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Sikhs in US don’t want Khalistan. It’s only used to get funds, votes at gurdwara elections

Jagdish Tytler posters to anti-Sikh riot speeches, religious sentiments are provoked at gurudwara elections in San Francisco Bay Area to garner votes.

Make-in-India iPhone story shows govt isn’t really reducing imports or helping produce cheap

Can India subsidise its industry to the same level as China? No. We just don’t have the resources.

India could have sailed August rain deficit but MGNREGS failing in water conservation

Govt must conduct an independent technical evaluation of actual success of the water conservation works in providing irrigation, especially in rain-fed areas.

Pakistan has new civilian face, but no foreign policy. Anwaar Kakar’s luxury trip abroad shows

The opulent lifestyle of Anwaar Kakar might be staged to influence other civilians to join Pakistan government ranks. Political players have no space here.

Vishwaguru or victim? Modi politics will have an identity crisis in 2024

We are back in the last century of the ‘Hindu khathre mein hai' slogan but with a crucial twist. The Hindu nationalist party has been in power for nearly a decade.

Who was the Gujarati poet praised by Tennyson? The man behind India’s age of consent law

Behramji Malabari got support from the government to translate the Hibbert Lectures to Sanskrit, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi and Tamil.

The dead of Nagarjuna Sagar tell why India needs greater adoption of ‘salvage archaeology’

The case study of Nagarjunakonda is comparable to the rescue efforts made in Nubia, Egypt. It paved the way for more such rescue operations in India.

17 years since Khairlanji massacre, Modi govt has a Dalit opportunity

Remembering Khairlanji is important because nations aren't just remembered by their economic prowess but by their commitment to the welfare of their most vulnerable.

Artillery is the king of battlefield but they must adapt now, move away from towed guns

Acquisitions being planned should cater for the battle field milieu of the next few decades, in which towed artillery may be a liability.

Servants of People Society, organisation that made Lal Bahadur Shastri a national missionary

Shastri got the moniker ‘Little Sparrow’ at Anand Bhawan — Vijay Laxmi Pandit first called him by this name for he was quite diminutive.

On Camera

‘Until Scheduled Castes get pen and stick in their hands, they will continue to be killed’

On 4 April 1968, Bansgaon MP Molhu Prasad delivered a speech in the Lok Sabha on the atrocities against the Scheduled Castes and their negligible representation despite reservation.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.