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Pavan K. Varma | Why Hasn’t Full Statehood Been Restored In J&K?

Pavan K. Varma | Why Hasn’t Full Statehood Been Restored In J&K?

The current status of J&K as a Union Territory (UT) defies both the federal spirit and the democratic ethos of the...

5 July 2025 7:43 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Targeting Israel at Glastonbury, Kumbh of Music, Raises a Storm

Farrukh Dhondy | Targeting Israel at Glastonbury, Kumbh of Music,...

From IRA-linked lyrics to pro-Palestine chants, Britain’s biggest music fest stirs a storm

4 July 2025 11:36 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India, China, West: How to Trade With ‘Foreign Devils’

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | India, China, West: How to Trade With ‘Foreign...

Boosting growth and smart exports matter more than blocking imports or copying China.

4 July 2025 10:19 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Parag Jain as RAW Chief a Game-Changer in Indian Spycraft

Dilip Cherian | Parag Jain as RAW Chief a Game-Changer in Indian...

Mr Jain’s arrival at the top of RAW isn't just a routine succession. He represents a deeper recalibration

3 July 2025 9:02 PM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Trump’s ‘Hammer’ Create a New West Asia?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will Trump’s ‘Hammer’ Create a New West Asia?

To complicate matters, Narendra Modi’s India, too, enjoys close diplomatic and defence ties with Israel while viewing...

3 July 2025 8:42 PM IST

Devi Kar | Living in Unruly Times: How Lack of Discipline Can Prove Very Costly

Devi Kar | Living in Unruly Times: How Lack of Discipline Can Prove...

Faulty parenting, however, isn’t the only reason why young people lack discipline today. There are other factors which...

2 July 2025 9:04 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Air Power Flourishes Amid Fresh Conflicts Worldwide

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Air Power Flourishes Amid Fresh Conflicts...

No armament industry would want to see the end of this booming, lucrative market with instant extinction of the enemy....

2 July 2025 8:56 PM IST

Anita Anand | If Leaders Choose Death Over Life, Can They Really be Trusted to Govern?

Anita Anand | If Leaders Choose Death Over Life, Can They Really be...

A Finnish study found that adolescents worried about nuclear war were at increased risk of mental disorders five years...

1 July 2025 9:06 PM IST

Indranil Banerjie | India’s Space Dreams Soar With Shukla’s ISS Mission

Indranil Banerjie | India’s Space Dreams Soar With Shukla’s ISS...

Shukla’s space foray evoked the expected excitement back in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked that it was a...

1 July 2025 8:55 PM IST

Flashback 75 Years: Why Jan Sangh Was Formed by RSS, Why It Is Relevant Today

Flashback 75 Years: Why Jan Sangh Was Formed by RSS, Why It Is...

S.P. Mookerjee, in his statement to Parliament on April 19, 1950 said that he had “played a very large part in creating...

30 Jun 2025 11:01 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Socialist, Secular… or Not? Tussles over Constitution

Shikha Mukerjee | Socialist, Secular… or Not? Tussles...

The RSS may be obsessed with retro and restoring the past; the BJP can mimic the sentiments of its parent organisation....

30 Jun 2025 10:46 PM IST

Fabric of Progress - A Decade of Innovation, Inclusion and Identity

Fabric of Progress - A Decade of Innovation, Inclusion and Identity

This is not revival. It is reinvention. To build a Viksit Bharat by 2047, the foundations must reach beyond concrete and...

30 Jun 2025 12:42 PM IST