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Aakar Patel | China & US: How The Great Rivalry Of Our Times May Play Out In 2026

Aakar Patel | China & US: How The Great Rivalry Of Our Times May Play...

Under President Donald Trump, the US tried to bully the world with tariffs. China alone stood and punched back...

5 Jan 2026 10:09 PM IST

Sanjayovacha | New Delhi Needs To Reject Trump’s Donroe Doctrine | Sanjaya Baru

Sanjayovacha | New Delhi Needs To Reject Trump’s Donroe Doctrine |...

Given this history, it is not at all surprising that the United States is out to grab yet another oil-rich republic

5 Jan 2026 9:28 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Venezuela And The Return Of Strategic Enforcement

Syed Ata Hasnain | Venezuela And The Return Of Strategic Enforcement

Energy considerations nonetheless form part of this equation, though in a measured way. Venezuela’s oil reserves do not...

4 Jan 2026 11:47 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | The IndiGo Mess And The Misplaced Narrative Over Competition Law

Pradeep S. Mehta | The IndiGo Mess And The Misplaced Narrative Over...

The more serious question, however, is how the regulator allowed this situation to escalate. The transition was...

4 Jan 2026 11:31 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | After A Year Of Confusion, India Faces Hard Decisions

Pavan K. Varma | After A Year Of Confusion, India Faces Hard Decisions

The way in which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was carried out in Bihar, and now in the whole country,...

3 Jan 2026 11:22 PM IST

Anita Katyal | BJP Happy With Rise Of Priyanka? Digvijaya Issues Warning To Cong

Anita Katyal | BJP Happy With Rise Of Priyanka? Digvijaya Issues...

The BJP will obviously be hoping that the “Priyanka lao” demand in the Congress will create confusion in its rank and...

3 Jan 2026 11:04 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | A New Year’s Party That Ended Too Soon

Shashi Warrier | A New Year’s Party That Ended Too Soon

“We’ve realised the damage a serious general hangover can do on a working day,” said Raghavan, “so now we make it a...

3 Jan 2026 9:52 PM IST

Dev 360 | Reasons For Despair & Reasons For Hope | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Reasons For Despair & Reasons For Hope | Patralekha...

At school, children are told to celebrate India’s diversity. On the street, diversity is butchered with monotonous...

2 Jan 2026 11:10 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of The Nigerian Lottery & Other Scams On Web To Clean You Out | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of The Nigerian Lottery & Other Scams On Web...

Tir’s investigation began with an interview with the parents of a blackmailed young man who had taken his own life. She...

2 Jan 2026 10:19 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Trust Seasoned Hands, Not Sound Bites, To Smooth Delhi-Dhaka Ties

Dilip Cherian | Trust Seasoned Hands, Not Sound Bites, To Smooth...

Look at the depth of institutional memory India possesses. Former R&AW hands such as Amitabh Mathur, Amar Bhushan, Ravi...

2 Jan 2026 12:33 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Post-Trump India, World Must Rethink Key Policies

K.C. Singh | Post-Trump India, World Must Rethink Key Policies

Popular protests by young people displaced governments in Nepal, Bangladesh and earlier in Sri Lanka

2 Jan 2026 12:17 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Heralding Dawn of the Age of Robots in 2026!

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Heralding Dawn of the Age of Robots in 2026!

As humanoid robots rise, geopolitics fractures and the promise of progress turns unsettling

31 Dec 2025 10:12 PM IST