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Elon Musk was a founder of payments company PayPal, electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, maker and launcher of rockets and spacecraft. (Photo: AFP)

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | After Elon Musk in US, will UK too join New...

In Trump’s boasts about saving American taxpayer’s money there is a massive dimension of hypocrisy

7 March 2025 11:31 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Shoring up India’s flagging growth: Key govt challenge

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Shoring up India’s flagging growth: Key govt...

To be fair, Prime Minister Modi’s government has harnessed tax revenue well

6 March 2025 10:50 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Throwing the book at Buch! Old case, but new questions

Dilip Cherian | Throwing the book at Buch! Old case, but new...

And even inside Sebi, things weren’t exactly smooth sailing. Reports suggest that towards the end of her tenure,...

6 March 2025 10:37 PM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Chinese to Exploit B’desh, Myanmar Troubles for Foray Into Indian Ocean

Pradeep C. Nair | Chinese to Exploit B’desh, Myanmar Troubles for...

From Trump’s unpredictable policies to China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean, India faces critical geopolitical...

5 March 2025 11:21 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Tariffs, Ukraine: Trump’s Shock & Awe Rattles World

K.C. Singh | Tariffs, Ukraine: Trump’s Shock & Awe Rattles World

A live White House spat between Trump and Zelenskyy stuns the world, as US tariffs on Canada and Mexico raise fears of...

5 March 2025 10:19 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Row over delimitation: Will it alter the federal balance?

Shikha Mukerjee | Row over delimitation: Will it alter the federal...

Over the years, there has been a growing demand for a more representative legislature at the Centre and in the states

4 March 2025 11:30 PM IST

Former President Donald Trump (AP photo)

Aakar Patel | Trump’s real goal: To end conflicts in Ukraine, Mideast...

To begin, what does Donald Trump want? On the surface, it is hard to tell because he talks so much and so casually about...

3 March 2025 10:46 PM IST

Krishnan Srinivasan | Will Trump disorder lead to reset in global system?

Krishnan Srinivasan | Will Trump disorder lead to reset in global...

Mr Trump is a showman, a disruptor, a politician running on instinct and impulse

3 March 2025 7:43 PM IST

Kishwar Desai | Can Britain gain at America’s expense? Don’t fly; ride the Eurostar to Paris

Kishwar Desai | Can Britain gain at America’s expense? Don’t fly; ride...

Shakespeare still remains, after five centuries, the favourite playwright for the British artistes in the West End and...

2 March 2025 10:01 PM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | Making things isn’t just about making money | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | Making things isn’t just about making money | Sanjaya...

Young Bud has little time for such fatherly admonition. “What I see is a jealous old machinist who can’t stand the fact...

2 March 2025 9:34 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Kejriwal missing, Atishi holds fort; ‘ghost’ voters on WB electoral rolls

Anita Katyal | Kejriwal missing, Atishi holds fort; ‘ghost’ voters on...

In fact, the AAP leader ensured that he remained in the news when he refused to step down as chief minister even after...

1 March 2025 10:59 PM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The best literature festival I didn’t go to

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | The best literature festival I didn’t go...

Recently, when the good folk of the Dibrugarh University International Literature Festival (DUILF) asked me if I’d like...

1 March 2025 10:54 PM IST