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Budget 2024 must further India’s clean energy goals. Climate change is an economic problem

The renewable energy ecosystem requires budgetary support, tax breaks, relief in import duties and tariff barriers to expedite development and attract necessary investment.

India’s Olympics outfits are tacky. Tarun Tahiliani was too busy dressing Bollywood

India’s sportswomen will wear saris, while male athletes have a kurta bundi set—both displaying the Tricolour. But there’s a way to wear patriotism with style, and this is not it.

India-US ties under Modi echo Nehru’s reluctance to commit. Hope consequences aren’t the same

The US wants a deeper security partnership with India. New Delhi is plainly uncomfortable with this and therefore dictating the pace like it always has.

AIADMK reduced to Gounder-Thevar outfits. Unite now or brace for more splits

2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections remain a challenge for AIADMK. If the ‘peace committee’ headed by MGR loyalists does not succeed, another split is imminent.

Trump assassination attempt is a symptom of easy gun access. It’s as American as apple pie

The question America needs to be urgently asking itself isn’t why Thomas Crooks wanted to kill Trump. It’s what needs to be done to keep guns out of the hands of others like him.

Jagannath temple Ratna Bhandar a monument to the legacy of those conquered throughout history

The ornaments found in the Jagannath Temple remind us how little we know of India’s treasures. It was the gold sink of the world for two thousand years, until one day, we lost it all.

SC alimony order settled a fundamental question—a Muslim woman is Indian first, Muslim later

Time has changed. The nation's leadership can’t be browbeaten in the manner it was done in 1985-86; old Muslim leadership has been discredited and is slowly disappearing.

Triptii Dimri is getting heat for steamy ‘Jaanam’. Only men can be proud ‘sex symbols’

In the song 'Jaanam' from Bad Newz, both Triptii Dimri and Vicky Kaushal wear revealing outfits, with him actually showing more skin. But guess who's been getting most of the hate?

Don’t drag BSF into beef politics. MoS issuing permit for ‘sacred’ cow is unqualified hypocrisy

The case of Union MoS Shantanu Thakur issuing permits for cross-border transportation of beef highlights BSF's dilemma in providing security to border residents while preventing smuggling and other crimes.

India’s national security doctrine is finally in the works. It must be debated in public

The NSD should be debated threadbare in Parliament rather than in the cloistered confines of a few think tanks and policy groups.

On Camera

Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

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.