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On FDI, opening the door, easing the flows

On FDI, opening the door, easing the flows

In recent years, while investment flows from China have dwindled, trade between the two countries has only deepened.

13.03.2026 6

Indian Express

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The Sun sets on Britain’s lords

The Sun sets on Britain’s lords

The House passed a new Bill to remove all hereditary peers, fulfilling a manifesto pledge of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party

13.03.2026 8

Indian Express

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In Dubai, missiles overhead, calm on ground

In Dubai, missiles overhead, calm on ground

The confidence and preparedness the UAE has displayed during an unprecedented situation should be studied as a model.

11.03.2026 10

Indian Express

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Social media ban may make children less safe online

Social media ban may make children less safe online

Children’s social media use in India frequently operates through a ‘double-proxy’ dynamic. Nearly 71 per cent of the children reported using a...

10.03.2026 10

Indian Express

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To remember is to write

To remember is to write

A new body of research suggests that the impulse to register experiences may be older than we think

08.03.2026 5

Indian Express

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In a warring world, how India can brace for a crisis that goes beyond oil

In a warring world, how India can brace for a crisis that goes beyond oil

West Asia is today part of India's extended neighbourhood, vital to its energy security and hosting a massive diaspora contributing equally to the...

08.03.2026 3

Indian Express

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Having birds on the brain may make you sharper. And that is only one of the many gifts of birdwatching

Having birds on the brain may make you sharper. And that is only one of the many gifts of birdwatching

The sense of liberation that comes from allowing oneself to simply be with these hollow-boned wonders as they go about their brief and beautiful lives...

08.03.2026 3

Indian Express

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Policy must catch up with breast cancer burden

Policy must catch up with breast cancer burden

Screening must reach millions of women across villages and cities, awareness campaigns must challenge stigma and delay, and diagnostic and treatment...

08.03.2026 5

Indian Express

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On Women's Day, let's rethink our vocabulary of praise

On Women's Day, let's rethink our vocabulary of praise

There is something instructional about this praise. Once strength is established, expectations adjust accordingly. The strong woman becomes the one...

08.03.2026 4

Indian Express

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On Women's Day, let's rethink our vocabulary of praise

On Women's Day, let's rethink our vocabulary of praise

There is something instructional about this praise. Once strength is established, expectations adjust accordingly. The strong woman becomes the one...

07.03.2026 10

Indian Express

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Five ways in which Nitish Kumar made his mark in Bihar

Five ways in which Nitish Kumar made his mark in Bihar

Nitish Kumar built a regional party, the Janata Dal (United), which never allowed the BJP to form a government on its own. The future of the party now...

07.03.2026 10

Indian Express

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There will be a large Nitish-shaped hole in Bihar, how it is filled will write the new Bihar story

There will be a large Nitish-shaped hole in Bihar, how it is filled will write the new Bihar story

Having prised open space for governance in a state where caste has etched deep and polarising lines on the ground, having ensured that a UP-style...

06.03.2026 10

Indian Express

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West Asia war enters uncharted waters

West Asia war enters uncharted waters

While legal restrictions on warfare in the maritime domain remain the subject of debate, several facts about the US targeting an Iranian warship are...

06.03.2026 10

Indian Express

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Clearing Arvind Kejriwal in liquor case, slamming CBI, court sends out message that government must listen to

For the AAP, this is a moment of vindication. Going ahead, it will need to build on it, politically. For the CBI and the government that controls it,...

28.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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Verdict vindicates Kejriwal, and due process

In times when checks and balances on power are weakening, a special court in Delhi has sent out a message resonant and reassuring in a democracy:...

28.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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PM’s Israel visit frames a Delhi shift

The moral burden on India’s Israel policy is increasingly untenable in the face of profound changes sweeping the Middle East. Israel has emerged as...

28.02.2026 9

Indian Express

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Because to write is to think

Joan Didion once said that she never really knows what she is thinking until she has put pen to paper — a conviction echoed by other practitioners...

28.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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Gujarat move on parental consent is regressive

While the Gujarat government’s bid to constrict individual freedom and legitimise the politically contrived spectre of “love jihad” is...

23.02.2026 30

Indian Express

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Space opens up in tariff saga. India can use it

The 15 per cent levy is in place for 150 days. There is little clarity on what will happen after this period ends.

23.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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Punjab encounters sound alarm bells, point to dangerous slide

The AAP government swept to power in Punjab in 2022 amid vaulting expectations of a new start in the state. Encounters, including and especially those...

20.02.2026 8

Indian Express

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Robert Duvall & the art of understated greatness

Two iconic roles illustrate how Duvall, despite never being a typical Hollywood leading man, earned his place among the screen greats. In Francis Ford...

19.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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Bangladesh has a new PM, government. It’s time for a Delhi-Dhaka recalibration

The logic of a 4,000-kilometre-long border, shared history and culture, and strong economic cooperation provide strong reasons for mutually beneficial...

19.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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From India, a climate warning for Europe

Most studies identify Europe as the fastest-warming continent. Floods, lethal heatwaves and devastating forest fires almost every year of this decade...

19.02.2026 40

Indian Express

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Barack Obama hasn’t seen aliens, but the truth is out there

When former US President Barack Obama was asked on a podcast this weekend whether aliens were real, he replied, “They’re real but I haven’t seen...

