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Reported US strikes on merchant vessels linked to India have raised concerns over maritime security, the safety of Indian seafarers in the Gulf region...
The CBI has dropped corruption charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act in a Rs 321.88 crore PNB-linked case involving fugitive businessman...
From Prabir Purkayastha’s arrest under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), voided by the Supreme Court in 2024, to the lack of legal...
The expansion in renewables, though significant, is still not enough to check the rise in GHG emissions
By bringing in the sights and textures of rural life into Tamil cinema, he changed its grammar forever
Bharathiraja transformed Tamil cinema by taking filmmaking out of studio sets and into real villages, creating authentic, culturally rooted stories....
The FIFA World Cup 2026 has begun in Mexico City, launching the biggest tournament in football history. Featuring 48 teams, 104 matches and three host...
The International Academy of Astronautics’s updated guidance for researchers on how to deal with potential signals from extraterrestrial...
A question TMC and other opposition parties must answer: What do you stand for? Unless they can, they may end up as spectators to their own shrinking
The football starts Thursday. The world is arriving. The harder task, it seems, is for Washington to let it in
For this enduring partnership, for the friendship he has consistently shown our country, and for the support he has extended to Bhutan through the...
India, which produces nearly 45% of the world's mangoes, faces export setbacks after Japan and Nepal restricted imports citing compliance concerns....
The government's ₹10,000 crore ATF Price Stabilisation Fund is expected to provide temporary relief to airlines grappling with soaring fuel costs...
Despite electoral setbacks and internal differences, the INDIA Bloc remains the principal Opposition platform capable of challenging the BJP-led NDA,...
The Rajasthan High Court has issued suo motu directions for identification, assessment, and protection of wetlands across the state. Justices...
India’s Q4 FY26 GDP grew 7.8%, with full-year growth at 7.7%, driven by strong domestic consumption and private investment. The RBI projects FY27...
Indian football, which FIFA bosses like to call a sleeping giant, can still wake up. It shouldn’t be impossible, from 1.6 billion people, to unearth...
Growth is expected to slow down, while inflation is likely to edge upwards. Much will depend on how long the conflict in West Asia drags on
An 84-year-old Bihar man was convicted in 2026 for a crime committed in 1992, with the chargesheet filed in 1993. Four of five accused and numerous...
The Cockroach Janta Party staged its first well-attended protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, after a comment from a high constitutional official calling...
All these are steps in the right direction. Measures are needed to attract foreign capital. The economic situation calls for agile management
As Karnataka Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar faces the challenge of reviving Bengaluru's strained infrastructure. From chronic traffic congestion and...
Nvidia is pushing artificial intelligence beyond data centres and into personal computers with its RTX Spark chip. Designed for AI developers,...
It is not that the Pope and the Prime Minister have coordinated their thinking. Rather, serious moral reflection, across civilisational traditions,...
The fatal fire at Flourish Inn Stay in South Delhi, which claimed 21 lives, has highlighted alleged illegal construction, missing safety clearances...
The article explores the political implications of a reported split within the Trinamool Congress, arguing that it represents one of the most serious...
Tragedies like the Malviya Nagar fire may be a wake-up call, but they must be followed by sustained attention, apart from demands for accountability
Is cinema dying? Not if recent box-office numbers are anything to go by — the talent is just finding new ways to break through
In the Indo-Pacific century, Great Nicobar is not the edge of India. It is India’s watchtower at the gateway of the future
In the Indo-Pacific century, Great Nicobar is not the edge of India. It is India’s watchtower at the gateway of the future
In the Indo-Pacific century, Great Nicobar is not the edge of India. It is India’s watchtower at the gateway of the future
Recent controversies involving NEET-UG, CBSE's digital evaluation system and the Three-Language Policy have exposed deeper structural weaknesses in...
Marilyn Monroe's 100th birth anniversary has revived discussions about the Hollywood legend's remarkable career, troubled personal life and lasting...
Engineering campuses must be prepared to welcome a larger cohort of women through safe hostels, robust mentoring systems, leadership opportunities,...
The latest building collapse is particularly heartbreaking because most of the victims were students, including medical and engineering college...
Stability in the Strait of Hormuz is critical to global economic and geopolitical security. With tensions involving the US, Iran, Israel and Hezbollah...
Kerala's recent Assembly election highlighted the diminishing influence of traditional community organisations on voting behaviour. Despite criticism...
Government nutrition programmes have tried to provide a corrective. However, these have focused excessively on supply-side interventions without...
The new state government must stanch all acts of violence against Opposition leaders — and be seen to do so. It should not go down the route of its...
This season, they played with extra confidence, secure in the belief that they had a strong and balanced unit, and were not just reliant on their...
Many delivery agents reported working more than 84 hours a week simply to break what they colloquially call the incentive 'tala' (lock) — a...
Playback singer Suman Kalyanpur died at 89 in Mumbai on Sunday, leaving behind a legacy of Hindi, Marathi and other-language songs. The tribute...
RCB's back-to-back IPL titles mark the end of their long underachiever tag, the piece said. After ending an 18-year wait in 2025, Bengaluru defended...
Renowned Urdu poet Bashir Badr died on May 28 after battling age-related dementia, the article said. It credited him with making Urdu accessible...
India's testing bodies face scrutiny after alleged NEET-UG leaks, CBSE digital-evaluation errors and CUET-UG server crashes, the article said. It...
The changing weather pattern is an architectural and urban planning challenge. Building designs need to prioritise ventilation and energy efficiency,...
An investigation by this newspaper found that HDFC’s Audit Committee of the Board ordered a formal ‘Internal Vigilance Investigation’ into...
What makes the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for Class XII episode especially troubling is that it is part of a broader pattern of simultaneous and...
Born in Harlem into a musical family, Rollins’s mother gave him a second-hand alto saxophone at 11, and he never let go.
Mumbai's colonial-era gymkhanas and private clubs occupy large tracts of prime public land while limiting access to members. The article questions...