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India’s much-maligned intelligence agencies are our only hope against terror attacks

Delhi blast can be the start of a terror campaign. It’s not just an intelligence failure.

TV reporters wandered through Delhi blast debris like a Sunday market. ‘Oh, there’s a hand’

Most TV channels called it a 'car blast' and then used 'terror attack' without explicitly calling it that— 'Terror angle being investigated.'

Bring odd-even back in Delhi. It has healing properties

I am not saying Odd-Even is the solution, but it's a long-term measure that should be normalised in cities choking from congestion. What's happening to our cities—not just Delhi—is unsustainable.

The math is clear — buying Russian oil is now a losing deal for India

India’s Russian oil purchases have effectively meant a transfer of gains from millions of workers in labour-intensive sectors to a few large refiners.

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.

Operation Sarp Vinash — the forgotten 2003 campaign that changed India’s fight against terror

Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

There’s a new M-Y formula at work in Bihar this time

The old M-Y, Muslim-Yadav, is clashing with a new axis.

Sitharaman’s eighth Budget faces fiscal headwinds — and a calendar dilemma

Barring her first two Budgets, Nirmala Sitharaman has always ended the year with either a lower fiscal deficit figure than what she had projected or by adhering to the target.

On Camera

How India’s Sparrows outsmarted Pakistan and conquered Siachen in 1984 Operation Meghdoot

The ‘Sparrows’—the signalmen of the Indian Army— were known for their swiftness and agility in establishing secure and reliable communication in battle zones.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.