18.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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Robert Duvall & the art of understated greatness

Two iconic roles illustrate how Duvall, despite never being a typical Hollywood leading man, earned his place among the screen greats. In Francis Ford...

18.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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Bangladesh has a new PM, government. It’s time for a Delhi-Dhaka recalibration

The logic of a 4,000-kilometre-long border, shared history and culture, and strong economic cooperation provide strong reasons for mutually beneficial...

18.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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From India, a climate warning for Europe

Most studies identify Europe as the fastest-warming continent. Floods, lethal heatwaves and devastating forest fires almost every year of this decade...

18.02.2026 9

Indian Express

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AI summit is an opportunity. Global South must seize the moment

The Delhi summit is an opportunity to build a richer, more inclusive AI system.

16.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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As AI shapes world, Global South must seize the moment

Conversations on capability, governance and inclusion will increasingly find expression in global platforms such as the AI Impact Summit 2026, which...

13.02.2026 10

Indian Express

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Hasna Mana Hai: The Joke Is on the Modi Government

10.02.2026 9

The Wire

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Amid volatility, a supply comfort in commodities

The supply comfort in commodities, both global and domestic, is a redeeming feature in the present situation, where the rupee and the stock market are...

25.01.2026 40

Indian Express

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Manipur imperative: Peace & political process

Manipur needs to be freed from the prolonged impasse. The longer the fragmentation and militarisation of society persist, the harder it will be to...

25.01.2026 40

Indian Express

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What Sinners writer and director Ryan Coogler owes his teacher

What if there had been no teacher to see in Coogler the early sparks of a brilliant career? Where would anyone be without their guiding hand?

25.01.2026 40

Indian Express

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40 years ago January 20, 1986: Pakistan’s doublespeak

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 20, 1986.

22.01.2026 40

Indian Express

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BJP’s new president should listen to voices across the aisle

The BJP's 12th president, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined, is a “millennial”, who represents a generational shift in the party.

22.01.2026 20

Indian Express

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‘Jai Maharashtra’ in Paris: Do we really need to impose regional pride on unsuspecting people?

One wonders whether those who chanted the slogans appreciate the historical importance of places beyond their homeland, and whether they seek to learn...

21.01.2026 20

Indian Express

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Mumbai’s civic polls are done. Now, fix its problems

If the BJP wishes to be true to its mandate, it must be fair and generous to the opposition – because otherwise, it is the citizen who suffers

19.01.2026 40

Indian Express

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India-EU trade deal is a pact whose time has come

In recent years, India has stitched up a series of trade agreements with countries like Australia, UAE and UK, greatly easing market access. An...

19.01.2026 50

Indian Express

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From Under 19 World Cup, a message: Cricket has embraced migrant & post-colonial spirit

A game that was once segregated on racial lines in Africa, divided along social lines in England and Australia, that once saw a prominent British...

19.01.2026 40

Indian Express

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‘Nothing seized’: How Mamata Banerjee turned an ED raid into a political win

By the time the court’s paperwork was finalised, TMC had already won the political round. They successfully turned a potentially damaging raid into...

17.01.2026 20

Indian Express

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Mahasweta Devi’s questions still resonate

For Mahasweta Devi, literary imagination was inseparable from activism.

16.01.2026 50

Indian Express

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Letting the rupee slide isn’t the answer

A strategy of gradually arriving at an indeterminate fair value while seeking to avoid shocks might be the optimal

12.01.2026 10

Indian Express

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Christianity is not a colonial legacy but an Indian tradition

Equally significant is the Church’s outreach to society’s most neglected: The poor, Dalits, tribals, migrants, and the differently abled

26.12.2025 30

Indian Express

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In West Asia, India’s diplomacy has delivered dramatic gains

Perhaps the most striking change is political. Countries that once viewed India through the prism of Pakistan — such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE —...

23.12.2025 10

Indian Express

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Holding judges accountable strengthens democracy

The impeachment initiated by the INDIA bloc is not about one order alone, but about the conduct of Justice G R Swaminathan over the past two years.

19.12.2025 20

Indian Express

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What the optics of a visit can't hide: India-Russia relationship is paradoxical and stagnant

While it is sustainable thanks to long-standing connections in traditional spheres, it is also stagnant since new areas have not been clearly defined

16.12.2025 20

Indian Express

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What the optics of a visit can't hide: India-Russia relationship is paradoxical and stagnant

While it is sustainable thanks to long-standing connections in traditional spheres, it is also stagnant since new areas have not been clearly defined

16.12.2025 9

Indian Express

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My livelihood comes from cars. For my child's future, I ask govt to restrict cars, anything that poisons our air

This city behaves as if clean air and comfort can coexist. They cannot. Not with the way we consume, drive, build and burn. The weather is not doing...

27.11.2025 10

Indian Express

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Indian Constitution went beyond Western notions. This is why it has endured

Its makers were not bound by the limited imagination of Western liberal constitutionalism with its emphasis on state restriction, recognising instead...

27.11.2025 10

Indian Express

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A temple completed is a milestone in a new sacred geography

Uttar Pradesh is fast emerging as India’s spiritual capital — a place where myth, history and pilgrimage converge. The moment offers us a chance...

25.11.2025 20

Indian Express

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