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Why the US Congress put its foot down on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files

The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it...

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Bloomberg News

Cloudflare outage is a sharp warning to India. We’re exposed to foreign digital failures

Digital sovereignty cannot stop at government cloud systems. It must extend to the networking, CDN, AI, and security layers permeating the entire...

yesterday 10

K.b.s Sidhu

What India needs to learn from the Ayni airbase setback

Indian power projection and influence will greatly depend on the choices of small powers — or partner countries — that exercise great agency...

yesterday 10

Sidharth Raimedhi

India’s opposition produces more drama within their own ranks than against BJP

Bihar’s election results has produced a moment that is not only about what the BJP has achieved, but what the Opposition has allowed.

yesterday 5

Shruti Vyas

After Bihar, the vote share vs seat share debate is back again. Here’s why this matters

We must first focus on the harder things that reduce the legitimacy of any election process in the eyes of the voters such as ensuring the...

yesterday 4

Pranay Kotasthane

How do the Chinese see new Japan PM? ‘Shortsighted evil witch’

Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the ‘Global Times’, described Takaichi’s behaviour as political sleepwalking and said that Japanese leaders...

yesterday 4

Sana Hashmi

India must create more Sarvepalli Radhakrishnans. And move on from Macaulay

Macaulay had total contempt for Indian literature and for Middle Eastern writing in Persian or Arabic. He was supremely confident that English...

yesterday 10

Jaithirth Rao

Don’t blame Lamborghini driver. Indian toll plazas are for Maruti 800 era, not supercars

Who knows the Lamborghini guy escaped the toll on purpose. After all, they could not test the beast by touching the odometer to 200 kmph. Most...

yesterday 10

Saptak Datta

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device...

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Disha Ahluwalia

Bangladesh has been running a never-ending revenge drama. Hasina is the latest

If elections happen in Bangladesh next year with the Awami League’s participation, there is every possibility of a sudden surprise around the bend....

previous day 10

Deep Halder

India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, in a sense, tasted her own medicine. The International Crimes Tribunal, the special court she...

previous day 10

Rishi Gupta

Registration Bill 2025 is the BNS of property rights. It can reduce land disputes

Every piece of legislation should have an inbuilt date of review to ensure that changes are made by design, rather than by default or to score...

previous day 10

Sanjeev Chopra

Indian car drivers, rising rage and the evolution of ‘hit and run’ culture

If Sanjeev Nanda and his BMW represented the entitled carelessness of wealth, today’s drivers represent its weaponised rage.

previous day 5

Karanjeet Kaur

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

Incredible how rapidly the rumour of Dharmendra's death spread, and how many responsible people believed it—from Rajnath Singh to Yogi Adityanath....

previous day 5

Shobhaa De

India’s agricultural paradox—rising output, rising imports, and a shrinking trade surplus

Agricultural policy has prioritised price stabilisation over fostering long-term competitiveness. This incentivises the pursuit of subsidies rather...

previous day 4

Bidisha Bhattacharya

What Bihar poll results say about BJP’s prospects in Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

NDA had a much larger social coalition comprising the extremely backward classes, non-Yadav other backward classes, Dalits, upper castes, etc., who...

monday 4

D.k. Singh

AI thinks it’s smart. Chimps may beg to differ.

How can we compare human and machine intelligence when we can’t decide which species – cats or dogs — is more intelligent?

monday 2

Bloomberg Opinion

We blame the government for being too litigious. Data tells a very different story

Real gains can be achieved when the government focuses its reforms upstream in better contract design, stronger capacity to monitor performance and...

monday 4

Pavithra Manivannan

Bihar rejected Rahul Gandhi’s divisive politics. Voters are nobody’s fools

Voters in Bihar don’t want dynastic politics, minority politics, or caste politics—all dead ducks flogged by the Congress Party in its regressive,...

monday 2

Meenakashi Lekhi

What Modi govt’s Seeds Bill 2025 must deliver for Punjab’s farmers

The draft Seeds Bill gets the big ideas right: universal registration, traceability, real penalties. To work for Punjab, it must get federal...

monday 2

K.b.s Sidhu

Maruti-Suzuki’s eVitara is ready to hit the Indian roads—country’s EV ecosystem isn’t

Maruti-Suzuki eVitara is a well-packaged car, it will compete against the likes of Hyundai Creta electric and Tata Curvv.

16.11.2025 4

Kushan Mitra

The 20-year menopause mistake. New drug for old neglect

The US has approved a new pill for menopause symptoms and rolled back the 'black box' warnings that kept women away from HRT. But the long delay...

16.11.2025 10

Stela Dey

Coffee isn’t ruining your face. Sugar, dairy and sleep deprivation are

Coffee contains antioxidants, which fight cellular ageing and chronic inflammation, protecting the heart and blood vessels.

16.11.2025 6

Deepali Bhardwaj

Modern lovers are trapped in ‘chalta hai’ relationships. Breakups are a lost art

Women, with their sixth sense, aka female intuition, keep hearing an internal announcement: ‘Leave this man.’ And we’re hitting snooze every time...

16.11.2025 5

Ratan Priya

If there’s any group who has the right to rule over India, it’s Adivasis: Jaipal Singh Munda

On 24 August 1949, Jaipal Singh Munda, the driving force behind the Jharkhand movement, argued for political representation and self-governance for...

16.11.2025 3

Jaipal Singh Munda

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’...

16.11.2025 1

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Why the US Congress put its foot down on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files

Bloomberg News

Cloudflare outage is a sharp warning to India. We’re exposed to foreign digital failures

K.b.s Sidhu

What India needs to learn from the Ayni airbase setback

Sidharth Raimedhi

India’s opposition produces more drama within their own ranks than against BJP

Shruti Vyas

After Bihar, the vote share vs seat share debate is back again. Here’s why this matters

Pranay Kotasthane

How do the Chinese see new Japan PM? ‘Shortsighted evil witch’

Sana Hashmi

India must create more Sarvepalli Radhakrishnans. And move on from Macaulay

Jaithirth Rao

Don’t blame Lamborghini driver. Indian toll plazas are for Maruti 800 era, not supercars

Saptak Datta

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

Disha Ahluwalia

Bangladesh has been running a never-ending revenge drama. Hasina is the latest

Deep Halder

India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Rishi Gupta

Registration Bill 2025 is the BNS of property rights. It can reduce land disputes

Sanjeev Chopra

Indian car drivers, rising rage and the evolution of ‘hit and run’ culture

Karanjeet Kaur

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

Shobhaa De

India’s agricultural paradox—rising output, rising imports, and a shrinking trade surplus

Bidisha Bhattacharya

What Bihar poll results say about BJP’s prospects in Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

D.k. Singh

AI thinks it’s smart. Chimps may beg to differ.

Bloomberg Opinion

We blame the government for being too litigious. Data tells a very different story

Pavithra Manivannan

Bihar rejected Rahul Gandhi’s divisive politics. Voters are nobody’s fools

Meenakashi Lekhi

What Modi govt’s Seeds Bill 2025 must deliver for Punjab’s farmers

K.b.s Sidhu

Maruti-Suzuki’s eVitara is ready to hit the Indian roads—country’s EV ecosystem isn’t

Kushan Mitra

The 20-year menopause mistake. New drug for old neglect

Stela Dey

Coffee isn’t ruining your face. Sugar, dairy and sleep deprivation are

Deepali Bhardwaj

Modern lovers are trapped in ‘chalta hai’ relationships. Breakups are a lost art

Ratan Priya

If there’s any group who has the right to rule over India, it’s Adivasis: Jaipal Singh Munda

Jaipal Singh Munda

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

Mansoor Ali Shah