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India’s on track to build a strong sporting culture

If India wants to build a sports culture, it has to begin at the grassroots. We need to change the mindset that sports is not just an extracurricular...

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Keeping up with Bihar: Can Opposition replicate UP strategy amid secularism row?

The BJP’s key Bihar ally, chief minister Nitish Kumar, and his Janata Dal (U) or JD(U), swear by socialism and secularism

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What Prada did to the GI law and Kolhapuris

Although there is no actionable legal claim against Prada, the PR backlash has resulted in them connecting with the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce.

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The Emergency: A political battle and a personal story

As India marks the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, Rohan Jaitley reflects on his father's imprisonment and the fight for democracy.

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Keeping up with UP: Tread carefully on Banke Bihari temple corridor in Vrindavan

The idea was mooted in the first tenure of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who is now hopeful of completing it in his second term

02.07.2025 10

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Why India must tap its wastewater prospects

A country that aims to supply piped drinking water to every rural household continues to lose billions of litres of water daily because of inadequate...

02.07.2025 20

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Honeymoon Murder: Meghalaya emerges from a month of gloomy headlines, perception

From 10.2 lakh visitors in 2022, the number had surged to over 16 lakh in 2024. Meghalaya was poised to touch the 20-lakh mark in 2025

02.07.2025 10

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Old horizons and India’s new heritage diplomacy

India has the potential to play a role in global heritage diplomacy. This is not just about excavating abroad to cater to popular ideas and ambitions...

02.07.2025 10

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The case for two time zones for India

There are several gains that could flow from this, including enhanced productivity, biological synchronicity with daylight, and energy savings

02.07.2025 10

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The art and science of healing needs revival

While the medical fraternity needs to reboot service and ethics, society, law keepers and the government should reboot to support the physician at all...

01.07.2025 10

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In birth centenary year, a new Satish Gujral work

In birth centenary year, a new Satish Gujral work

Gujral’s work has been likened to his own condition, but attributing the power of his early works to his hearing disability is doing the artist a...

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Emergency, seen in the cartoons of Sudhir Dar

Emergency, seen in the cartoons of Sudhir Dar

The Emergency of 1975 tested the Press severely; through satire and subtle reporting, they highlighted censorship, ultimately influencing public...

29.06.2025 10

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Pilgrims’ progress & the railways’ look-east policy

Pilgrims’ progress & the railways’ look-east policy

The most special contribution of Indian Railways to Odisha is during the Rath Yatra, which undertakes the task of serving lakhs of Rath Yatra...

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Case for reviving multilaterialism, a WTO-led order

Case for reviving multilaterialism, a WTO-led order

As a leader of the Global South, India must reinvigorate its vision for the WTO and have a proactive and forward-looking agenda for the trade body

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Making of the sisterhood of a writer, her translator

Making of the sisterhood of a writer, her translator

Women translators have often found thick histories behind women’s few words, told in seriousness or in play.

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Weather Bee: First half of 2025 likely to breach 1.5°C warming threshold

Weather Bee: First half of 2025 likely to breach 1.5°C warming threshold

Global temperature data from the ERA5 dataset produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is now available up to June...

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Gentleman cadet 14, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

Gentleman cadet 14, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

With a quick smile and a lighthearted apology, the old gent melted the reverence that had kept the crowd at bay.

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Delhi: A bump-free road to good governance

Delhi: A bump-free road to good governance

The year 2025 is for Delhi what 2014 was for the entire country— a shifting of gears in governance with the same vehicle

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Keeping up with UP| Caste census: An exercise with wide-ranging ramifications

Conducting the caste census, the first after the country’s independence, in an atmosphere of mistrust will only deepen that deficit in the political...

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Plus, more on the US Supreme Court transgender ruling and UK's 'grooming gangs'.

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Sri Lanka must move beyond triumphalism and bitterness

Sri Lanka must embrace reconciliation post-civil war, moving beyond old grievances to build a unified future, addressing diverse community needs.

24.06.2025 20

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Yoga as a mass campaign to build a healthier India

By actively incorporating yoga into its women and child welfare policies, India is enhancing grassroots health and well-being.

22.06.2025 20

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No thug life moment for film releases

Filmmakers in India are vulnerable to mob action when they engage with subjects that deal with history and identity.

20.06.2025 10

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Unfinished business of gender parity in India

The political representation discourse remains stuck at a ceiling of 33%, as if the demand for equal space is itself an impertinence.

