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‘Vulnerable’ Rupee Will Continue to Fall Irrespective of War, May Rise Above 95 Against Dollar: Japanese Bank MUFG

Listen to this article: New Delhi: What explains the Indian rupees woes? As it routinely closes at “historic lows”, most recently at 94.85 to the...

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Same Bench, Opposite Outcomes: Compassion and Rigour in Two NDPS Orders Six Days Apart

Listen to this article: New Delhi: On March 19, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan upheld the conviction of two...

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Same Week, Different Standards: Why a Bombay HC Bench Shielded Adani While the SC Pushed Agencies on Anil Ambani

Listen to this article: In late March 2026, two Indian courts delivered sharply contrasting signals on corporate fraud. On March 23, a three-judge...

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Coal Block Acquittal Raises Hard Questions About Prosecuting Bureaucrats for Committee Decisions

Listen to this article: New Delhi: When the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a closure report on December 17, 2014 clearing former coal...

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Bail Is the Norm. Except, It Seems, When the Supreme Court Decides Otherwise

Listen to this article: On Wednesday (March 25), a bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi of the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted...

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What’s Wrong With 'Modi is the World’s Most Popular Leader' Survey Claim?

Listen to this article: Every few months, Indian media proclaims that “Modi is the world’s most popular leader,” citing approval numbers from an...

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Is Modi Govt Fast-Tracking Women’s Reservation Bill to Push Delimitation, Which It Is Finding Tough to Sell?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Questions arise about the most recent whim of the Narendra Modi government, of advancing the date for the...

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Women in Uniform, Merit on Trial

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s three judgments delivered on March 24, 2026 in Lt. Col. Pooja Pal, Yogendra Kumar Singh, and...

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Six Reasons Why Pakistan as US-Iran Interlocutor Is a Strategic Setback for India

Listen to this article: The emergence of Pakistan, alongside Egypt and Türkiye, as a primary back-channel interlocutor between Iran and the United...

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In Mainpuri, a Police Officer Invoked a Phantom Order to Stop Eid Prayers. The Law Was Against Him.

Listen to this article: On the morning of Eid-ul-Fitr, March 21, a Station House Officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district told a gathering of...

23.03.2026 10

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A Mother is a Mother: Supreme Court Expands Maternity Benefit to All Adoptive Parents

Listen to this article: On Tuesday (March 17), a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan delivered...

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Release Before Judgment: Why Sonam Wangchuk’s Case Still Demands a Supreme Court Answer

Listen to this article: On Saturday (March 14), the Union government revoked climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under the National Security...

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From Iran, a Reminder That India Allowed Itself to Be Bullied Over Russian Oil

Listen to this article: New Delhi: When Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi posted on X this week, he was not really speaking to India – but it...

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West Asia Crisis Engulfs India: Eight Questions the Modi Govt Hasn't Answered

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India is staring at its gravest external crisis in years, and yet the government’s choices remain shrouded in...

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Forty Years, One File: The Supreme Court's Closure of the M.C. Mehta Case

Listen to this article: On March 12, 2026, a bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and...

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‘Reliance Leadership’ Helped India Get 30-Day Russian Oil ‘Waiver’ from US: News Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Concerns raised by the opposition and strategic experts – in the wake of the US telling India where it can and...

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Right to Die with Dignity has Existed in India since 2018. The Supreme Court Just Used it for the First Time.

Listen to this article: The Supreme Court’s judgment on Wednesday (March 11) permitting the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from 32-year-old...

11.03.2026 20

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An Election Without a Mandate, a Mandate Without an Election

Listen to this article: This week, two things are happening simultaneously in Indian politics, and the coincidence is instructive. The Rajya Sabha...

09.03.2026 20

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Crudely Speaking: Why the Modi Govt Is Responsible for Indian Oil Prices

New Delhi: As oil prices shoot up sharply in the global market, early today, “oil prices rose 18% in just 18 minutes”. Indian prices of oil, LPG...

