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Pradeep S. Mehta | To Truly End Plastic Pollution in Global South, We Must Look Beyond Recycling

Pradeep S. Mehta | To Truly End Plastic Pollution in Global South, We...

Recent studies show that India generates nearly 10 million tonnes of plastic waste every year

3 Jun 2025 11:50 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is Trump’s America Back to 1940s’ McCarthyism?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is Trump’s America Back to 1940s’ McCarthyism?

The community of international students in America is barely 0.3 per cent of America’s population of 337 million....

2 Jun 2025 8:35 PM IST

M.P. Nathanael | Basavaraju’s Death in Black Forest Op was Huge Setback to Maoists’ Movement

M.P. Nathanael | Basavaraju’s Death in Black Forest Op was Huge...

With the Maoist outfit in complete disarray and their morale at an all-time low, the security forces must gear up their...

1 Jun 2025 10:04 PM IST

Wasbir Hussain | Yunus Derails B’desh with ‘Anti-India’, Islamist Line?

Wasbir Hussain | Yunus Derails B’desh with ‘Anti-India’, Islamist...

The big question is: Can Muhammad Yunus hold on to power simply with his anti-India posturing and backing Islamists? The...

1 Jun 2025 9:53 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | Faith, Identity and the Pain of Immigration

Shashi Warrier | Faith, Identity and the Pain of Immigration

There’s no evidence that Rohingyas or Bangladeshi immigrants have any more criminal tendencies than the rest of us,” Mrs...

31 May 2025 9:53 PM IST

Manish Tewari | US Back-Channeling in the Indo-Pak Dynamic

Manish Tewari | US Back-Channeling in the Indo-Pak Dynamic

Back-channeling by third party or even parties in crisis management and mitigation between India and Pakistan is a...

31 May 2025 9:37 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Afghan Taliban & Baloch Issue: Fake Narratives can’t be a Solution for Pak

Bhopinder Singh | Afghan Taliban & Baloch Issue: Fake Narratives can’t...

A deadly cocktail of religious rhetoric with realpolitik under the garb of defending Islamic values legitimised...

31 May 2025 9:22 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘Paki-bashing’ in UK and the 2024 ‘Uprising’ which Swept Bangladesh

Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘Paki-bashing’ in UK and the 2024 ‘Uprising’ which...

Bangladesh’s popular movement is, in our times, unique for demonstrating that a people’s uprising is perhaps the greater...

30 May 2025 8:52 PM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Rohingya ‘Corridor’ Poses a Threat to India’s Northeast

Pradeep C. Nair | Rohingya ‘Corridor’ Poses a Threat to India’s...

A humanitarian corridor of such a kind would surely not be in India’s interest, given the potential that it holds for...

30 May 2025 8:45 PM IST

Devi Kar | How Teaching has Changed over the Years: Much that is Good in Old & New

Devi Kar | How Teaching has Changed over the Years: Much that is Good...

Teachers, and our expectations from them, have changed drastically, especially in the last decade, with the mushrooming...

29 May 2025 7:55 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?

Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?

Instead of being peevish about who from its side was put on the list of delegates by the government, the Congress should...

29 May 2025 7:46 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Shift in Tone: India’s Diplomacy Gets a Political Makeover

Dilip Cherian | Shift in Tone: India’s Diplomacy Gets a Political...

This hybrid diplomatic offensive — part old-guard gravitas, part new-age outreach — suggests India is hedging its bets

28 May 2025 10:11 PM IST