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Wars have often accelerated technological change. The machine gun altered infantry tactics, the tank transformed mobility, and air power redefined...
There are moments in a nation’s journey when a quiet transformation in a remote corner becomes a symbol of national resurgence. The story of...
On 28 February 2026, the war that diplomats had spent two years rehearsing began. American and Israeli aircraft struck Iranian nuclear and missile...
President Donald Trump’s trade policy has acquired a second life. After the US Supreme Court curtailed key elements of the architecture that defined...
World Environment Day , observed on 5 June every year, serves as a reminder of humanity’s collective responsibility to protect the environment and...
Global warming policies were expected to drive a rapid shift toward a renewables-based energy system dominated by wind and solar. While growth in...
There are some deaths that leave us heartbroken. There are others that leave us bewildered. The recent death of my nephew, filmmaker Anik Dutta, left...
India’s emergence as a healthcare destination for South Asia is often measured in numbers: foreign patients treated, hospitals accredited, surgeries...
Every country counts its people. The real test lies in whether people are willing to be counted. India’s ongoing census will be the country’s...
As India takes over the BRICS 2026 Chairmanship, an important but often-ignored issue is food loss, which is now entering global policy discussions....
Five years after Myanmar’s military seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil conflict, a new reality is emerging across Asia....
It was on 1 June 2026, in the little Scottish village of Dirleton, a few hours away from the home of the Nobel Prize-nominated Esperanto poet, William...
India’s sugar policy is slipping into a familiar pattern. When production rises, exports are encouraged. When supply tightens, exports are...
On 22 May 2026, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs issued an eviction order directing the historic 113-year- old Delhi Gymkhana Club to vacate...
The controversy surrounding the Delhi Gymkhana Club is no longer only about one institution in Lutyens’ Delhi. What began as a dispute over a...
On 12 May 2026, Twisha Sharma, 33, was found hanging in her matrimonial home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills. The FIR named her husband and mother-in-law...
The smooth transfer of power in Karnataka has been hailed as a rare display of discipline in contemporary Indian politics. A chief minister resigned...
Every dowry death shocks the conscience. What is more troubling is how often such cases are explained away before the facts have been fully examined....
It is peak mango season in India. The Alphonso harvest is at its richest, the Kesar at its most fragrant. Exporters across Maharashtra, Gujarat, and...
The building near Saket Metro station in South Delhi was, by all available evidence, a disaster waiting to happen. In March this year Delhi police had...
Every summer, India is reminded that climate change is no longer a future threat but a present reality. Yet the true measure of the crisis is not...
In February 2023, when Turkey and Syria faced a devastating earthquake, which killed almost 52,000 people, India was amongst the first countries to...
For much of independent India’s history, border security has been viewed primarily through a military lens. The focus has understandably been on...
Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance philosopher and writer. Regarded as the founder of modern political theory for separating politics from...
For much of the Indian Premier League’s history, Royal Challengers Bengaluru symbolised a familiar contradiction. It was one of the tournament’s...
The memories of the past three years in the Middle East and West Asia are beleaguered by horrendous acts violence and brutality. Whether it was Hamas...
India’s agricultural crisis is no longer confined to crop failures, debt burdens or volatile market prices. A quieter but more consequential...
Tt was 1979. I sat in the corner of a crowde d criminal law classroom at the Dhaula Kuan Law Centre, hoping to remain invisible. Yet, the gaze of Mr....
The Supreme Court of India’s verdict in the Tiger Global (TG) case this January raises aspects of vital importance for taxation of non-residents in...
The end of communist rule in Kerala marks more than an electoral setback for the Left. It signals the closing of a long chapter in Indian political...
India’s examination system is facing a crisis that goes far beyond marksheets, answer scripts or software glitches. What is now unfolding across...
When I heard the name “Tulsi Gabbard” years ago I assumed that she was an Indian American, married to a Mr. Gabbard because Tulsi is a sacred...
As negotiations to end the Iran war continued on May 25, Donald Trump made a series of phone calls in which he pressed key leaders from the Middle...
Indian culture has a long tradition and heritage, and its waves are still visible. The Indian knowledge system is widely acclaimed across the world....
The renewed exchange of strikes between the United States and Iran exposes the uncomfortable truth behind the language of ceasefires and diplomacy in...
Recently, the New York State University in the US initiated a programme called ‘NYU in real life’, to promote a student-led culture change of...
India’s healthcare system has yet to match the country’s claimed growth in economy and living standards. The strain comes not only from...
India’s sharp rejection of the latest China-Pakistan joint statement on Kashmir was predictable. What deserves closer attention, however, is not the...
Artificial intelligence is no longer merely a technological story. It is becoming a labour-market story, a social-stability story and, increasingly, a...
India’s relationship with fibre is civilisational, 5,000 years deep, woven into our villages, our traditions, and our collective identity. From the...
Recent political discussions surrounding the condition of education in We st Bengal, including concerns expressed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari,...
For years, Saudi Arabia sold the world a vision that seemed to belong more to speculative fiction than economic planning. Mirror-walled cities...
The battle over Delhi Gymkhana Club is not really about a club. It is about what kind of capital city India wants to inhabit ~ one rooted in...
India possesses more than 200 billion tonnes of proven coal reserves and nearly 400 billion tonnes of total geological coal resources, making it one...
At a recent event in Shirdi, Maharashtra, the Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh said, “A nation that manufactures its own weaponry writes its own...
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