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On India-China disengagement, Modi must take Parliament into confidence. Just like former PMs

EAM Jaishankar’s Parliament statement should be a moment of celebration, but it has left foreign policy experts uneasy with the India-China disengagement.

Serendipity Arts Festival is inviting Panaji, its people to co-author a new cultural chronicle

Next week, Panaji will revisit London's Poems on the Underground tradition. In shuttle cabs moving between Serendipity Arts Festival venues, six poets will share verses through intimate performances.

The Assad regime fell due to its own failures, not geopolitical plots. Syrians face new fears

Even though Tahrir al-Sham has promised to protect minorities, and to crush transnational jihadist groups in Syria, exactly what comes next is impossible to predict.

Congress is a family WhatsApp group. New entrant is George Soros

How to derail democracy is a lesson taught in the Nehru Dynasty School of Politics. Rahul now has a sibling who will have his back in Lok Sabha when he starts his anti-democracy rant.

What caused potato crisis this year—and why Bengal’s ban hurts farmers, cold chain operators

West Bengal invoked the Essential Commodities Act to impose restrictions on potato's storage, trade, and transport. It pits consumers in Kolkata against those in Guwahati, Ranchi, and Bhubaneswar.

Budget 2025—three reasons your income tax isn’t going down

Income tax is such a steady and reliable revenue stream, and an increasingly vital one, that the government simply cannot afford to do anything that would curtail it.

Sukhbir Badal attack highlights SAD’s dilemma—endorse Punjabiyat or go back to roots

Realising the political cost of relegating panthic issues to the sidelines, SAD began turning toward Sikh religiosity, causing two of its prominent Hindu faces to leave the party.

Top 10 business moments of 2024—quick commerce, AI hype, and Tata transitions

Many other key events in the top 10 list could play out decisively in the weeks and months to come as competition takes on the level-playing field head on.

After Assad’s fall, Palestine is sidelined again. Trump might bring it back — for himself

Despite the clear, causal link between Gaza and Damascus, the resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict has emerged as a casualty of Syria’s collapse. But Trump’s narcissistic tendencies might change that.

Annamalai, Kishan Reddy, Vijayendra—why BJP’s war horses in South are running out of steam

Now that PM Modi is in his third term, perhaps the BJP is losing the will to fight in the southern states. It would rather consolidate its gains in the north.

On Camera

The Bengal voter is silent. Is it fear or quiet determination?

The silence may have to do with the state’s history of political violence. During the 2021 post-poll violence, BJP leaders 'ran away leaving their voters at the mercy of the mob'.

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.