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2000 days of Amit Shah in Delhi and how he’s more powerful than Advani ever was

The BJP president is now seen as the alter ego of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

There’s no UPA vs NDA in Telangana, yet it can prove to be the defining state for 2019

Neither the Modi magic nor the RBI-CBI issues are at the forefront in Telangana.

How Nehru and Yogi Adityanath differed on naming cities — from Chandigarh to Prayagraj

The story of renaming begins with the namkaran of India itself after Independence. 

This Asian nation might revive faith in democracy

Malaysia shows that demagoguery doesn’t have to be the inevitable consequence of elite misrule.

Want to see your dystopian future? Look at China

If people in China don’t recognise the danger of a snooping government, they might eventually be unable to protest against it.

Why covering the environment is one of the most hazardous beats in journalism

Journalists who cover environment are at heightened risk of murder, arrest, assault, threats, self-exile, lawsuits and harassment.

Remembering Rezang La, a poignant moment of military courage on the western front

In the darkness of defeat in the east, just over a hundred soldiers of 13 Kumaon fought the Chinese to the last man in 1962.

Pakistan’s Asia Bibi episode shows injecting extremists into politics is a bad idea

Imran Khan government's reluctance to confront clerical power makes its earlier promises ring hollow.

I asked Balasaheb Thackeray, “Are you a mafioso?” — and lived to tell the tale

Bal Thackeray was India’s only purely parochial leader. He was also his own brand manager and a man deeply in love with himself.

Respected judges & ministers, policing Netflix won’t make us sanskari

It is as if our courts and govt, having rid the society of all other evils, have taken up the onerous task of cleansing it.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

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.