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Team India aren’t the new chokers. It’s stage fright that gets the better of them in finals

The consistency of the Indian cricket team has led to huge expectations. Our cricket-crazy population puts enormous pressure on its players. It leads to performance anxiety.

Can Ashok Gehlot run a good govt and yet lose elections? The big question in Rajasthan

Very few people in the state speak ill of Gehlot. Even BJP voters admit it: 'Kaam to kiya hai', before asserting, 'Lekin Rajasthan mein sarkar to palategi'.

Why did court martial verdict fall apart in Amshipora ‘encounter’ case? This was avoidable

I had cautioned in 2020 that the court martial must be carried out methodically so that it withstands legal scrutiny. That did not happen.

Israel isn’t the first to violate laws of war. But we owe Gaza an experiment in negotiations

The moral reality of war has two parts, the first being the reasons that it is fought for & the second the means deployed. Many par-for-the-course attacks are being called war crimes.

India’s digital economy isn’t broken. What is I&B ministry fixing by bringing OTT under it?

I&B ministry's draft Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill threatens to apply outdated TV regulations on the digital realm.

Stop gloating over World Cup loss. Indian team lost, not BJP

Priyanka Gandhi had stated that the day of the final is Indira Gandhi’s birthday, and therefore India would win the World Cup. Will the late PM then be named a panauti?

Pollution can make you age, ruin your skin in many ways

There are multiple pathways for pollutants to enter the skin — direct contact, absorption through hair follicles and sweat ducts, inhalation, ingestion.

BJP ‘win’ in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh is built on perception. Voters are falling for it

Opinion polls for Chhattisgarh changed the perception a month ago. The hands down Congress win in the two states became a neck-and-neck political battle.

India-Pakistan can become Israel-Hamas. Lesson is not to fight terrorism by force alone

The ball is now in the court of the US and the Arab States. Their combined effort can stop Israel's rampage in Gaza.

Sanjay Manjrekar to Gautam Gambhir, commentators failed too. But nobody’s talking about it

What the audience watching the 2023 World Cup at home often got from Indian commentators was patriotism in superlatives.

On Camera

Euphoria season 3 is an empty spectacle. Fans are upset, they want it cancelled

Euphoria's characters, who once carried moral ambiguity and emotional density, now feel like flat archetypes of the people they once were.

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

Aksai Chin for Arunachal: Ex-Indian Army chief Naravane backs revival of 1950s China offer on border row

Gen Manoj Naravane (retd) said in an exclusive interview with ThePrint that India should focus on having more experts who understand China's psyche and its workings

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.