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What Gowda’s bed yoga and Nitish’s no-yoga may tell us about 2019

On the face of it, Gowda’s and Kumar’s responses to PM Modi’s yoga promotion project gave an impression of restless souls trapped in the wrong bodies. But are they?

Those opposed to Indira Gandhi were a special target of Emergency & so was I

"The rule of law was sought to be replaced by a politically dangerous principle that Indira Gandhi was indispensable. A situation was created for the party to rally behind her."

New video replay technology is taking football to a higher standard in the World Cup

The introduction of Video-Assisted Referees, know as VAR, to the World Cup for the first time this year is making players work harder on fair-play competition.

What the girl and the feminist inside me saw in Ocean’s 8

The powerhouse cast of Ocean's 8 is thrilling but let down by a minor inconvenience — a tokenistic plot. There’s a girl inside me who...

In Narendra Modi govt’s final year, distressed assets and bad loans ail banking sector

A gradual systemic failure of banking and financial institutions can lead to catastrophic collapse of our economy. Arvind Subramanian’s resignation this week as the Chief...

Want to save the planet? Take carbon out of the air

Deep decarbonisation can reduce carbon emissions by large amounts, but is extremely expensive, and no one is doing it yet.

Why is Modi govt imposing tariff barriers when India has gained so much from free trade?

Perhaps, it is time India starts acting like a major power and does more than just paying lip service to free trade.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern shows it needn’t be a career vs motherhood battle

Jacinda Ardern did not keep her pregnancy a secret. She is now the second PM after Benazir Bhutto to give birth while in office.

The grand opposition alliance will not work because it doesn’t have a Modi

The alliance is also unlikely to have a strong anchor party to act as the glue or a sufficiently comfortable majority

Swadeshi warriors celebrating Arvind Subramanian’s exit goes against Rig Veda

It’s not rocket science to understand why the best from across the globe aspire to go to the US and make the most of their talent.

On Camera

How the Air Force’s Cheetahs and MI-8s gave India an edge in the race to Siachen

There can be no doubt that the Cheetahs and the MI-8s were the real sky messengers without whom there would have been no Operation Meghdoot.

Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever

IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.

Aerospace, defence overtake pharma to form chunk of Telangana’s exports. Next stop: aero-engine capital

At over Rs 32,000 crore in FY 26, defence and aerospace account for over a third of the state’s exports, beating pharma for the first time since 2014.

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.