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Kargil shows Pakistan’s magnificent obsession of getting even with India  

Had General Pervez Musharraf pulled out old files and taken cognisance of terrain and logistics imperatives, Kargil may never have happened.

If there’s one food that’s timeless, it’s pasta

Pasta is the latest entry in the fast-casual food revolution.

High-tech insulin is still unaffordable for over 50 million people

Closer attention to value for money could ensure an adequate supply of affordable insulin to treat everyone with diabetes worldwide.

Goodnight Anthony Bourdain, rockstar of the culinary world

Anthony Bourdain was unapologetic about his food and his power to speak, a rarity in today’s world of glossy ever-smiling chefs.

Next blockbuster drugs should include existing ones

A growing crop of research, including a New England Journal of Medicine study, suggests there are gains to be made by better using drugs we already have.

What’s better for the country—India-based Maruti Suzuki or UK-based Jaguar Land Rover?

Full marks to NITI Aayog's vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar for getting it right with his company-ownership comment. But Maruti-JLR example is not the full story.

Anthony Bourdain never cocooned himself in the stereotype of a happy, smiling chef

Anthony Bourdain was never scared of speaking the truth on what he thought of chefs who were given demi-god status in television shows.

How engaging with the RSS brought double benefit – for the schoolboy me, if not Pranab-da

Pranab Mukherjee's calculated 'misdemeanour' gives me the perfect excuse, or news peg, to disclose a double favour granted to me by the RSS that my parents gratefully accepted.

If only Rahul Gandhi learnt from mother Sonia how to handle Pranab Mukherjee row

We need to wait till May 2019 to see if India requires the services of a man capable of managing contradictions, and clubbing nationalism and patriotism with plurality.

A message for the PM from ‘mentor’ Mukherjee’s Nagpur speech

The PM can hardly ignore the lesson in pluralism and nationalism from a man he professes to admire so much.

On Camera

Trump’s Iran blockade isn’t just about Tehran, it’s about China

The oil math is skewed against the White House. The blockade has a slim chance of working. Iran can remain defiant, and China unconcerned, longer than Trump can remain solvent.

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.

Warfare enters new dimension as Ukraine’s robot brigade records battle win against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a group of Russian soldiers surrendered to an unmanned battle group.

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.