19.06.2025 10

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In South Korea, continuity with cautious progressivism

There will be temptation to continue with the Moon-era progressive foreign policy, but Lee is likely to be more pragmatic with the changed global...

19.06.2025 10

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Scientifically Speaking: How a fake journal is hijacking science

The real journal, published by Elsevier since 1984 with a 3.7 impact factor, focuses on R&D management and the intersection of technology and...

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Parliamentary diplomacy & gains from global outreach

The delegations addressed the misconception that only Muslim-majority countries are concerned for the Palestinian people.

18.06.2025 20

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Balance reproductive choices with population policy push

In ruling against the stripping away of maternity benefits after the second child, Supreme Court has protected women's reproductive rights 

18.06.2025 20

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Train to Kashmir runs on the track of trust and hope

Beyond the immediate gains, the Katra-Baramulla line could inspire a new model of regional development 

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Chasing Dalit vote without addressing the social divide

Dalits get protective about the Constitution, but the Dalit vote is neither a consolidated bloc nor is it the monopoly of any one party.

13.06.2025 20

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Need a smarter approach to crowd management

Perfect crowd control in a nation of India’s scale is a tall order. But our size makes strategic planning non-negotiable.

12.06.2025 10

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Breaking a promise made to the children

In 2016, when the UN adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, the world promised to end all forms of child labour by 2025. This commitment was not...

12.06.2025 20

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Why JAM needs re-coding for robust social protection

The struggles of even a single citizen should motivate us to envision a more robust social protection system, especially given the maturity of...

11.06.2025 10

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Is Goa on the brink of allowing cab aggregators?

Goa's transport department has issued draft guidelines for aggregators, prompting taxi operators to file objections and seek support from opposition...

10.06.2025 20

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A life in the service of the wild and wildlife

Valmik Thapar was a conservationist who spoke his mind on policies regarding protection of the tiger and India’s forests

08.06.2025 10

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Kalila wa Dimna: Remembering a text and reviving a cultural link

Indian texts were of great interest during what is regarded as the Islamic Golden Age

08.06.2025 10

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Fans deserve a better deal from sports administrators

Being a fan shouldn’t be a dangerous business but in India, it clearly is. If the fans want better, they need to make themselves heard.

07.06.2025 10

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On pollution, new ideas and old battles

Delhi’s pollution plan is ambitious, but success will depend on execution, cooperation from civic agencies, citizens, even neighbouring states

05.06.2025 10

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A new framework to govern Ladakh

A stable Ladakh with a robust governance structure and infrastructure is essential since the Union territory shares a restive border with China

05.06.2025 10

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India’s biodiversity is a strategic advantage

Biodiversity markets are deepening, with a growing demand for high-quality carbon credits with biodiversity safeguards

05.06.2025 20

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After long delay, a new census

Transparency on the design of caste enumeration and a detailed timeline of data releases will be key

05.06.2025 10

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Behind India’s remarkable showing on renewables

India is steadily working toward our long-term goal of achieving 1,800 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2047.

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Why India must aim to win information wars

India must marry cutting-edge technology and robust public infrastructure with a society trained to question, verify and act on reliable information.

04.06.2025 10

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India’s cities deserve more than token decentralisation

The Centre must initiate a second wave of constitutional reforms to strengthen the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act 

02.06.2025 10

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Glacial pace of climate action has imperilled Earth’s glaciers

Asia is set to suffer disproportionate losses of snow and ice. This must be the year that we turn around our emissions record

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A new legal architecture for nuclear power sector

Comprehensive and unambiguous legislative changes can facilitate investment in the sector and accelerate industrialisation

30.05.2025 10

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India, US tariff dispute is a battle of principles

India is signalling that the US-India trade agreement will be under mutual cooperation and not unilateral pressure.

29.05.2025 10

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Reimagining the urban future of Global South

The Global South must lead with its own playbook. It is time to abandon 20th-century paradigms that blindly replicated western models

29.05.2025 10

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Spectacle or stability: America’s trade at a crossroads

The real test for US leadership will be to balance the electoral allure of tough talk with the needs of an open, efficient economy.

28.05.2025 10

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After Sindoor, the writing is on the wall for Pakistan

Terrorism and talks, or for that matter trade, sporting and cultural ties, cannot go together just as “water and blood” cannot flow together.

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