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Menstrual Leave

Karnataka’s new policy granting one day of paid menstrual leave every month to all women employed in the formal sector is, on the surface, a modest...

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Pilgrimage perils

The tragic bus accident near Medina that claimed the lives of 45 Indian pilgrims from Telangana is not just an isolated incident on a foreign roadway....

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Engineered Politics

Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor’s long-awaited leap from political strategist to political contender was always going to be a high-stakes...

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Transparency on Trial

The political storm surrounding the Epstein files has entered a new and unpredictable phase. What began as a slow drip of selectively released...

yesterday 10

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Arbitration needs stronger teeth

Ever since the Modi government assumed control of the national government, the country’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) ecosystem has been...

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Populism Fractured

The open rupture between US President Donald Trump and key MAGA figure Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is more than a dramatic falling-out...

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Preventable

The tragic explosion at a police station in Srinagar, which claimed nine lives and left dozens injured, is a sobering reminder of a persistent and...

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Frugal Generation

China’s younger generation is quietly rewriting the country’s economic script. Unlike the consumer-driven youth cultures of earlier decades,...

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Red Lines Recast

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has stirred a diplomatic storm that may reshape the strategic balance in East Asia. Her assertion that...

tuesday 10

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Caste count

India’s decision to conduct a full caste census in 2027 marks a profound turning point in how the nation confronts its most enduring social...

17.11.2025 20

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Decisive vote

Bihar has delivered its verdict with striking clarity. The NDA is to return to power with a sweeping mandate, securing 202 of the state’s 243 seats...

17.11.2025 10

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Valuations on Trial

The current rush of Indian start-ups entering the public markets marks a defining phase in the evolution of the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem....

16.11.2025 10

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No winners

The reopening of the United States government after the longest shutdown in its history offers little cause for celebration. It marks not so much a...

16.11.2025 10

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Survival or purpose?

Britain’s Labour government’s internal turbulence has reached a defining moment. Barely seventeen months after securing power, Prime Minister Keir...

15.11.2025 10

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Choking on Neglect

The weekend protest near India Gate was a rare sight in Delhi ~ citizens braving the city’s toxic haze to demand clean air. It was not a political...

15.11.2025 10

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Wired but Thirsty

India’s digital infrastructure is expanding at a pace unmatched in its history. The surge in data generation, artificial intelligence, and cloud...

14.11.2025 10

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White Collar Terror

The explosion that shook Delhi and the entire country on Monday, killing and injuring several people, was not an accident. It was the visible tip of a...

14.11.2025 10

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Banking stress

Bangladesh’s banking system is living through its most severe stress test since independence. The numbers alone tell a grim story ~ nearly a quarter...

13.11.2025 10

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Theatre of debt

Bihar’s economic balance sheet offers a sobering picture of growth without transformation. Behind the electoral fervour and populist promises lies a...

13.11.2025 10

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Crime without borders

China’s sweeping crackdown on transnational scam syndicates in Southeast Asia marks a rare confluence of law enforcement, diplomacy, and domestic...

12.11.2025 10

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Free Intelligence

A quiet technological revolution is unfolding in India. Over the past few weeks, millions of Indian mobile users have begun receiving free access to...

12.11.2025 20

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Boundless Belief

India’s first Women’s World Cup victory was not just a sporting milestone ~ it was the crystallisation of decades of perseverance, family faith,...

11.11.2025 40

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Fractured Earth

The global climate summit or COP30 in Belém was meant to be a reaffirmation of collective resolve, a moment to steady the world’s faltering climate...

11.11.2025 10

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Quantum Meets AI

For some years now, artificial intelligence has commanded the spotlight, reshaping industries, dazzling investors, and alarming policymakers in equal...

10.11.2025 10

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Vigilance lost

The theft of royal jewels from the Louvre is more than an audacious crime. It is a warning about what happens when prestige eclipses prudence. The...

10.11.2025 10

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Headwinds

India’s renewable energy story has, until now, been one of ambition and acceleration. With targets to double non-fossil fuel capacity to 500...

09.11.2025 10

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The Mamdani Test

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s stunning victory marks a rare moment when the improbable becomes political reality. At 34, the young...

09.11.2025 30

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Fiscal faith

The coming UK Budget may mark one of the most defining economic moments in a generation. When a newly elected government begins to prepare the...

08.11.2025 10

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Visa Squeeze

Canada’s steep rise in study permit rejections for Indian applicants marks a turning point in what was once a dependable educational partnership....

08.11.2025 10

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Weight of Illusion

India’s new obsession with injectable weight-loss drugs is a story of science outpacing restraint. Once reserved for diabetics, these so-called...

07.11.2025 10

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Passport Paradox

India’s rise on the global economic stage is often celebrated as an emblem of national resurgence. Yet, a quiet contradiction shadows that progress...

07.11.2025 10

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Reclaiming the Past

The long-awaited opening of Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum is far more than a cultural event ~ it is a profound act of historical restoration....

06.11.2025 10

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Politics of Hunger

Across the United States, millions of working-class Americans are facing an uncertain November. For them, the impending suspension of food assistance...

06.11.2025 10

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Fallen Prince

The removal of Prince Andrew’s royal titles and his eviction from the Royal Lodge in Windsor estate mark an extraordinary rupture in the fabric of...

05.11.2025 30

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Beyond boundaries

India’s first Women’s World Cup victory in Navi Mumbai is not just a sporting conquest; it is a cultural reckoning. It signals the moment when the...

05.11.2025 10

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Fog lights on

The latest US interest rate cut reveals a central bank attempting to steer an economy through dense uncertainty, guided more by instinct than data....

04.11.2025 10

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Scorched Future

India’s unrelenting summer of 2024 was not merely another chapter in a long history of seasonal extremes. It was a warning written in heat. For the...

04.11.2025 10

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Fragile Calm

The hostage crisis that unfolded in Mumbai on Thursday, where a man held 17 children and two adults captive in an acting school before police...

03.11.2025 10

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Strategic Patience

The meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping has produced a truce in an otherwise turbulent relationship. It...

03.11.2025 30

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Rainless lessons

Delhi’s failed experiment with artificial rain is more than just a technical disappointment ~ it is a sobering reflection of the city’s...

02.11.2025 10

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Costly dream

The recent wave of deportations of Indian illegal migrants from the United States has once again exposed a disturbing reality ~ that desperation,...

02.11.2025 20

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India demands Pakistan end ‘grave’ human rights abuses in illegally occupied parts of Kashmir

In a strong message to Pakistan exposing its “hypocrisy”, India has demanded that it end the “grave” human rights abuses as its forces...

02.11.2025 10

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Darfur again

The capture of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) marks the darkest moment yet in Sudan’s unravelling civil war. After 18 months under...

01.11.2025 40

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Tackling Trump

US President Donald Trump’s visit to Japan, following his stop at the Asean summit in Malaysia, was more than a diplomatic engagement. It was...

01.11.2025 10

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Women’s World Cup: Very proud, no words to express myself, says skipper Harman after SF win over Australia

As Amanjot Kaur struck the winning boundary to seal the five-wicket victory for India over the reigning champions Australia in the second semifinal of...

01.11.2025 10

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Frozen Justice

Europe’s hesitation over whether to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s defence exposes a deeper struggle between principle and...

31.10.2025 10

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Combustion Point

The bus fire near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh that killed at least 20 people is not just another road tragedy ~ it is a symptom of how technological...

31.10.2025 20

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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...

30.10.2025 10

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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...

30.10.2025 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...

29.10.2025 10

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