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Rahul Gandhi hits where it hurts: Farm distress could dethrone Shivraj in MP

Shivraj Singh Chouhan had presented himself as a farm leader all these years. But today, his government’s nervousness is apparent.

Doesn’t Priyanka Chopra know that only Muslims can be terrorists?

The outrage over the latest Quantico episode, which explores ‘Indian terror’, forgets the fact that in the show, Chopra is American protecting US interests

Thanks Miss America for ending the hideous swimsuit round. Now scrap the whole show

Miss America, Miss World, and Miss Universe pageants have drilled rigid beauty ideals into the collective psyche of women and men, generation after generation.

On his death anniversary, remembering the most interesting man I’ve met: Bhindranwale

No man in our post-Independence history has written this country’s present and future like Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. On this day, 34 years ago, died...

Sanitation as government programme or social change: What works better?

Outcomes of a government programme are limited to target achievements. Once a village is declared ODF, attention towards it is likely to reduce. This creates a risk of slipping back into old habits.

UGC’s graded autonomy for DU colleges gives primacy to management, not academics

The UGC scheme attempts to cut the colleges from the very umbilical cord, which has been providing them with the required buoyancy and vibrancy. In...

From cabbage to oil, inflation has many fathers

According to a Goldman Sachs analysis of the inflation facet that most threatens each Asian economy, exchange-rate depreciation has an outsize impact on India's.

Air India debacle shows Modi doesn’t get business

For a government that was supposed to be business-friendly, the Modi administration has shown little or no understanding of what businesses actually want, as proved by the conditions set for AI sale.

Justice Chelameswar’s legacy is fraught with contradictions

Justice Chelameswar’s stepping out as a leader of the collegium is important, but as a judge in NJAC case, he privileged the executive as central to individual liberty and the structure of constitutional institutions. 

Jute can be India’s answer to the plastic problem

The need of the hour is to put serious efforts to revive the jute industry and make jute products feasible alternative to plastics for the common man.

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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.