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Bengal voted for change. BJP’s five months in power show similar lawlessness

With egg therapy, strip parades, encounter killings, khap justice is becoming the order of the day in West Bengal. This shouldn’t be the answer to...

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Deep Halder

Rahul Gandhi at Ramlila got the headlines. Amit Shah had to compete for airtime

Newspapers and television news channels lavish attention on Rahul Gandhi. Whatever he says or does makes news. The BJP’s constant attacks on him...

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Shailaja Bajpai

US midterms have created conditions to tame Superman Trump

Though President Donald Trump was not on the ballot, everyone knows that the US midterms are a referendum on the presidency.

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Ashutosh Varshney

India’s theatre commands need political direction, not endless military deliberations

Theatre commands are not about redistributing service turf. They are about how India will fight future wars, which will increasingly be joint,...

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Lt Gen H S Panag

Indian warships have a foreign engine problem. That’s finally set to change

The MoD has approved the local design, development and procurement of marine gas turbines for warship propulsion. It is a critical step toward...

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Anondeeta Chakraborty

Go beyond Diwali and parali. Delhi pollution debate ignores landfills

Our findings suggest that clearing Delhi’s garbage mountains is also a child health programme.

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Sila Mishra

The real reason BJP is quibbling over the size of INDIA bloc’s rally

The mood in the Opposition camp is upbeat because of the three trends moving clearly in its favour. And a flailing BJP has so far been unable to do...

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Amitabh Dubey

The line that divides India and China was drawn by empires, intrigue, and imagination

From Zhao Erfeng’s flags to the McMahon Line, the India-China border dispute is a story of maps, power and forgotten frontier communities.

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Praveen Swami

India is choosing to go backwards on animal lab experiments

As early as 1960, India recognised that scientific experimentation cannot be left entirely to the discretion of those conducting it. A committee was...

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Gauri Maulekhi

India’s urbanisation is moving faster than government policy. Census 2027 shows why

India’s aspiration to become a developed country by 2047 will depend partly on how well it manages the transition of its settlements.

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Pallavi Laungani

Why the Indian Left still struggles with Dalit political autonomy

Last month, AISA president Neha Bora was at the epicentre of the anti-SIR protests. Besides the dramatic moments at Jantar Mantar, Bora generated...

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Nikhil Sanjay Rekha Adsule

Hormuz crisis is China’s moment to shine, say Chinese commentators

According to Chinese analysts, the Middle East conflict is an opportunity for China’s energy industry to expand overseas.

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Sana Hashmi

Why the govt must rethink its free foodgrain scheme in Union Budget 2027-28

Over the past many years, the Union Budget has gone beyond fiscal matters, outlining the government’s overall development policies as well.

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A K Bhattacharya

India will finally count its gig workers. It still won’t know who employs them

The government has invited comments on its proposal to count gig workers in the Periodic Labour Force Survey. Here is what MoSPI and the Labour...

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Rahul Suresh Sapkal

India and Bangladesh need a fresh start. Japan can help with that

Japan can act as a shared bridge, not mediator, between New Delhi and Dhaka at a fraught moment in ties.

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Bantirani Patro

Give King Khan all the action movies. We have had our romance

King is not some late-career makeover for SRK. We just got so busy swooning over Raj and Rahul for decades that we did not notice Shah Rukh, the...

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Stela Dey

Rahul Gandhi & his besties should verify electoral rolls instead of wasting time protesting

The narrative that 13 crore names have been removed from the electoral lists is misleading.

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Meenakashi Lekhi

A list of the world’s top rogue states. Beginning with Uncle Sam’s America

The term 'rogue state' has never been defined properly except to lump those that the US was not happy with into one pejorative grouping.

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R Jagannathan

The two faces of India-Vietnam trade—rivals in America, partners at home

The indices do not indicate whether India and Vietnam will remain rivals or become partners in the future. This decision rests with both New Delhi and...

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Bidisha Bhattacharya

Punjab’s tree protection law has a 35 cm loophole

PILs challenging the Punjab Protection of Trees Act have overlooked the law’s most destructive part: its definition of a ‘tree’.

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Col Jasjit Singh Gill

The four ‘I’s that could shape the 2026 US midterm elections

Each of these issues amplifies the others while connecting regional and demography concerns with the broader national debate, influencing voters’...

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Abhishek Kadiyala

Data protection Act makes journalism harder in India. It also comes with a business problem

Parliament should have asked a few questions when the law was tabled in 2023. An earlier draft was released for public consultation. However, the...

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Meghna Bal

Delhi model of air pollution has reached Goa. Nobody is responsible for air quality

Last December, Panaji’s average PM2.5 level was 88 micrograms per cubic metre, 18 times the WHO limit.

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Karanjeet Kaur

The difficulties in India’s renewable payment safeguards

An electricity distribution company sources its power from generators through power purchase agreements. This agreement is only as good as the...

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Renuka V Sane

Bodoland Happiness Mission may not work in Manipur, but Manipur Happiness Mission will

Manipur must not become a permanent symbol of humanity’s failure. Let Manipur become a testament to humanity’s capacity to heal by choosing a...

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Pramod Boro

India is betting big on electric buses. Infrastructure, finances could hit the brakes

Running an electric bus costs less than Rs 8 per kilometre, against nearly Rs 25 for diesel. But building the infrastructure to support them is...

