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While the choice of an OBC leader as CM sends an important signal of continuity, the BJP will need to ensure that it doesn't become tokenistic
The energy shock has been so severe that migrants from many urban centres have reportedly been returning to their villages
While the choice of an OBC leader as CM sends an important signal of continuity, the BJP will need to ensure that it doesn't become tokenistic
The energy shock has been so severe that migrants from many urban centres have reportedly been returning to their villages
While the choice of an OBC leader as CM sends an important signal of continuity, the BJP will need to ensure that it doesn't become tokenistic
The energy shock has been so severe that migrants from many urban centres have reportedly been returning to their villages
It has triggered disquiet in a state that has long prided itself on its secular ethos, despite the intricate interplay of religion and politics in its...
The news from Kalpakkam is one of several developments in the last couple of years that suggest that India is finally making serious efforts for a...
While alignment within the ruling arrangement can facilitate policy continuity, underlying competition for social constituencies may limit the scope...
It has triggered disquiet in a state that has long prided itself on its secular ethos, despite the intricate interplay of religion and politics in its...
The news from Kalpakkam is one of several developments in the last couple of years that suggest that India is finally making serious efforts for a...
She will be remembered for her ambition, playfulness and the abandon with which she sang
As Maharashtra, Assam, and Telangana plan new high court complexes, India faces a critical choice: continue ‘judicial slumisation’ or design for...
Perhaps the only good thing to come out of the talks is the climb-down of both parties from a tone that evoked open hostility to one that is merely...
Perhaps the only good thing to come out of the talks is the climb-down of both parties from a tone that evoked open hostility to one that is merely...
Today, the assumption of wars being a near impossibility in an age of hyper-economic interdependence between countries lies in tatters
Recent history, however, offers a caution: Trump has walked back major international agreements before, from the Iran nuclear deal to the 2026 Geneva...
Space has enormous potential to enhance human welfare. It should not become a theatre for geopolitical rivalries
How all these people, flora and fauna, coalesced into a piece of linen at a time when travel was harder, but borders and nationalisms were softer, is...
Proactive management of stocks and supplies, and keeping the import window open, is the only strategy to deal with such extreme uncertainty.
Policies focused solely on expanding healthcare infrastructure will fall short unless they account for the social determinants of health.
When sexual violence goes viral, the internet becomes a permanent crime scene where the victim’s trauma is reperformed for a voyeuristic public
Areas with a history of lawlessness require continuing vigilance against the emergence of newer forms of unrest. The state should not only be...
Forget the gentlemen thieves of the past. This is the period of the ‘smash and grab’ as seen in the latest art heist in Italy
An absence of high quality education systems, employment opportunities, pathways to innovation and social mobility risks alienating the very...
While the security concern for Israel is real, treating Hezbollah solely as a military target risks ignoring the structural conditions that produced...
This war could be to India what the 1970s energy crises were to the Western economies
Cambridge University's decision to return to the teaching tools of a 19th-century teacher is significant. It's an invitation to students to engage...
A policy intended to ensure fairness and safety for women in sports needs to be grounded in scientific evidence. It cannot come at the cost of basic...
Cambridge University's decision to return to the teaching tools of a 19th-century teacher is significant. It's an invitation to students to engage...
A policy intended to ensure fairness and safety for women in sports needs to be grounded in scientific evidence. It cannot come at the cost of basic...
Cambridge University's decision to return to the teaching tools of a 19th-century teacher is significant. It's an invitation to students to engage...
A policy intended to ensure fairness and safety for women in sports needs to be grounded in scientific evidence. It cannot come at the cost of basic...
This war could be to India what the 1970s energy crises were to the Western economies
This war could be to India what the 1970s energy crises were to the Western economies
It may not be possible to put the social media genie back in the bottle. It can however be made less predatory
Without credible commitments on climate finance by developed countries, calls for greater ambition from the Global South will ring hollow.
Science has now confirmed what the heart has always suspected: That the dog has been by man’s side long before the dawn of civilisation
But the question is: For how long will retail prices not be affected?
The plant has as much right to the sunlight and shade as the gardener does. Once the gardener has tilled the land and sown the seeds, it is time to...
While Pakistan hosts no American bases, Donald Trump has demonstrated a visible affinity towards Asim Munir, as seen in the White House lunch hosted...
Transgender citizenship should not be seen by the state merely as the extension of constitutional rights to gender minorities; it is central to the...
Transgender citizenship should not be seen by the state merely as the extension of constitutional rights to gender minorities; it is central to the...
Israel’s leadership may well view a prolonged war and an unstable Iran as favourable outcomes, not least in an election year for Netanyahu
While the larger objective of the Bill — wider implementation of protections and welfare measures — is worthy, the solution cannot be a narrowing...
Opposition parties are the incumbents in three of the poll-bound states: TMC in Bengal, DMK in Tamil Nadu, CPI(M) in Kerala. The outcomes in these...
By all accounts, the Centre’s use of this harsh law, which empowers it to detain a person without formal charge and trial, against Wangchuk, was a...
Addressing the decade-long deficit in fixing the problem of sewage in the Yamuna will be among the many challenges
By letting Russian oil flow into the markets, Washington hopes to ease prices without formally dismantling the broader sanctions regime built since...
Addressing the decade-long deficit in fixing the problem of sewage in the Yamuna will be among the many challenges