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The successful transition from Siddaramaiah to D.K. Shivakumar in Karnataka is being viewed as a significant assertion of Congress high command...
According to the IMD, night temperatures are rising by 0.21°C every decade. Climate experts blame rapid urbanisation, shrinking green spaces,...
BJP’s sweeping victory in West Bengal has sparked debate over the changing political landscape in India, with factors such as Hindutva politics,...
Assembly elections across five states are seen as a key test for Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress, with results on May 4 expected...
The US-Iran ceasefire after nearly six weeks of conflict highlights strategic ambiguity, with Trump facing a tactical setback as Iran resists...
India’s strategic silence on US-Israel strikes on Iran has triggered debate over its foreign policy stance. While the government calls it a...
Joint strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran have triggered debate over legality, morality and geopolitical consequences. Critics say the...
AI disruption fears have triggered a sharp sell-off in Indian IT stocks, with the Nifty IT index plunging 21 per cent. While automation may reshape...
A political commentary examines the challenges before Sunetra Pawar after stepping into a frontline leadership role following Ajit Pawar’s reported...
Budget 2026 will be closely scrutinised for political messaging as four states head into elections. Beyond fiscal discipline and growth targets, the...
The Supreme Court’s refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Islam underscores troubling questions about prolonged pre-trial detention...
As Mumbai heads for the BMC polls after nearly a decade, the contest has sharpened into BJP’s Hindutva narrative versus the Thackeray cousins’...
In the raging battle of ideologies and socio-political conflict between secular and pluralistic ideals embedded in India’s Constitution and the...
Despite the contentious nature of the verdicts in Haryana and Maharashtra, which the Opposition alleged were “rigged”, the BJP-led NDA’s success...
The “vote for change” call that was heard quite loudly in election campaigning in Bihar amid difficult-to-implement electoral promises by both the...
The intensive revision of electoral rolls is nothing new in India. The exercise has been carried out eight times in the past. But never was there a...
With less than two weeks left for the first phase of polling on November 6, the Bihar election campaign blitz is all set to pick up pace.
To tackle this “new crisis” in the making, the PM announced the launch of a “high-powered demography” mission but did not clarify how the...
What does one make of forced starvation in Gaza that has no moral cost on anyone in the world? If realism demands strategic silence and sympathy for...
The consequences of the historic dispute over issues including land, borders and rights are still being felt and include the ongoing war between...
The true measure of growth is not GDP milestones aided by cyclical macroeconomic factors like controlled inflation, falling crude, stable currency,...
There is nothing wrong with patriotic journalism during times of national crisis, provided the media does not fail to question and/or cross-check...
The Union government’s decision to conduct a caste census, the first in independent India, came as a huge surprise for several reasons, including...
History cannot be changed, but it can certainly be used by political parties to their advantage by creating a narrative based on historical grievances...