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On Iran, Four US Memoirs Show How the Modi Govt Yielded to Trump 1.0

Listen to this article: New Delhi: As India continues to maintain silence on the killing of Iranian supreme leader, the Modi government’s uneasy...

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Balanced Education or Forced Reverence?: Decoding Supreme Court’s Order on Textbook Controversy

Listen to this article: The Supreme Court’s order in ‘In Re: Social Science Textbook for Grade-8 (Part-2) Published By NCERT and Ancillary...

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Pakistani Cricketers 'Not Being Considered' by England Competition. What’s the Indian Connection?

Pakistani cricketers find themselves at the centre of yet another transnational cricket-politics storm, this time in a tournament not even played in...

28.02.2026 10

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Can Israel Transfer Iron Dome and Iron Beam Tech to India?

Listen to this article: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial visit to Israel comes at an inappropriate time when the region is in...

26.02.2026 20

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Modi’s Israel Visit: Seven Issues You Should Pay Attention To

Listen to this article: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Israel this week arrives at a moment of acute geopolitical volatility...

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With Nikhil Gupta's Guilty Plea in New York, What Happens Now to Former R&AW Official Vikash Yadav?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The guilty plea by Nikhil Gupta on Friday (February 13, 2026) transforms the United States (US) case from a series...

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Why Trump’s Executive Order on India’s Stoppage of Russian Crude has Serious Consequences

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India-US Trade Deal: Five Takeaways From the White House Statements 

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India-US Trade Deal: The Many Things We Still Don't Know

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Chart: Union Govt Didn't Spend What it Promised on Social Schemes in 2025-26

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Three Sets of Recent Events Have Damaged India’s ‘Soft Power’

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Wang Yi’s Mediation Claim: Equating India with Pakistan to Assert South Asian Supremacy

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Why RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's 'Hindu Nation' Statement Matters Today

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After Speculations of Being ‘Silently Dropped’ PMO Key Communications Lead Hiren Joshi is Back

04.12.2025 20

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Poaching, Spats, Complaints: The Mahayuti's Disagreements Are Out in the Open

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Seven Reasons Why RSS Lobbying in Washington DC is Alarming

16.11.2025 10

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Seven Dimensions of Zohran Mamdani’s Win Hold Significance For Indians

06.11.2025 20

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What the Severe AQI of Delhi NCR This Week Tells Us About India’s Democracy

23.10.2025 20

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Pension After 36 Months: Why the New EPFO Rules Have Triggered Anger

16.10.2025 10

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Engagement Can’t Be Endorsement: Six Problems With Modi Government's Taliban Embrace

11.10.2025 20

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Five Reasons Why Throwing a Shoe at Dalit CJI in Sanatan’s Name Goes Beyond Judicial Insult to Threaten India

07.10.2025 10

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Nine Issues in Manipur That Remain Unresolved Despite Modi’s Belated Visit

13.09.2025 20

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Visiting Manipur Won’t Be Easy for PM Modi After Two Years of Silence on Violence

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Six Critical Questions Raised by Trump's Pick of Sergio Gor as India Ambassador

25.08.2025 20

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The 'Seditious' Articles, Interviews, Authors: Breaking Down the Assam Police FIR Against The Wire

24.08.2025 20

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Seven Unanswered Questions After Wang Yi’s India Visit

22.08.2025 20

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What is China's ‘Early Harvest’ Proposal for Border Talks That Modi Govt Has Now Conceded?

20.08.2025 20

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From ‘Howdy Modi’ to ‘Cannot Name Trump’: How Modi Has Taken a Hit from Trump’s Tariffs and Taunts

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Why Trump’s Statement that ‘Five Fighter Jets Were Shot Down’ is Significant

21.07.2025 20

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Five Key Revelations from Army’s Deputy Chief on Operation Sindoor

05.07.2025 10

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RSS Comes to the Rescue to Pull BJP Out of Limbo Over Nadda’s Successor

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