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Mauni Amavasya and the meaning of PM Modi and India’s restrained silence

In an atmosphere of global cacophony, India’s symbolic ‘maunvrat’ is the most effective instrument of diplomacy. It preserves New Delhi’s strategic ambiguity.

Why Nitin Nabin needs to chart a different path from his predecessor, Nadda

The big question is how actively Nitin Nabin will engage with the RSS. The Sangh was given his name as a fait accompli—for information, not confirmation.

PSLV is obstructing ISRO’s transition to a new era. Don’t delay its handover to industry

Space has a lot many more participants and stakeholders. Back-to-back failures hurt more today than they might have a decade ago because of this.

Ghost of the Commodities Controller—why India’s new financial law feels like the 1970s

A liquid commodity derivatives market is essential for clear price signals. By retaining discretionary government control, the Bill blocks its development.

Gambia taking Myanmar to ICJ on Rohingya issue. Why India must be cautious

By allowing The Gambia to serve as the sole litigant, the OIC ensured that individual states don't bear the diplomatic or strategic costs of direct legal confrontation with Myanmar.

The Effort to Stop AI Nudes Is Missing a Deterrent

There’s another kind of damage that is being overlooked in the discourse: what this technology does to the people who create these images.

In ICE protests, an opportunity for Democrats, but with red flags

Recent history should remind Democrats that the energy behind such movements can be fickle. The racial reckoning of 2020 is but one example.

Harmlessly mean is the new flirting strategy. It comes in 2 flavours—negging & rage-baiting

Most people can tell the difference between someone being harmlessly mean and someone who simply enjoys tearing down another person’s self-esteem.

BMW’s record 2025 sales show India’s young professionals are moving into luxury cars

Mercedes-Benz launched its first ‘assembled in India’ Maybach GLS for Rs 2.75 crore. Can India be a savior for big carmakers?

Mahishasura Mardini in Ghazni: Humayun’s Tomb museum exhibition offers unsafe truths

Italian archaeologist Laura Giuliano’s curation brings together the entangled histories of India, Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Iran and Italy, at a time when this knowledge is being deliberately forgotten.

On Camera

India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

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.