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Filthy minds

The incident in Indore, where two Australian women cricketers were allegedly harassed and molested while walking to a café, is a disturbing reminder...

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Mandate renewed

After more than two decades, the Election Commission has announced plans to embark on a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, a...

yesterday 10

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Culture meets Cause

When Bill Gates appears in a Hindi television serial alongside actress and former union minister Smriti Irani, it marks more than an unlikely cultural...

previous day 10

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Energy Reckoning

The United States’ decision to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil producers represents more than just another economic penalty....

previous day 9

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Power Play

A new theatre of confrontation is unfolding in the Caribbean, where the United States has amassed a formidable array of warships, bombers, fighter...

tuesday 10

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Strained Symbolism

The latest attempt by far-right lawmakers in Israel’s parliament to push a bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank was, by all measures,...

tuesday 10

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Measured Relief

The latest inflation reading in the United States offers a rare moment of calm in a year of conflicting economic signals. Prices rose 3 per cent in...

27.10.2025 10

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Watchful generation

India’s Generation Z ~ the 370 million under-25s who now define the nation’s social media pulse ~ stands at an unusual crossroad. They are...

27.10.2025 10

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The Gentle Comic

The passing of Govardhan Asrani marks more than the end of a long and joyous career; it marks the quiet departure of an era when laughter in Indian...

25.10.2025 10

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Strategic Extraction

The new agreement between the United States and Australia to jointly invest in rare earths and other critical minerals marks a decisive shift in the...

25.10.2025 10

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After the March

The “No Kings” demonstrations that swept through American cities last weekend signified far more than political theatre. They were a direct rebuke...

24.10.2025 20

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Gilded Instinct

This Diwali, India’s relationship with gold revealed something deeper than economics. Dhanteras on October 18 and the festival of lights, celebrated...

24.10.2025 20

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Vanishing Audience

India’s movie theatres are caught in an uncomfortable paradox. The country produces more films than any other, yet fewer people are turning up to...

23.10.2025 10

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Debt Trap Inflation

In recent years, many advanced economies from the United States and Britain to France and Japan have taken on ever larger public debts, fuelled by...

23.10.2025 10

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Tariff Tremors

India’s export engine has hit a sudden and punishing slowdown. The latest figures show a steep decline in shipments to the United States, triggered...

22.10.2025 10

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Uneasy Equations

President Volodymyr Zelenskky’s latest visit to Washington offered neither triumph nor failure, only a stark glimpse of the shifting ground beneath...

22.10.2025 10

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Balancing Interests

India’s energy diplomacy has reached an inflection point. The steady rise of Russian oil in India’s import basket, once seen as smart economics,...

21.10.2025 10

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Human Cost

India’s AI story is often told as one of opportunity: small towns nurturing the talent that trains global models, rural youth gaining their first...

21.10.2025 20

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Her Right

In a small town on the banks of the Ganges, a young woman stood her ground, not merely against a man’s taunts but against the weight of an entire...

20.10.2025 10

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Stolen Sunlight

India’s battle with air pollution has long been seen through the lens of health and visibility ~ smog-filled skies, wheezing citizens, and the...

20.10.2025 20

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Festival of Smog

The Supreme Court’s decision to permit the sale and use of “green crackers” in Delhi this Diwali reflects a difficult balancing act between...

19.10.2025 10

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Strategist’s Fall

The arrest of Indian-origin strategist Ashley Tellis in the United States for allegedly retaining classified defence documents is more than a case of...

19.10.2025 10

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Exhaustion leveraged

The Gaza peace declaration signed in Sharm el-Sheikh has the unmistakable air of theatre ~ grand, emotional, and designed for the cameras. Yet,...

18.10.2025 10

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AI Heartland

In the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy, India is charting a path unlike any other, one that begins not in glittering metros but in...

18.10.2025 10

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Rebuilding Bridges

The diplomatic frost that had long defined India-Canada relations is finally beginning to thaw. What once seemed a near-irreparable breach, triggered...

