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Beyond sacrilege and Satluj, this is how Punjab must fix its fiscal crisis urgently

Punjab’s debt will not shrink and the MSP debate will not be resolved through identity politics or louder television debates, however sincerely the...

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K.b.s Sidhu

Why is CJP talking more about Rahul Gandhi’s absence than Dharmendra Pradhan’s ouster?

No protest movement in the Modi era is ever going to have it as easy as the Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal movement did with UPA-2.

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Vir Sanghvi

Indian women’s cricket Lorded over England in Test, but couldn’t excite Indian papers much

At Lord’s, the Indian women’s cricket team comprehensively defeated England. An epic victory couldn’t make it to the front page, though—not...

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Shailaja Bajpai

Bangladesh Army turns religious. Fidel Castro had warned Sheikh Mujib

The Bangladesh Army has raised a new unit with four companies named after the first four Islamic Caliphs — Umar, Abu Bakr, Ali, and Uthman.

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Deep Halder

India’s growing warship gap with China and Pakistan

The absence of a coherent national security strategy has contributed to a procurement system in which decisions are postponed until the capability gap...

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Amitabh Dubey

Why China built a full-scale replica of a US Navy destroyer in Xinjiang province

For China, a replica Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is turning into a laboratory where PLA studies an adversary’s systems and rehearses actions...

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Sana Hashmi

India’s banks show how AI is impacting jobs. Govt must focus on skilling

At HDFC Bank, the number of non-supervisory staff has declined by close to 5 per cent at the end of March 2026. But the strength of supervisory staff...

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A K Bhattacharya

NCERT’s Class 7 textbook uses the old Preamble without telling students why

NCERT does not identify the image in Class 7 textbook as the original 1949 Preamble, nor does it tell students that they are reading an earlier...

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Vinita Gursahani Singh

What needs to be done to make Delhi EV Policy 2.0 a success

Delhi EV Policy 2.0 is unprecedented in pace and scale for an Indian city. Its goals must be matched by the necessary infrastructure and regulatory...

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Himanshu Pabreja

Sangh Parivar is acting as police, lawyer and judge in Ram temple scam. It’s the accused

More than corruption, this incident demonstrates the incompetence of the RSS-BJP: It proved incapable of managing a uniquely important institution.

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Shankar Sharan

The impossible math of Aamir Khan’s third wedding—A Rs 5 crore bounty and a side of public outrage

Aamir Khan’s wedding provoked such extreme reactions that some are literally offering massive bounties over a senior citizen's love life.

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Insha Jalil Waziri

Lamine Yamal or Kylian Mbappe? There was never a discourse

After Spain routed France 2-0 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-final, it is safe to say that Lamine Yamal has pocketed Kylian Mbappe in all crucial...

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Saptak Datta

Why EU-Mercosur FTA should interest India

India-EU negotiations on investment protection and geographical indications are ongoing. They’re an opportunity for New Delhi to secure terms...

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Bidisha Bhattacharya

From Nehru to Modi, Parliament has often rewritten what the Supreme Court decided

The 2026 law reversing CAPF officers' Supreme Court victory fits into a long constitutional tradition stretching from the First Amendment and Shah...

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Sanjeev Chopra

Why the Ram Mandir Trust allegations strike at the heart of BJP’s politics

Had Ram Mandir-like scandal allegations surfaced in an Opposition-ruled state, the ED would likely have swooped in, invoking the PMLA and pursuing the...

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Sagarika Ghose

Goa in Rains tourism campaign now includes bans, lifeguards, FIRs

There have already been 71 drowning cases in Goa this year. The state govt has done what they can be expected to do. But the rest of us have to take...

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Karanjeet Kaur

What does young India need? Kiren Rijiju and Sima aunty

India is a deliciously young nation. A change of guard is overdue. Enough of megalomaniacs hanging on to their kursis.

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Shobhaa de

West Bengal’s new industrial moment—From decline to revival

After decades of lagging behind western states, a new connectivity-driven growth wave offers Bengal a fresh path to industrial revival.

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Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

The North East does not need sympathy. It needs sincere constitutional commitment

The people of the North East seek assurance that their identity, language, culture, land, and future generations will be protected within the...

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Pramod Boro

Unless India is a Hindu rashtra, the state has no business running temples

Bringing in the government whenever something goes wrong is a bad solution, and not in tune with the basic idea that religious affairs are not the...

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R Jagannathan

3 choke points that could hinder India-Japan cooperation on rare earths

How countries secure access to rare earth minerals is a solvable problem. Who controls the technology to process them is the real question.

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Rami Niranjan Desai

The curious case of Priyanka Gandhi’s underutilisation in Rahul’s Congress

A bigger role for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would enable her to play to the BJP’s vulnerability—the absence of faces to retain its current connect...

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D.k. Singh

India’s FTA deficits aren’t proof of failure. The string is what holds the kite up

India’s $1 trillion export target will be met the way every trading nation has done it: by importing more from whoever sells the cheapest, and...

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Shubho Roy

How the Modi govt broke the decades-long Narmada deadlock

The decades-old dispute over the Narmada river has finally been resolved. The agreement reflects Syama Prasad Mookerjee's vision of national...

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Meenakashi Lekhi

Why India’s court digitisation keeps failing

India's judicial digitisation has created portals and platforms without changing how court records are created, managed or shared.

