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Finding his voice

Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip was never going to be a routine pastoral visit. The geographies he chose, Turkey and Lebanon, are not only...

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Equatorial Fury

The deadly floods sweeping through Indonesia since last week mark a sobering moment for a region long accustomed to the monsoon’s moods but rarely...

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New Delhi

Riding the waves of valour and compassion

December 4 is not just a date on the calendar; it is a reminder of a night when the Indian Navy changed the course of history. Navy Day...

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Santhosh Mathew New Delhi

Prospects for Peace

It is no coincidence that a tsunami of pro-Ukrainian propaganda, including an op-ed by leading European pro-NATO ambassadors who advocate pursuing...

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Krishnan Srinivasan New Delhi

End of the road for street dogs?

Changing public perception and recent court orders on street dogs are concerning. On 11 August 2025, the Supreme Court ordered the relocation of...

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Govind Singh And Momisha Das New Delhi

Solar Vigilance

India’s Sun-watching spacecraft is about to face the moment it was built for. In 2026, the solar cycle will crest, the Sun will flip its magnetic...

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New Delhi

Toxic Force

The allegations emerging from Georgia’s 2024-25 protest wave are not merely another chapter in the long, bitter contest between an embattled...

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New Delhi

Europe payment link mustn’t be hobbled

India and the European Central Bank have entered the “realisation phase” of linking the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with Europe’s TARGET...

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Shrey Madaan New Delhi

Opportune time to create smaller states

Three states, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand, celebrated their Silver Jubilee in November 2025, having been created by Atal Bihari...

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Navodit Mehra New Delhi

Breathless Children

Each winter, as a dense grey veil settles over Delhi, the familiar rituals begin. Schools scramble to adjust timetables, construction sites fall...

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New Delhi

Will the Ukraine war end?

President Trump’s administration recently leaked a 28-point peace plan that has been dominating headlines across the globe. The Ukrainian...

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Harsha Kakar New Delhi

Price of Defiance

Rumours of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s death in jail have been officially denied by Pakistani authorities and have primarily...

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Prabhu Dayal New Delhi

Pardon Politics

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appeal for a presidential pardon is more than a personal legal manoeuvre. It is a political act with...

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New Delhi

Udta Hindustan

Few in authority want to acknowledge the problem of drug abuse in India. Udta Punjab, a 2016 Bollywood film portraying drug abuse in Punjab, was...

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Devendra Saksena New Delhi

Naming Femicide

Italy’s unanimous vote to make femicide a distinct crime is a rare moment of national consensus ~ and a striking acknowledgment that violence...

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New Delhi

Centenary Spotlight

Ahmedabad’s confirmation as host of the 2030 Commonwealth Games marks a turning point not just for the event itself, but for India’s broader...

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New Delhi

A gift that addresses global challenges

On 26 November, India celebrated Constitution Day, a day to commemorate the adoption of its foundational legal document in 1949. This Constitution...

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Rajdeep Pathak New Delhi

Data Dilemma

The recent assessment of India’s national accounts by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) serves as a sobering reminder that numbers, however...

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New Delhi

Taxing Balance

Rachel Reeves’s latest Budget attempts something British chancellors before her rarely managed with conviction: mixing fiscal restraint with...

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New Delhi

Our Invisible Self~II

Matter is materialized mind stuff. Everything we see is the result of an idea. We could not visualize anything without a thought. Invisible...

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Saumitra Mohan New Delhi

Cities need smarter traffic solutions

City traffic is not merely an engineering problem; it is a living, shifting dialogue between people, infrastructure, and technology. When that...

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Shubhra Jyotsna New Delhi