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India must adjust minimum wages to reduce income gaps. It doesn’t have to harm jobs

The rising minimum wage has reduced wage inequality in India over the past two decades. These gains were achieved without adverse effects on employment.

India must rethink compensation for fraud & scam victims. Follow UK-Singapore model

In contrast to India’s short reporting timelines, consumers in the United Kingdom have up to 13 months from the date of occurrence of a fraud or scam.

Al-Qaeda’s last Indian soldier is imprisoned in Pakistan. Is the long jihad finally dead?

It's unclear when Mohammad Usman, a former resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, was incarcerated. But being an anti-India jihadist no longer guarantees gentle treatment in Pakistani prisons.

Hasina’s Houses of Horror to Yunus’ Devil Hunt – is Bangladesh truly changing for better?

Bangladesh saw what Hasina’s ‘Aynaghars’ – torture and detention dens – looked like after Yunus visited them with media personnel and victims’ family members.

Trump’s F-35 offer tests Modi’s Atmanirbhar pitch. We can’t buy our way out of tech race

We are throwing money at imports while slipping behind competitors—China, certainly, but also Iran, South Korea, and Turkey—in technologies like stealth fighters, drones, and hypersonic missiles.

Ruling party MLAs drive private school boom—but not quality

Ruling party MLAs drive private school growth in India, but quality remains unchanged. Does political influence shape education more than policy?

MAGA, MIGA, and Viksit Bharat—why India is on the rise in Trump 2.0

Can Team MAGA help Make India Great Again? Going by the energies and synergies of Modi’s American visit, it appears to be so.

Trump tariff diplomacy is reversing Modi’s protectionist decade

Import tariffs are not an economic consideration for the government of India anyway, with data from Budget 2025-26 showing that customs duty isn’t a key revenue source.

From Solar dos Colaços to Harvalkar House, Goan homes hold the stories of a dying era

Two books about Goan heritage homes, one by photographer Ulka Chauhan and another by author Heta Pandit, allow us to enter these spaces not as tourists but as witnesses to living history.

Harley-Davidson shows India needs Tariff Commission. PMO is calling the shots now

India needs a transparent, institutional mechanism to look at both the short and long-term implications of tariffs. A nation must also protect domestic manufacturing.

On Camera

The burden of being a successful Dalit

I have often felt that success for a Dalit person comes with a strange moral demand: be proof without being inconvenient. That is an impossible assignment.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

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.