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Live Maha Kumb coverage, govt’s PR blitz—after stampede, misinformation trivialised failure

The public relations campaign for the Maha Kumbh stops at nothing. The message is loud and clear: A ‘dubki’ at Sangam is an absolute must for the...

yesterday 10

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Shailaja Bajpai

BJP made big promises in Delhi on disability rights. Now comes the real test

For Delhi’s disabled community, the pursuit of equity continues—this time with renewed optimism under the new government. Will it rise to the...

yesterday 10

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Arman Ali

Ranveer Allahbadia fought Left cancel culture. And yet, the Right came after him

These hypocrites give comedy a bad name, but no Indian citizen should have the full weight of the state used against them over a joke, no matter...

yesterday 3

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Vir Sanghvi

Tamil Nadu govt is playing parent with new gaming restrictions. It’s misguided

The regulations don’t allow users to play online games from midnight to 5 am and require gaming apps to caution users indulging in uninterrupted...

yesterday 4

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Varun Ramdas

Was sati a British myth about India? Medieval memorial stones hold the truth

After Amish Tripathi and Bhavish Aggarwal questioned the reality of sati, liberals are claiming that the ritual was endemic to Hindu society....

yesterday 1

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Anirudh Kanisetti

Beijing has a chance to broker peace in Ukraine. It’s a Trump tactic, say the Chinese

At the Munich Security Conference, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi called Ukraine a 'friend'. This carries considerable weight in China’s...

previous day 10

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Sana Hashmi

Hasina’s Houses of Horror to Yunus’ Devil Hunt – is Bangladesh truly changing for better?

Bangladesh saw what Hasina’s ‘Aynaghars’ – torture and detention dens – looked like after Yunus visited them with media personnel and...

previous day 10

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Deep Halder

Al-Qaeda’s last Indian soldier is imprisoned in Pakistan. Is the long jihad finally dead?

It's unclear when Mohammad Usman, a former resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, was incarcerated. But being an anti-India jihadist no longer...

previous day 10

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Praveen Swami

India must rethink compensation for fraud & scam victims. Follow UK-Singapore model

In contrast to India’s short reporting timelines, consumers in the United Kingdom have up to 13 months from the date of occurrence of a fraud or...

previous day 3

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Ateesh Nandi

India must adjust minimum wages to reduce income gaps. It doesn’t have to harm jobs

The rising minimum wage has reduced wage inequality in India over the past two decades. These gains were achieved without adverse effects on...

previous day 40

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Saloni Khurana

India needs access points into Europe beyond Marseille. Ports in Italy & Greece are the answer

In a world where global supply chains are being restructured as geopolitical uncertainties reshape trade routes, India must rethink its access...

previous day 5

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Swasti Rao

Trump’s F-35 offer tests Modi’s Atmanirbhar pitch. We can’t buy our way out of tech race

We are throwing money at imports while slipping behind competitors—China, certainly, but also Iran, South Korea, and Turkey—in technologies like...

previous day 9

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Amitabh Dubey

Ruling party MLAs drive private school boom—but not quality

Ruling party MLAs drive private school growth in India, but quality remains unchanged. Does political influence shape education more than policy?

tuesday 10

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Muneer Kalliylil

No level-playing field between BJP and Opposition. Democracies don’t function like this

India's Opposition is being asked to perform the herculean task of not only taking on a resourceful and ruthless BJP but also fending off a battery...

tuesday 10

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Sagarika Ghose

MAGA, MIGA, and Viksit Bharat—why India is on the rise in Trump 2.0

Can Team MAGA help Make India Great Again? Going by the energies and synergies of Modi’s American visit, it appears to be so.

tuesday 20

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Meenakashi Lekhi

Trump tariff diplomacy is reversing Modi’s protectionist decade

Import tariffs are not an economic consideration for the government of India anyway, with data from Budget 2025-26 showing that customs duty isn’t...

tuesday 9

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Tca Sharad Raghavan

Harley-Davidson shows India needs Tariff Commission. PMO is calling the shots now

India needs a transparent, institutional mechanism to look at both the short and long-term implications of tariffs. A nation must also protect...

tuesday 8

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Sanjeev Chopra

From Solar dos Colaços to Harvalkar House, Goan homes hold the stories of a dying era

Photographer Ulka Chauhan and author Heta Pandit's exploration of Goan heritage homes allow us to enter these spaces not as tourists but as...

tuesday 7

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Karanjeet Kaur

DEI created a new caste system in America and hurt economy

DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion – is about destroying society and aggregating power in a few hands by promising an ideal world that does not...

17.02.2025 10

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R Jagannathan

India-Bangladesh border friendship is under strain

The Bangladesh Home Adviser’s statement and BGB’s aggression toward BSF is problematic. It can disturb the equilibrium and cause innumerable...

17.02.2025 10

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Sanjiv Krishan Sood

India-US ties stuck in cute acronyms. Delhi must wait out the chaos

A US that makes peace with Beijing and leaves the Indo-Pacific to Chinese influence will harm New Delhi.

17.02.2025 10

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Rajesh Rajagopalan

Encourage IIT, IIM graduates to work in smaller towns. Decongest big cities like US, Japan, Spain do

By 2036, 40% of India’s population will reside in cities. This presents significant challenges—the problem isn’t the pace of urbanisation, but the...

17.02.2025 10

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Karti P Chidambaram

Delhi rail tragedy—no point blaming Ashwini Vaishnaw but no harm taking a cue from Naidu

It’s time PM Modi called up Chandrababu Naidu and asked how to replicate his CEO methods at the national level.

17.02.2025 2

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D.k. Singh

Global trade needs IMEC. Not just India-Europe, it’ll boost markets in Middle East too

US-India Joint Statement validates MoU for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor. It will be taken forward, albeit under a challenging...

17.02.2025 6

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Mohammad Jamshed

India has to choose between Russia’s Su-57 & US F-35 aircraft. IAF must get the last word

Made-in-India fifth-generation fighter will take forever to make. India can't stop defence imports.

17.02.2025 3

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Gen Mm Naravane (Retd)

Lalit Maken to Tahawwur Rana—India’s first extradition battle still poses tough questions

The Lalit Maken assassination case set the template for charges of police mishandling of evidence and poor investigation, which have stained many...

16.02.2025 10

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Praveen Swami

Young couples are reinventing first dates. Not coffee and dinner but Zumba, spa, pottery

The 20-somethings are trying out the A to Z dating trend, testing out potential partners through alphabetically curated dates. A for arcade, Z for...

16.02.2025 20

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Ratan Priya

Universities should develop personality, otherwise learning is worthless: C Rajagopalachari

On 8 August 1949, India’s last Governor-General C Rajagopalachari spoke about the state of higher education in India and its shortcomings at...

16.02.2025 8

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C Rajagopalachari

Nissan did too little too late in India and Honda is not coming to save it

Without Honda to save Nissan, it could very well be a Chinese manufacturer that rescues it. Just like Lenovo bought ThinkPad and Motorola, and SAIC...

16.02.2025 1

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Kushan Mitra