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Shikha Mukerjee | India’s leaders must leave the world of virtual reality

Shikha Mukerjee | India’s leaders must leave the world of virtual...

Political parties fail to address economic hardship as India faces financial distress, joblessness, and rising inflation

8 Jan 2025 12:00 AM IST

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Indian-American Dream: So near yet so far, amidst row on H-1B visas

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Indian-American Dream: So near yet so far,...

Trump’s visa policy shift sparks uncertainty for Indian professionals amid growing concerns over immigration and local...

8 Jan 2025 12:00 AM IST

K.C. Singh | World on edge: Trump, tech, tariffs & Xi loom

K.C. Singh | World on edge: Trump, tech, tariffs & Xi loom

The year 2025 begins with Donald Trump taking the oath as America’s new President on January 20. The Economist...

7 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Places of Worship Act, 1991: What stand will Centre take at SC hearing?

Aakar Patel | Places of Worship Act, 1991: What stand will Centre take...

The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is a law to “prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to...

7 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Kishwar Desai | Meghan’s cooking show makes waves; Hasinas niece is in a fix over free flat

Kishwar Desai | Meghan’s cooking show makes waves; Hasina's niece is...

Happy New Year! If anyone was dreaming of a white New Year, then they have got it. It’s been a cold start for...

6 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

US President Donald Trump will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month, opening up a distinct possibility of a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: File | PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Can China & India restore Asian century momentum?

As we enter 2025, we also enter the last year of the first quarter of the 21st century. Twenty-five years ago, many...

6 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | How to avoid being spoiled by your AI

Shashi Warrier | How to avoid being spoiled by your AI

Christmas Day dawned bright and pleasant, and, as usual, friends dropped in. First in was a lady, a professor at an ...

5 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Manmohan peaked by 2009, elegantly faded into history

Pavan K. Varma | Manmohan peaked by 2009, elegantly faded into history

In May 2009, just before I was leaving to take over as Ambassador of India to Bhutan, T.K.A. Nair, the powerful...

5 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Is Modi making up for memorial mess? Why Kejriwal said he will pay priests

Anita Katyal | Is Modi making up for memorial mess? Why Kejriwal said...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent meeting with popular Punjabi actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh is clearly part of the...

5 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a primary health centre in Hyderabad on February 22, 2021, as Indias coronavirus cases passed 11 million. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The long trauma of Covid: Lessons should...

In November-December 2019, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) new coronavirus, also called SARS-CoV2 or...

4 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why I don’t believe in NY resolutions… And why, if offered ‘honours’, I’ll say no

Farrukh Dhondy | Why I don’t believe in NY resolutions… And why, if...

“I was cursed to be a liar So, people know what’s true The old, the young the entire Village attempts to...

4 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | India must rethink strategy at borders to contain China

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | India must rethink strategy at borders to...

With the dawn of 2025, amid the rising instability in our neighbourhood and beyond, India should take a fresh look at...

3 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST