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Thirteen-year-old K. Srija teaching other school children.

C.M. Singh | Could Anaemia Be the Reason Behind Low Performance in...

Experts call for better testing, treatment, and community awareness to break India’s anaemia cycle.

12 Nov 2025 8:40 PM IST

Dev 360 | Affordability, Not Identity, Real Crisis In India’s Cities | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Affordability, Not Identity, Real Crisis In India’s Cities |...

The urban poor have always lived on the edge, but now even the lower middle class and middle class are feeling the...

11 Nov 2025 11:39 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Questions Linger Over Delhi Blast; Centre Is Right To Act With Caution

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Questions Linger Over Delhi Blast; Centre...

Apart from the possible Pakistan angle, Indian authorities face the challenge of assessing the security situation in the...

11 Nov 2025 10:57 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Amidst SIR Row, Rahul’s Haryana Expose Jolts EC

Shikha Mukerjee | Amidst SIR Row, Rahul’s Haryana Expose Jolts EC

After Rahul Gandhi’s revelations, independently confirmed by the news media, the EC must explain who is “ineligible” and...

10 Nov 2025 11:44 PM IST

Aakar Patel | How Mamdani Won New York Despite Money Power of Rivals

Aakar Patel | How Mamdani Won New York Despite Money Power of Rivals

More than $40 million was spent by corporates backing Andrew Cuomo to paint Zohran Mamdani as a “terrorist”. They lost...

10 Nov 2025 11:25 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | US, West should be alert for Pak misuse of rare metals; and other dodgy tactics

Bhopinder Singh | US, West should be alert for Pak misuse of rare...

Islamabad now bets on rare earths to stay geopolitically useful

9 Nov 2025 9:53 PM IST

Sanjaya Baru | Trump the ‘Peacemaker’ Turns Into a Warmonger

Sanjaya Baru | Trump the ‘Peacemaker’ Turns Into a Warmonger

From Venezuela to Nigeria, Trump’s foreign policy blurs the line between business and war

9 Nov 2025 8:47 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Only Voters Can Purge Indian Politics of Crime

Pavan K. Varma | Only Voters Can Purge Indian Politics of Crime

A man who controls the local police, the legal system, development contracts, exerts patronage, collects rents, and...

9 Nov 2025 12:31 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Could Satire Ever Be Pro-Establishment?

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Could Satire Ever Be Pro-Establishment?

Pro-establishment art does the opposite of what art ought to do. It comforts the bully and disturbs the oppressed.

9 Nov 2025 12:06 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Elusive Allavaru Irks Congmen; Is Raghav Chadha Set to Leave AAP?

Anita Katyal | Elusive Allavaru Irks Congmen; Is Raghav Chadha Set to...

Raghav Chadha is no longer seen or heard, fueling speculation that he is exploring other options — which does not...

8 Nov 2025 11:57 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Did ‘Woke’ Ads in UK Trigger Racist Backlash Against Asians & Blacks?

Farrukh Dhondy | Did ‘Woke’ Ads in UK Trigger Racist Backlash Against...

Today on British TV and one will inevitably see ads with black males, possibly their white wives and their children...

8 Nov 2025 6:36 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Can India Really Afford to Trust America Today?

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Can India Really Afford to Trust America...

India, like most countries across the world, has little choice but to lump what comes its way that originates from the...

8 Nov 2025 6:21 AM IST