17.10.2025 10

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Shared Deliverance

For once, West Asia witnessed tears not of anger but of relief and joy. Across Israel, families who had endured two years of uncertainty finally...

17.10.2025 10

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Bunker Paradox

Something remarkable is happening in the world of technology’s most powerful figures. The same individuals who champion progress, innovation, and...

16.10.2025 30

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The AI Mirage

The euphoria surrounding artificial intelligence has reached a fever pitch. Valuations are soaring, capital is flooding in, and the world’s most...

16.10.2025 60

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Pressure by Design

The sweeping federal layoffs that have accompanied the continuing US government shutdown may appear at first glance to be an ideological crusade...

15.10.2025 5

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Silence in Delhi

When a visiting foreign dignitary denies women access to a press event in India, it is not merely a diplomatic oversight ~ it is a moral failure...

15.10.2025 4

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Leverage works

In a world grown cynical about ceasefires, the Gaza peace deal announced this week stands out as a moment few believed possible. What makes it...

14.10.2025 10

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Poisoned Trust

The tragic deaths of more than 20 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan from toxic cough syrups mark yet another painful reminder of the...

14.10.2025 8

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Right Track

When just-retired Surekha Yadav climbed into the cabin of her first train in 1989, she wasn’t setting out to make history. She was simply taking up...

13.10.2025 9

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Pragmatic outreach

The visit of Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to India is not merely a diplomatic milestone, it is a quiet revolution in South Asian...

13.10.2025 10

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Fragile Dawn

The announcement of a phased peace plan between Israel and Hamas marks a moment of both relief and uncertainty for a region long accustomed to...

12.10.2025 10

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Everest Peril

The Himalayas have always symbolised human endurance and the allure of the extreme. Yet, the recent blizzard that trapped hundreds of hikers on Mount...

12.10.2025 10

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Power Shift

For the first time in modern history, renewable energy has overtaken coal as the world’s largest source of electricity. The event marks more than a...

11.10.2025 10

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Friends with benefits

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to India marks a turning point in the evolving equation between the two nations ~ one that celebrates...

11.10.2025 10

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Faith and Justice

The incident inside the Supreme Court, where a lawyer attempted to throw an object at the Chief Justice over an alleged remark about Lord Vishnu, is...

10.10.2025 9

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Hills on Edge

The fury of the rains that lashed Darjeeling and neighbouring Nepal has once again exposed the fragility of the eastern Himalayas ~ a region of...

10.10.2025 10

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Mirage of Return

The recent tightening of American immigration rules, culminating in a dramatic hike in H-1B visa fees, has triggered a wave of speculation in...

09.10.2025 10

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Aviation Test

When the first flights take off from Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), India will cross a significant milestone. For decades, Mumbai’s...

09.10.2025 20

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Gridlock’s price

The second week of the US federal government shutdown reveals not just a political deadlock but a deeper governance crisis. What began as a standoff...

08.10.2025 20

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Japan’s Iron Lady’

Japan stands at a historic crossroads. For the first time in its post-war history, the country is poised to have a woman at the helm of government....

08.10.2025 10

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Talent Crossroads

China’s new K visa for foreign science and technology professionals is more than just an administrative change. It signals a bold attempt to...

07.10.2025 10

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Strategic Sweet Spot

India’s new trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) marks a quiet but significant evolution in the country’s approach to...

07.10.2025 10

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Doctor’s scribble

In an age when most of the world has shifted to keyboards and digital records, the simple act of writing by hand still carries profound consequences...

06.10.2025 20

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Enduring Influence

The centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marks far more than a symbolic milestone for a socio-cultural organisation. It represents the...

06.10.2025 10

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Trust Deficit

Three decades ago, India embarked on a quiet revolution. The liberalisation of 1991 opened locked doors for entrepreneurs, dismantled layers of...

05.10.2025 10

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Fragile Framework

US President Donald Trump’s 20-point framework for Gaza is the most detailed American attempt yet to end the current war and rebuild a devastated...

05.10.2025 60

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