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Siddarth Raman

Molecular hydrogen could be the next frontier in skin health. It’s an exciting area of research

Unlike many pharmaceutical interventions, clinical studies have not consistently reported significant adverse effects when hydrogen is administered...

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Deepali Bhardwaj

India cannot leave family planning to individual motivation: Indira Gandhi

In November 1968, Indira Gandhi delivered a speech at a conference on family planning in Chandigarh, calling on citizens to regulate the size of their...

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Indira Gandhi

Lodhi Garden’s immigrant hornbill has a new name—Mausi Ma

The interspecies engagement in Delhi’s Lodhi Garden stunned scientists and nature lovers globally. In a collective moment, the pied hornbill was...

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Bharati Chaturvedi

Tom Yum cocktail with udon? OKO’s Oriental Express lunch menu derails

If your ‘Pan-Asian’ ambitions begin and end with dumplings and Thai green curry, perhaps it is better you don’t overpromise and then underdeliver.

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Triya Gulati

Tata Sierra EV’s delivers instant speed and a banger audio system

A 12-speaker JBL Black setup delivers an exceptional theater-like audio experience that makes bumper-to-bumper traffic bearable.

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Kushan Mitra

How drag queen Hash Brownie created Kitty Su’s first lipstick

KittySu Beauty's lipsticks are a giant leap for desi queens.

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Prasanna Bachchhav

Lock Upp and Alliance are a much-needed jolt to Indian reality TV. Bigg Boss became boring

Even Roadies and Splitsvilla have lost their loyal audience. The new shows try out bold themes, include debates on current topics, and devise clever...

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Aakriti Handa

Roblox is digital ghar-ghar for Gen Z

Roblox edits are a worthy successor to the Ganji Chudail brand of Indian mememaking.

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Himanshi Aggarwal

Diljit Dosanjh’s Satluj is Punjab’s biggest controversy. How it got here

Even as it sharpened its political criticism of the Centre, the AAP government also sought to distance itself from the controversy over the community...

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Chitleen K Sethi

Ambedkar wanted State Socialism in India. Nehru made it State Capitalism: VB Karnik

In the absence of economic rights, citizens do not attach much importance to political rights. This makes it difficult for democracy to strike deep...

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V.b. Karnik

It’s Cheated Rivalry season. The Haaland-Bellingham bromance is run by the straight-gay economy

Fandom logic dictates that as long as everyone knows they are just good mates in real life, we are allowed to make the hunky sports dolls kiss.

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Prasanna Bachchhav

IITs must continue to study ancient knowledge systems. Methods should be open to criticism

In modern research, we do not shy away from controversial or unconventional research questions. Instead, we subject it to stricter safeguards.

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Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar

Who is an Indian citizen? The onus is on govt to deliver a reliable, transparent NRC

Just as the government has simplified the framework for Overseas Citizens of India, it can determine a clear basis to establish the citizenship of...

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Seshadri Chari

Every claim of victory gets reversed in the Middle East. Stay tuned for Iran’s

My personal and professional associations with the Middle East over the years have led me to the conclusion that early claims of victory never last.

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Jaithirth Rao

Indian Left sees anti-imperial resistance in Khamenei. Iranian women are collateral damage

The relationship between the Left and Islamist movements resembles a toxic love story. We know how it ended in Iran.

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Amana Begam

SHANTI Bill, SMRs and now Australian uranium—why India’s nuclear pieces are falling into place

Russia and France remain important nuclear partners. Canada has long been supplying uranium to India. Australia could now become another reliable...

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Swasti Rao

How India’s school teacher recruitment system is broken

A broken hiring system, court battles and weak planning have left many schools without trained teachers or principals.

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Amarjeet Sinha

Even Modi govt rejected the Taj Mahal conspiracy. Why is Allahabad HC taking it seriously?

A society that distorts and devalues the past in an effort to promote the politics of the present damages itself and all those who live in it.

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Vir Sanghvi

Why Modi’s visits aren’t making news in Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand

One would expect more interest in Modi’s trips in the Asia Pacific region. But there hasn't been a build-up in the Australian or New Zealand press...

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Shailaja Bajpai

NTR Jr movie row is about 2 ideas of Murugan—mascot of Hindutva mythos vs Tamil-only icon

Two nationalisms are shouting past each other. One would dissolve Murugan into a pan-Indian Hindutva spectacle, while the other would make him an icon...

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Anirudh Kanisetti

Future of India’s IBGs rests on rollout speed, tech. History rarely rewards armies that wait

With the rollout of Integrated Battle Groups, India is implementing a brigade-centric model nearly two decades after the US Army and about a decade...

10.07.2026 10

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Lt Gen H S Panag

The test of Gujarat’s Operation Mule Hunt is not 55 arrests. Count the money instead

Having spent a career watching the state respond to public alarm, I know its reflex: raise enforcement numbers, let the metric substitute for the...

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Op Singh

Dear Lionel Messi, stop giving fans heart attacks in World Cup matches

There should be a public health advisory before every World Cup knockout game in which Argentina plays. And, Lionel Messi needs to stop giving his...

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Debdutta Chakraborty

How the 1872 census was the first big attempt to enumerate colonial India

A colonial data project spanning provinces, dates and methods, the census revealed as much about British administration as it did about India.

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Shivakumar Jolad

China is watching India’s new Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami very closely for clues

Vikram Doraiswami’s posting comes at a moment when India and China are cautiously trying to stabilise ties after several difficult years.

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Sana Hashmi