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K.C. Singh | Will EU's Big India Trade Deal Sideline US Tariffs?

Her organisation functions as the EU’s executive branch, proposing laws, managing policies and enforcing the European...

28 Jan 2026 9:14 PM IST

WIDE ANGLE | Mark Tully And BBC Radio Synonymos | Saeed Naqvi

WIDE ANGLE | Mark Tully And BBC Radio Synonymos | Saeed Naqvi

I can put a date when Mark’s romance with Gillian burgeoned: April 1979. I was to accompany Atal Behari Vajpayee to...

28 Jan 2026 12:26 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Amid Geopolitical Fatigue, A Strategic Reset For India

Syed Ata Hasnain | Amid Geopolitical Fatigue, A Strategic Reset For...

The early years of the current decade offered India strong geopolitical tailwinds. Most Western capitals, particularly...

27 Jan 2026 11:57 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Rajasthan Follows Gujarat’s Lead In Creating Ghettos, Segregating Cities

Aakar Patel | Rajasthan Follows Gujarat’s Lead In Creating Ghettos,...

Apartheid means separateness and refers to the policy of South Africa of forcing the black Africans into ghettos. They...

26 Jan 2026 10:46 PM IST

Chandrajit Banerjee | Modernise Agriculture For A More Prosperous India

Chandrajit Banerjee | Modernise Agriculture For A More Prosperous...

As part of its recommendations for the Union Budget 2026-27, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has championed...

26 Jan 2026 9:54 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta and Amit Dasgupta | How To Navigate Global Politics In A Trump-driven Era Of Uncertainty

Pradeep S. Mehta and Amit Dasgupta | How To Navigate Global Politics...

Even the World Trade Organisation (WTO) needs to be recast to suit the preferences of the United States, without...

26 Jan 2026 12:47 AM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Governors As Agents Of Delhi? Let’s Scrap Post

Bharat Bhushan | Governors As Agents Of Delhi? Let’s Scrap Post

While previous governments at the Centre have also misused governors, the problem has become much more acute under the...

26 Jan 2026 12:25 AM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | Tricks To Make Those New Year Vows Stick

Shreya Sen-Handley | Tricks To Make Those New Year Vows Stick

How deep into January did your nuts-only-lunch/barefoot-hikes/grinning-till-your-cheeks-smart last? It’s merely human to...

24 Jan 2026 10:40 PM IST

Manish Tewari | The Reasons Why India Needs An Open Budget

Manish Tewari | The Reasons Why India Needs An Open Budget

The historical origins of this secrecy are deeply rooted in the exigencies of colonial control and, even further back,...

24 Jan 2026 10:21 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Take Action Fast To Deter Nepal From Going The Bangladesh Way

Bhopinder Singh | Take Action Fast To Deter Nepal From Going The...

Proud Nepalis would rightfully insist on their historic independence and not having been occupied/colonised by any...

24 Jan 2026 9:32 PM IST

Cabbages & Kings | What’s Behind The Rush Among Brit Political Leaders To Defect To Reform? | Farrukh Dhondy

Cabbages & Kings | What’s Behind The Rush Among Brit Political Leaders...

Another junior minister, Andrew somebody-or-other, followed Jenrick’s defection, giving Reform its seventh sitting MP

23 Jan 2026 11:29 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Lit Fests: Where Have All The Radical Voices Gone?

Shobhaa De | Lit Fests: Where Have All The Radical Voices Gone?

When I recall those heady early years of sitting glued in front of a boxlike television set watching Doordarshan’s...

23 Jan 2026 11:17 PM IST