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India may finally race forward in electric cars

Modi govt's new target of ensuring that 30% of all vehicles be electric by 2030 is a surprising & refreshing change.

Why Narasimha Rao is India’s most vilified, deliberately misunderstood and forgotten PM

Here is why, even though Narasimha Rao's style was so hopelessly understated as to amount to self-denial, his method was thorough and effective.

Abduct me, bully me, chase me out, but I still love Pakistan and won’t shut up

Pakistani columnist Gul Bukhari writes about loving Pakistan, but not blindly.

Pakistan doesn’t give citizenship on religion, but India is dangerously tilting towards it

Justice S.R. Sen's comment reopened an unfinished Partition debate about Hindus and Muslims in South Asia.

Sorry urban voters, election 2019 is all about wooing the rural Indian

The political theatre has shifted to rural India ahead of the 2019 election.

On Rafale, BJP is not corruption free but investigation free

BJP is finding it hard to defend Rafale deal on its technical and financial aspects, and thus turning to nationalism as a shield.

Naseeruddin Shah spoke up for Muslims, but dangerously alienated most of them

Naseeruddin Shah's comments, as well-meaning as they were, risk playing into the good Muslim vs bad Muslim binary.

The journey of BJP’s Sambit Patra from a trained surgeon to a nasty TV star

For someone who lives his life under studio lights, BJP's Sambit Patra is quite the mystery man.

Modi has a McKinsey-type plan for a New India. Question is, can he make it happen

By definition, anything that hopes to create a ‘New India’ in less than four years (i.e. by Independence Day in 2022) should invite scepticism.

Let’s ask why our former PM let Congress undermine his authority and that of his office

Shekhar Gupta asks why former PM Manmohan Singh let Congress undermine his authority and that of his office.

On Camera

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

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’.

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.