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IndiGo meltdown carries a warning for India’s defence sector

IndiGo showed how a single point of failure can ripple across a sector. In defence, where there is no external fallback, the consequences are far...

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Sudhir Pillai

Vande Mataram did not get dignity it deserved in Parliament. Discussion turned into debate

From coastal Andhra Pradesh to Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab, from bonfires in UP to midnight pledges in Chennai and Lahore, Vande Mataram was a war...

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Meenakashi Lekhi

I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs...

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Kushan Mitra

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is...

yesterday 10

Bloomberg Opinion

India’s once unshakeable ties with Russia are fraying

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi last week was his first since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Bilateral summits used to be...

yesterday 10

Bloomberg Opinion

Though India pursued a different path, we admired Lenin, were influenced by his example: Nehru

On 22 June 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru addressed an audience in Moscow during his first visit to the Soviet Union as India’s PM.

yesterday 10

Jawaharlal Nehru

How did IndiGo, once famous for good service, get here? It’s a familiar story

When IndiGo entered India’s already crowded skies two decades ago, it was a revelation. It was supposedly a low-cost airline, but it was more...

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Bloomberg Opinion

IndiGo chaos forces DGCA to look inward—spotlight is back on the regulator

The crisis also puts DGCA’s vacancies in the eye of the storm. Naidu told the Rajya Sabha in July this year that 190 out of 410 DGCA vacancies...

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Bismee Taskin

Bangladesh polls and return of BNP’s Tarique Rahman—why Jamaat-e-Islami holds the key to both

The answer to the most pressing question in Bangladesh today depends on another question. Everyone is asking whether national elections will be...

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Deep Halder

India’s aviation crisis is all about too big to tame

Nobody is safe in a market where competition is stunted and choice limited. For the industry, meaningful reform will have to start with the...

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Bloomberg Opinion

A shame-faced modesty pervades 1991 reforms. This is strange and inappropriate: Ashok Desai

Liberty is not accepted in India as the ultimate goal of political systems. This is why, for instance, there is so much paranoia about foreign...

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Ashok Desai

Indian-Americans are hating on Indians. They think it will save them from MAGA

What becomes obvious is what many of us knew all along: degrees won’t save you from racism, and the “model minority” tag definitely won’t.

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Amana Begam

NSS to NDAA—the gap between Trump’s MAGA worldview and US actions is impossible to ignore

Allies and adversaries alike will struggle to parse which version of American strategy truly reflects the nation’s direction.

friday 10

Swasti Rao

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army...

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Ayesha Siddiqa

Vande Mataram was anti-British. Here’s how it became ‘anti-Muslim’

'Mataram' for Mother India has a beautiful term in Urdu — Madar-e-Watan, or the motherland. No Muslim ever found this concept contrary to Islam.

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Ibn Khaldun Bharati

Congress wasted a chance to turn the tables on BJP over Vande Mataram. It chose appeasement

Seven decades after Independence, the “Hindu Congress” is accusing the BJP on the same lines as the Muslim League had done.

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Seshadri Chari

Lt Samuel Kamalesan’s dismissal for religious stand shows colonial mindset. Army must end it

The case of Lt Samuel Kamalesan was a rare clash between an officer’s beliefs and the Army’s traditions, but today’s climate of politicised...

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Lt Gen H S Panag (Retd)

Nobel Prize was designed for a scientific world that no longer exists

Nobel Day is an opportunity to celebrate excellence. But it rewards the science that fits a comfortable narrative and ignores the science that...

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Sumaiya Shaikh

India wasn’t always like this. Things have never been as bad as they are today

Was the system in India always so lax that politicians could watch citizens being poisoned, stranded, or burned alive and get away with it?

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Vir Sanghvi

Why electoral ‘reform’ is cause for worry—the Modi govt uses it to cement political hold

‘Reform to deform' is a better description of the Modi government’s approach to election procedures. This is not hyperbole. Consider the record.

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Amitabh Dubey

The world’s biggest trade deal is in the making. India and EU must close it now

An India-EU FTA is far more than a trade negotiation—it’s a test of whether two large democracies can craft a pragmatic partnership in a polarising...

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Shishir Priyadarshi

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

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IndiGo meltdown carries a warning for India’s defence sector

Sudhir Pillai

Vande Mataram did not get dignity it deserved in Parliament. Discussion turned into debate

Meenakashi Lekhi

I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Kushan Mitra

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

Bloomberg Opinion

India’s once unshakeable ties with Russia are fraying

Bloomberg Opinion

Though India pursued a different path, we admired Lenin, were influenced by his example: Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

How did IndiGo, once famous for good service, get here? It’s a familiar story

Bloomberg Opinion

IndiGo chaos forces DGCA to look inward—spotlight is back on the regulator

Bismee Taskin

Bangladesh polls and return of BNP’s Tarique Rahman—why Jamaat-e-Islami holds the key to both

Deep Halder

India’s aviation crisis is all about too big to tame

Bloomberg Opinion

A shame-faced modesty pervades 1991 reforms. This is strange and inappropriate: Ashok Desai

Ashok Desai

Indian-Americans are hating on Indians. They think it will save them from MAGA

Amana Begam

NSS to NDAA—the gap between Trump’s MAGA worldview and US actions is impossible to ignore

Swasti Rao

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

Ayesha Siddiqa

Vande Mataram was anti-British. Here’s how it became ‘anti-Muslim’

Ibn Khaldun Bharati

Congress wasted a chance to turn the tables on BJP over Vande Mataram. It chose appeasement

Seshadri Chari

Lt Samuel Kamalesan’s dismissal for religious stand shows colonial mindset. Army must end it

Lt Gen H S Panag (Retd)

Nobel Prize was designed for a scientific world that no longer exists

Sumaiya Shaikh

India wasn’t always like this. Things have never been as bad as they are today

Vir Sanghvi

Why electoral ‘reform’ is cause for worry—the Modi govt uses it to cement political hold

Amitabh Dubey

The world’s biggest trade deal is in the making. India and EU must close it now

Shishir Priyadarshi

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Shailaja Bajpai