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Warren Buffett, Oracle of Omaha, steps away. His successor has a tough job

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Anjal Prakash

In David Szalay’s Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Flesh’, the ways of men

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Anjal Prakash

Red Fort blast is a reminder: Terror’s new footprint is an urgent challenge

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Anjal Prakash

COP 30 is a moment for action, not aspiration

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Anjal Prakash

India's intellectual elite has never made any effort to understand the RSS's appeal. The loss is theirs

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Dr Rakesh Sinha

Supreme Court’s order on stray dogs is inhumane, anti-science and anti-law

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Maneka Gandhi

We need to move from a caste census with a capital C to one with a small c

We need to move from a caste census with a capital C to one with a small c

Only then can we have a full inventory of how assets and opportunities are distributed in contemporary India

yesterday 10

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Yogendra Yadav

Is your password PASSWORD? It could be a problem

Is your password PASSWORD? It could be a problem

It’s hard not to feel a little sympathy for whoever set the password for the server managing the Louvre museum’s CCTV systems as “LOUVRE”.

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Editorial

World's silence on Sudan shows empathy is racialised

World's silence on Sudan shows empathy is racialised

The uncomfortable truth is that the established civilisational hierarchy ensures that conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, even when they consist of...

yesterday 10

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Saptarshi Basak

Beijing's WAICO could determine new global AI order. India must be vigilant

Beijing's WAICO could determine new global AI order. India must be vigilant

For much of the Global South, the initiative is enticing. It promises long-denied access to technology, funding, and training. India should...

yesterday 10

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Syed Akbaruddin

AI models are being rolled out, guardrails and hygiene norms must follow

AI models are being rolled out, guardrails and hygiene norms must follow

Worries over the implications of confidential information being uploaded have already led the finance ministry to reportedly ask its employees not...

yesterday 8

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Editorial

Express View on India Gate protest: Clean air is not charity, it is every citizen’s right

Express View on India Gate protest: Clean air is not charity, it is every citizen’s right

The protest against air pollution indicates a possible and potential rupture in paralysis. It reframes the issue not just as an administrative...

yesterday 10

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Editorial

On stray dogs issue, SC undermines its own balanced approach

On stray dogs issue, SC undermines its own balanced approach

Abrupt reversal, especially on the question of releasing stray dogs back into the areas from where they were picked up, breaks from the balanced...

yesterday 8

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Editorial

Express view on protest against pollution in New Delhi: When citizens demand clean air, can the government afford to turn a deaf ear?

Express view on protest against pollution in New Delhi: When citizens demand clean air, can the government afford to turn a deaf ear?

The protest against air pollution indicates a possible and potential rupture in paralysis. It reframes the issue not just as an administrative...

yesterday 10

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Editorial

In Bihar and beyond, don’t dismiss cash transfers. They serve the general good

In Bihar and beyond, don’t dismiss cash transfers. They serve the general good

There are three issues that need to be talked about. One, whether this provides any direct economic and social benefit. Two, whether such transfers...

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Madan Sabnavis

In Trump-Xi meet, an opportunity for India to understand China — and itself

India should use this period to reinforce its economic, military, and tech resilience — not to imitate China, but to avoid being caught off guard...

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Nirupama Rao

Household consumption recovers, but private investment still holds the key

Household consumption recovers, but private investment still holds the key

Economic activity and growth are ultimately about the unleashing of animal spirits of both entrepreneurs and consumers

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Editorial

Trump embraces Xi, Modi in the cold

Trump embraces Xi, Modi in the cold

India is practically friendless in South Asia. West Asian countries are forging new arrangements among themselves and with Israel, without India....

sunday 10

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P Chidambaram

Zohran Mamdani wasn't gracious to his opponents. But the city of ambition has an overlord who understands it

Zohran Mamdani wasn't gracious to his opponents. But the city of ambition has an overlord who understands it

“New York, New York” is no longer the unofficial anthem of the city. At the end of his victory speech, Mamdani walked off the stage with a...

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Editorial

How a phone call to Moscow led to Nitish Kumar’s first full stint as the Chief Minister of Bihar

How a phone call to Moscow led to Nitish Kumar’s first full stint as the Chief Minister of Bihar

Nitish, then with the Samata Party, first became Bihar CM for just a week in 2000. In November 2005, he was sworn in as Bihar CM. Save for a nine-...

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Chakshu Roy

Freddy’s kick and a moral compass in a patriarchal universe

Freddy’s kick and a moral compass in a patriarchal universe

The ‘morality dividend’ of recruiting more women is not enough to cloak the patriarchal microaggressions in workplaces. While the rising numbers...

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Rani Rohini Raman

Vande Mataram: The national song with a tragic journey

Vande Mataram: The national song with a tragic journey

The national song was partitioned in 1937 to appease the Muslim League. Ten years later, the nation was partitioned.

08.11.2025 4

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Ram Madhav

Widening the football field is a good idea

Widening the football field is a good idea

If Williams’s move succeeds, at least some of those with Indian parentage could entertain thoughts of returning to the land of their ancestors.

08.11.2025 4

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Editorial

COP 30 must address the most vulnerable

COP 30 must address the most vulnerable

One of the priorities at COP 30 will be to create a roadmap to track global adaptation progress. Unlike mitigation, adaptation has no single global...

08.11.2025 1

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Editorial

SC ruling making written grounds of arrest mandatory draws a much-needed red line

SC ruling making written grounds of arrest mandatory draws a much-needed red line

From prohibiting the police from taking custody of a woman after sunset or in the absence of female police officers, to requiring the police to...

08.11.2025 5

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Editorial

AI mania masks economic fissures and rising uncertainty

AI mania masks economic fissures and rising uncertainty

The AI frenzy is propelling markets to ever-new highs. The pressures and problems of the present are being ignored for the (yet untested) promise...

08.11.2025 7

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Sajjid Z. Chinoy