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Indians transfixed on gory details of Shraddha Walker murder case are losing sight of facts

For all the headlines that Shraddha Walker murder accused Aftab Poonawalla's crime has made and caught national attention, Delhi Police has its task cut out.

Silicon Valley’s honeymoon with wealth is ending. Employees are packing bags

Meta, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Netflix, and Patreon have fired employees in droves. And funding is drying up for tech startups in India too.

Morbi bridge dents not just the Gujarat model. It’s an infrastructure hole India can’t unsee

Incidents like the Morbi tragedy reinforce the Western world’s longstanding prejudice that India is crumbling with its creaking infrastructure and teeming population.

Twitter’s masthead has a new name—Elon Musk. What it changes for you

Musk does signal that he wants citizen journalism to flourish on Twitter and that local news outlets should get way more prominence.

Congress without a Gandhi gives party a chance to recreate the ‘double engine’ model

Mallikarjun Kharge's appointment to the Congress' top post makes the chair of party president accessible to all, and gives Rahul Gandhi an address to direct the complaints to.

Ambedkar to AAP—mass conversions still bristle Indian politics. Delhi event is nothing new

If one looks at mass conversions in India over the last four decades, a large number of Dalits are embracing not just Buddhism but also Islam and Christianity.

Gujarat Garba threats had been building up. But the ‘ruined’ celebration was unexpected

VHP and Bajrang Dal have been passing diktats against Muslims' entry at Garba venues. But things didn't change much on the ground—until police and politics got involved this year.

Congress choice for chief is between ‘think tomorrow’ Tharoor and ‘president not leader’ Kharge

As the Congress presidential election reaches its final stage, the onus is with the Gandhis. Will this be a new Congress or will the family writ continue to loom large?

Unlike Karnataka hijab row, Iran’s goes beyond Islam. The regime is under attack

The protests in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini have morphed into anti-government demonstrations with calls to end the Islamic Republic and remove Ali Khamenei from power.

Gyanvapi case reopens the politics of religion that Supreme Court had sealed shut in Ayodhya

Supreme Court in 2019 made it a legal and constitutional duty of the government to protect places of worship in India. But courts in Mathura and Varanasi have taken a different path.

On Camera

Iran and Israel don’t have free will to start a war. It’s contingent on geopolitics

The reasons for both sides preventing any escalation lie in the political and military context of the strategic situation in West Asia within the larger global geopolitical framework.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.