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Young women are designing their own relationships. Love is now add-on, not operating system

This isn’t commitment phobia at play. If anything, it’s the evolution of it—with commitment curation.

India must fight terror but avoid being seen as acting at America’s behest: G Parthasarathy

On 19 June 2004, G Parthasarathy, India's former Ambassador to several countries, spoke at the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture, examining India’s foreign policy challenges in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Chhindwara’s Coldrif deaths show India’s dangerous irony—pharmacy of the world, failing at home

India’s pharmaceutical sector is valued at $50 billion. It has built its reputation on affordability and accessibility. The deaths in Chhindwara tell a different story.

In Great Game for Kabul, India plays a patient hand. Multi-alignment to compartmentalisation

Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...

Gaza deal is meant to ensure Netanyahu’s re-election and a Nobel for Trump, not peace

In spite of the Abraham Accords and other bilateral agreements with Arab countries and non-Arab trade blocs, many are sceptical about Israel’s long-term agenda for Palestine.

PoK burns with anger against Pakistani state. You won’t see it in Kashmir-obsessed Western media

The contrast between Kashmir and PoK is impossible to ignore. One side protests for food and electricity, while the other talks about growth and education.

RSS betrayed Jayaprakash Narayan. He failed to de-communalise it, died a broken man

Today, JP’s dream of ‘total revolution’ lies shattered beyond recognition. His ‘devil’s bargain’ with the 'forces of evil' cost India dearly.

India’s $44 billion space dream rests on getting SATCOM right

The Satellite Communication vertical is expected to contribute approximately $14.9 billion by 2033, with $12.7 billion projected from the domestic market and $2.2 billion from exports.

Nepal’s failure to recover Oli-era social media accounts shows how fragile the new govt is

When Nepal's Gen Z fought for reform, they didn’t expect its new government would be unable to secure its own digital identity.

On Camera

China has left Germany behind in in automotive sector

China is weaponising its control of the automotive industry, especially as the industry undergoes a tectonic shift toward electric vehicles.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.