwickshire...

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Atanu Biswas New Delhi

Path to a reset?

The re-election of Donald Trump as the President of the United States has once again thrown global geopolitics into flux. Known for his unorthodox...

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Anand Kumar New Delhi

Intrusions without probable cause

Starting in April 2026, tax officers in India may be able to force open not just your safes and filing cabinets but also your WhatsApp, cloud...

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Precarious Peace

As the war in Ukraine grinds through yet another year, a renewed push for diplomacy has emerged from the West, driven in large part by a desire for...

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Dangerous Delusions

The recent terror attack in Pahalgam, in which innocent tourists were gunned down, is not just another grim episode of violence in Kashmir ~ it is...

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The Vance visit

At the present juncture of global power shifts, the visit of US Vice President J D Vance and his wife is of high strategic importance to India and...

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Gouri Sankar Nag And Arpan Bhattacharya New Delhi

Who may the next Pope be?

The death of Pope Francis this week marks the end of a historic papacy and the beginning of a significant transition for the Catholic Church. As...

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Darius Von Guttner Sporzynski New Delhi

Tone-deaf

India’s relationship with the International Monetary Fund has always been uneasy ~ marked by politeness in public, but suspicion and wariness in...

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Squeezed

The latest escalation in the Sino-US trade conflict marks a dangerous turning point in global economic diplomacy. What was once a battle over...

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Beyond the wrench

India’s job market stands at a critical juncture. With about 60 crore unemployed and aging youth, the nation must act swiftly to avoid turning its...

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S S Saxena New Delhi

Paths to healthy eating

The topic of healthy living by avoiding processed food has drawn renewed interest in recent months in the US because of President Donald Trump’s...

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Basab Dasgupta New Delhi