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Kushan Mitra

Gay men love women. That doesn’t mean they can’t be misogynistic

Gay misogyny is not some faraway demon one can shame into submission. If we allow it to pass unchecked, we’re biting the hand that feeds us, guys.

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Prasanna Bachchhav

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Ali G is offensive. That is exactly why satire needs him

Sacha Baron Cohen’s return as Ali G has sparked outrage. But in an age of AI slop and social-media sensitivity, we need comedy that still dares to...

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Harsh Tiwari

‘Nobody Wants This’ is a love letter to Judaism. It cannot keep Israel off-screen

Adam Brody, who plays a rabbi in Nobody Wants This, has sparked debate with his comments on Gaza, exposing a tension the show has long avoided.

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Tarini Unnikrishnan

Janhvi Kapoor took responsibility for Peddi. The makers must too

Peddi controversy exposes a familiar pattern: Indian cinema often makes women responsible for the male gaze they are placed inside.

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Samah Qundeel

MC Stan questioned women rappers’ anger. He should know what rap is built on

MC Stan has built his music around struggle, rivalry and aggression. So why question women rappers for bringing their own anger to hip-hop?

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Triya Gulati

Indian American poll candidates are eyeing Capitol Hill. Step 1 is local politics

The community’s transition from boardroom influence to public office involves more than transferring managerial expertise into government. It...

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R Suryamurthy

India-US defence ties has big ambitions. New Delhi must turn them into military strength

A stronger India can help maintain regional balance, but cooperation with the US must serve New Delhi’s security interests without assuming both...

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Monish Tourangbam

India is urbanising without a roadmap. It needs a better urban-rural handover plan

The Parliamentary Committee recognises India’s changing settlements but misses the larger challenge of preparing them for the rural-to-urban...

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Pallavi Laungani

Yes Bank’s bondholders won in court. Why are they still fighting?

If even a listed bank cannot be expected to give prompt and transparent effect to a judicial decision, what hope does an ordinary decree-holder have?

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Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah

Why India and Sri Lanka need a wildlife partnership

Diplomatic goodwill must be matched by appropriate facilities, veterinary care and sustained professional management. After all, our shared natural...

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Milinda Moragoda

India’s underwater archaeology must build institutional capacity. It can’t sustain on one-off projects

ASI’s revived Underwater Archaeology Wing has funding and new surveys, yet training, staff and institutional stability remain unresolved.

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Disha Ahluwalia

Rohit Shetty has what Bigg Boss needs—the courage to call out bad behaviour

Rohit Shetty has hosted Khatron Ke Khiladi for over a decade. His on-screen persona does not depend on being everyone's favourite person in the room.

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Triya Gulati

Janhvi Kapoor speaks for the girls who just want a champi, a kaftan and no male gaze

The IT-girl of Bollywood, the glam goddess, is just like the rest of us. Underneath it all she is just a girl who wants to go home and “de-glam”.

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Insha Jalil Waziri

Netanyahu won 53 seats on anti-Arab sentiment. The real unity bloc was Arab parties

Everyone’s claiming victory in the Israeli election, but no one has won.

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Janki Dave

Kashmir’s rulers always wanted to control its mosques. The latest sermon row is no exception

Kashmir’s political actors are following a toxic script they know by heart—and one that has repeatedly ended in tragedy.

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Praveen Swami

Bombs and attacks on police are not revolution but a form of madness: Patel on Bengal violence

In January 1950, then-Deputy PM Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel delivered a speech at a public meeting in Calcutta, condemning the widespread violence in...

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Vallabhbhai Patel

Why is Sabrina Carpenter silent on Nagpur’s plywood inflation? Desi Instagram wants to know

The only silence louder than Sabrina Carpenter’s on Nagpur plywood is that of Indian celebrities, who gleefully stayed quiet on everything closer to...

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Himanshi Aggarwal

Mumbai’s sea is not Times Square. Don’t put billboards on it

Mumbai has struggled to make its sea clean, safe and accessible. Now the Maharashtra Maritime Board wants to raise revenue through advertisements on...

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Tarini Unnikrishnan

India’s new silver import permit is the wrong kind of curb. Hits both investors and industries

Five months after India restricted silver imports to protect the rupee, the permit system still treats silver for a factory and silver for an investor...

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Sagari Gupta

Ringworm or not? How to tell if a rash is an infection

In darker skin tones, fungal lesions may look brown, grey, violaceous, or darker than the surrounding skin.

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Deepali Bhardwaj

Whose Bose is it anyway? Netaji relative’s Hitler objection cannot veto historical fiction

Chandra Kumar Bose’s anger over the Fauzi teaser deserves a hearing, but it does not make him the sole owner of Bose’s legacy.

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Tarini Unnikrishnan

Netanyahu didn’t win or lose Israel election. His security doctrine still emerged as the winner

Benjamin Netanyahu has much to celebrate. He fought anti-incumbency, proved most of the polls wrong, and has now got a partial certificate from his...

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Janki Dave

India should not be taken in by Rubio’s charm offensive

A refinery visit and business-first itinerary may signal pragmatism, but India must judge Washington by policy, not photo opportunities.

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R Jagannathan

Chandler Bing got his happy ending in FRIENDS. Matthew Perry never did in real life

The line between the actor and the character begins to blur when you find out that most of Chandler’s traits were not a performance but just a...

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Triya Gulati