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Bihar is entering a new political era. After decades, the BJP has managed to install its own leader as chief minister (CM) — the new CM, Samrat...
Today, there is music in the midst of desolation. In the scarred, whispering forests of Chhattisgarh, brave souls like my father fell like sacred rain...
I am delighted to extend my traditional New Year greetings to all in India and around the world on the occasions of Baisakhi, Rongali Bihu, Maha...
April 13 marks the death anniversary of Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, who passed away in 1982. Mandal chaired the commission whose report laid the...
When President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran on April 7, 2026 — barely 90 minutes before his own military strike deadline...
It is not often that middle-school civics sparks judicial controversy. The recent banning of a civics textbook by the Supreme Court, however, has...
In the coming days, India will be immersed in a festive season, with celebrations taking place across the length and breadth of the nation. The people...
Election season is here with gender friendly promises galore. These offerings are easy to dismiss as sops offered in exchange for votes. But political...
Pakistan’s conflict with Afghanistan has gone under the radar after the war in West Asia gained centre stage. The long-simmering conflict between...
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 was passed despite much furore by the Opposition in both houses of Parliament and...
India stands at a moment of extraordinary opportunity — to reshape its legislatures, elevate women’s leadership, and build a democracy that truly...
When India stepped into freedom in the autumn of 1947, democracy was deemed by many to be a doomed project — nowhere had such an impoverished...
US President Donald Trump’s speech early Thursday (India time) reiterated many of his earlier threats to Iran while offering the American public his...
The madness of the 2020s just does not end. Each crisis looks worse than the previous one. The Trumpian bullying on trade has morphed into physical...
India’s new labour codes mark the most significant restructuring of labour regulation since Independence. At the heart of this reform is the Code on...
Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk’s recent release from detention may close an immediate confrontation but leaves a larger democratic question...
“They said, something unusual is happening. There are eight boats that are going right up the middle of the Hormuz strait … I think they were...
Dubai is often described, particularly in moments of regional uncertainty, as an experiment or a spectacle — at times even as a mirage. Such...
China’s technological drive is no longer an economic project; it is a national security mandate. Reading Beijing’s latest ambitions as mere...
The year is 1852. It is high noon of British rule in India. The East India Company has a chokehold over Bengal and is creeping up the Gangetic...
Harish Rana was 18 when a fall left him with catastrophic brain injuries. For 13 years, he lay in a vegetative state, his body sustained solely...
The Union Cabinet’s decision to extend the Jal Jeevan Mission until December 2028, with an enhanced outlay of ₹8.69 lakh crore under the...
President Donald Trump’s announcement that “very good and productive conversations” with Iran are underway has raised hopes that the long war...
The Strait of Hormuz is the central artery of the global energy system. Approximately 20–21 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil used to pass...
Over the past decade, India has cut new tuberculosis (TB) cases by 21%, almost twice the pace of the rest of the world, a testament to enduring...
The US-Israeli air strikes on Iran and Tehran’s Gulf-wide retaliation with drones and missiles, now in their third week, have rocked global energy...
World Water Day, observed on March 22, is an occasion to remember the central role water plays in our lives and our shared responsibility to conserve...
Recently, the Supreme Court allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in the case of a 32-year-old man in an irreversible vegetative state...
The 70 million citizens of India’s national capital region (NCR) and its abutting districts frequently choke on air pollution. It’s not just the...
The conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a period of significant international instability. The foremost priority of the ministry of foreign...
There is constant talk about the need for higher research and development (R&D) spending in India. Industrialist Naushad Forbes has long advocated...
Every winter, air pollution in the national Capital seizes media headlines and social media virality. Beyond short-term measures and individual coping...
India is edging toward a renewed anti-Mandal churn because, despite social justice being a far-fetched dream, its categories have hardened into dogma....
The 2026 attack on Iran is the latest in the series of “oil-bomb” wars. It fits into an American doctrine: Nations that have oil cannot make a...
India has a rare advantage in the global race to modernise agriculture, leveraging emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). The...
Urban inequality is shaping the future of cities globally as much as technological advancements. Urban poor have lived through the industrial...
Data nerds can spend all their time just looking at numbers and crafting stories that emerge out of the rows and columns. India’s new gross domestic...
Last year marked the 35th year of the Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI’s adoption in 1990 shifted how development is measured, moving from an...
The US’ secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, did not hesitate in stating that America and Israel will sow “death and destruction from the sky, all day...
The true measure of a nation’s progress is often reflected in how easily its citizens can access basic necessities like health care. For decades,...
The future trajectory of rural development in India will depend on the extent to which it includes populations that remain excluded from the...
The US participation in Israel’s strikes against Iran marks a decisive escalation in an already volatile region. What began as deterrent signalling...
Rojava, the autonomous Kurdish-majority region in North and East Syria, faces its greatest existential crisis since its founding. Since early January,...
India is poised to roll out the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for adolescent girls in the coming weeks. With this step, the country will...
China achieved a $1.19 trillion trade surplus in 2025 — 20% higher than in 2024 — helping meet its 5% growth target. It needs a large trade...
On the morning of February 28, a coordinated US-Israeli airstrike — codenamed Operation Epic Fury — reduced decades of carefully constructed...
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