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Best of Both Sides: On economy, India’s leaders are in a comfort zone — they need a jolt

Surjit S Bhalla

Best of Both Sides: Economy is looking up. So, why rate cuts?

Soumya Kanti Ghosh

Lonely in your 40s and 50s? Both science and literature have answers

Soumya Kanti Ghosh

Trump’s migration ban is full of contradictions. It will hurt America

Soumya Kanti Ghosh

Message to Maoists, from one of their own: Violence doesn’t work

Soumya Kanti Ghosh

From Pune, the discovery of Alaknanda, Milky Way’s long-lost sibling

Soumya Kanti Ghosh

We thought we understood how a galaxy forms — and the universe just proved us wrong

Biman Nath

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Vijender Gupta

Russia has shown economic resilience. But is it sustainable?

Editorial

Montek Singh Ahluwalia & Utkarsh Patel write: A seven-point plan to scale up our climate ambition

Utkarsh Patel

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Editorial

In Pakistan, an all-powerful general, a weak state

Editorial

Don’t rush in to prop up the rupee

Editorial

A half story on Congress is no story at all

Afroz Alam

Government forcing down Sanchar Saathi app erodes privacy, hurts business

Editorial

Parliament debate on SIR is welcome, will enrich it

Editorial

Cat dads don’t pay as much attention as cat moms. A new study proves it

Editorial

Aranya Sahay’s debut film 'Humans in the Loop' asks: Can technology ever truly reflect diverse worldviews?

Neeraj Bunkar

For green transition, India can fall back on itself

Montek S Ahluwalia

Rupee has fallen and that is not a bad thing

Editorial

PM is spot on but Macaulay’s children wear suits, ties — and the tilak too

Yogendra Yadav

Don’t take the rage bait, don’t give in

Editorial

Celebrate Constitution by respecting checks & balances

D. Raja

On December 6, minister crosses red lines

Editorial

Give states their fair share, protect their fiscal space

D K Srivastava

In era of AI and climate change, energy policy must navigate new trade-offs and dilemmas

Vikram S Mehta

IFFI must match ambition with a greater sense of purpose

Editorial

GDP growth is robust, GST cuts and US tariffs will shape momentum

Editorial

From science to fiction, stories of the uncertain and unknown

Aakash Joshi

Schrodinger’s economy: Rising and slowing at the same time

Sachchidanand Shukla