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Anita Katyal | Why BJP Yet To Elect Head; Only Tharoor At Putin Event

Anita Katyal | Why BJP Yet To Elect Head; Only Tharoor At Putin Event

A new name has now been added to this list: V.D. Sharma, Lok Sabha MP from Khajuraho and former president of the party’s...

7 Dec 2025 1:09 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Amend Law For EC That Can Defend Democracy

Pavan K. Varma | Amend Law For EC That Can Defend Democracy

In its original incarnation — from 1950 until the late 1980s — the ECI was a single-member body, led only by a Chief...

7 Dec 2025 12:50 AM IST

REFLECTIONS | Will 28-point Trump Plan Lead To Peace In Ukraine? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

REFLECTIONS | Will 28-point Trump Plan Lead To Peace In Ukraine? |...

Ironically, neither Ukraine nor the world might have feared this larger global peril if Ukraine had not been one of four...

5 Dec 2025 10:02 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | No More Trials By Jury For ‘Lesser’ Crimes In UK: Will ‘Justice’ Be Served? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | No More Trials By Jury For ‘Lesser’ Crimes In...

Other dissenters quote the Magna Carta and reference the unwritten British Constitution, using arguments about well-worn...

5 Dec 2025 9:50 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | Ensuring Access, Quality As UGC Expands Scope Of Online Learning

John J. Kennedy | Ensuring Access, Quality As UGC Expands Scope Of...

The latest approvals were granted following a thorough vetting process. Under UGC-DEB norms, only institutions that meet...

4 Dec 2025 11:32 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Power Reset In Pak And Its Global Consequences

Syed Ata Hasnain | Power Reset In Pak And Its Global Consequences

Recent tremors surrounding Imran Khan’s uncertain fate, constitutional experimentation through the 27th Amendment, and...

4 Dec 2025 10:57 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Deft Global Balancing Vital As Putin Begins India Visit

K.C. Singh | Deft Global Balancing Vital As Putin Begins India Visit

Putin’s India visit highlights New Delhi’s balancing act as U.S.–China tensions reshape geopolitics.

3 Dec 2025 8:12 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Extensions Usual As Andhra Prefers Its Naidu-Friendly Administrators

Dilip Cherian | Extensions Usual As Andhra Prefers Its Naidu-Friendly...

Extensions, contradictions and cadre clashes define India’s admin landscape.

3 Dec 2025 7:52 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Indian Navy Comes Of Age, But Some Caution Needed

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Indian Navy Comes Of Age, But Some Caution...

The Indian Navy, however, has wisely gone on doing what others should have done with more intent and purpose for the...

2 Dec 2025 10:56 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Quad’s Relevance In Question As New Japan PM Takes On China Over Taiwan

Bhopinder Singh | Quad’s Relevance In Question As New Japan PM Takes...

In the midst of all this, the arrival of hardline nationalist and well-known China hawk Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s new...

2 Dec 2025 10:32 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Human Rights And India: Will Its New UN Role Aid Those Held Without Trial?

Aakar Patel | Human Rights And India: Will Its New UN Role Aid Those...

As programme coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Parvez helped build one of the...

1 Dec 2025 10:49 PM IST

Dev 360 | Is India’s Aspirational Trap Crushing Its Kids? | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Is India’s Aspirational Trap Crushing Its Kids? | Patralekha...

A gut-wrenching case which made national and international headlines unfolded just days ago when parents, students and...

1 Dec 2025 10:37 PM IST