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Budget 2026 numbers will be outdated within a month. This was avoidable

Budget 2026 will achieve many firsts, but future ones should be cast in a different mould.

India-Pakistan ready for lehenga diplomacy. Maryam Sharif has made the first move

Sometimes, we end up embroidering the truth as we overthink and overanalyse a fastidious lady’s personal wardrobe preferences for significant occasions.

What would it take for a European reset to succeed?

Insulted and bullied by Donald Trump, European leaders are asking where they go from here. The right choice isn’t to kneel or fight back, but to disengage.

India’s cheapest growth reform is in agriculture. Mustard shows why

Farmers are often characterised as risk-averse. In actuality, they are responding to a policy framework that mitigates price risk for a limited range of crops.

Governors walking out, agencies blocked—how to fix fraying Centre-state ties

From Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka to West Bengal, states are clashing with the Centre. Cooperative federalism needs revival.

India is the world’s first successful poor democracy

Most poor countries that experimented with democracy failed to sustain it. While some collapsed into military rule, others slid into one-party states or ethnic autocracies.

Atmanirbharta won’t save India in a tariff-driven world—hedging and reform will

India has to find a way to do business with US. It’s in New Delhi’s self-interest.

New Delhi prefers to look at Manipur as a horizontal problem, not vertical

‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

Mark Tully made me a journalist. The profession was religion to him: Satish Jacob

The death of Mark Tully means that India has lost a good friend. That's the end of the chapter on journalism, as far as I'm concerned.

On Camera

India must reduce its dependence on fertiliser imports before it’s too late

What worsens India’s dependence on fertiliser imports is not merely the volume of imports, but the inefficiency with which the country utilises them.

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.