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No matter our nostalgia for Federer & Nadal, numbers will always be on Djokovic’s side

After Wimbledon final, numbers will prove that in the three-horse tennis derby of our times, Djokovic is the first among equals.

Congress today doesn’t need a leader or an election win, it needs an ideology

Congress fought not only for India's freedom, but for many values. Support for Gandhi and Nehru came from that, not elections and power.

Why RSS has chosen to remind Modi-Shah of its key role in BJP’s big election wins

Manmohan Vaidya’s remark at an RSS conclave evokes a sense of deja vu. Remember Mohan Bhagwat saying 2014 election win ‘wasn’t about one man’?

Superbugs on the rise, India must regulate antibiotics to avert disaster

Since the 1980s, no new antibiotic has entered the market. We must safeguard existing antibiotics until viable alternatives are found.

Inter-caste marriage isn’t the problem, marrying a Dalit man is

An Indian Hindu male cannot bring himself to accept the fact that an adult woman has the liberty to love and marry as per her free will.

No three-tiered wedding cake, no mangalsutra: Single women a growing tribe in India

Single women are asserting their right to be taken seriously, creating their own sub-culture with books, movies and even organisations dedicated to them.

Indian media’s communal violence reportage needs to be consistent, not just show one angle

Delhi’s Hauz Qazi incident shows how media white-washes reportage when victims happen to be from the majority community.

Let’s not offer foreigners special treatment, because Indians can also up and leave now

Every time someone says we must offer foreigners reasonable tax rates or good business processes, one should ask ‘whose country is this anyway’?

Having limited Mahatma Gandhi to sanitation, Modi is ignoring his central message

On Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, what India should be talking about is non-violence.

Supreme Court’s rule for quota candidates availing age relaxation contradicts its own view

The relaxations are meant to bring the reserved category candidates to a level-playing field where they can also compete in the open category.

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Bengal’s high voter turnout is the insurrection of a spirit. Wait for true storm

West Bengal is sensitive to the BJP’s illegal immigration discourse—and Mamata Banerjee knew it would hit the Bengalis hard, given that many have their roots in Bangladesh.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.