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Under new labour code, an Uber driver can be both gig and platform worker. It’s a problem

It is a great initiative by the Modi govt, but there are issues of overlapping definitions & how to make registration accessible to as many workers as possible.

BBC is swimming in poisonous waters. It needs to be truly impartial to survive

Twitter bans aren’t the answer to BBC’s bias problems. Correspondents should give due respect to counterarguments from outside the Left-liberal bubble.

Who should be first in line for India’s Covid vaccine? Lal Bahadur Shastri gave us a clue

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that 250 million Indians would be covered with a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine by July 2021.

Why some millennials just can’t manage their money

Several surveys show that financial literacy rates in Asia are far lower than in the US, Canada and the UK, and money management behavior is tightly linked to such knowledge.

Modi sells India Dream to world but sweeps ugly truth of rapes under the carpet

PM Modi may be a marketing maverick but the world is watching.

Why Pakistan will regret opening the door to radical Islamist parties

Pakistani politics may see a three-way tug-of-war between a middle-class populist, an aggressive military establishment and radical Islamists.

Hajipur to Delhi — Ram Vilas Paswan always made sure my camera caught his eye

As my camera followed him over the years, I got to know Ram Vilas Paswan very well and realised why the man from Hajipur was everyone’s favourite minister.

Arnab Goswami vs rest: How TRPs can be fixed, and why TV news is caught in a vicious fight

In Episode 589 of Cut the Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains the ongoing controversy surrounding TV news ratings in India.

Pakistan’s retired officers shouldn’t head civilian organisations. Military is only for war

Had Sandhurst-trained UK officers run British organisations they too might have failed like Pakistan International Airlines and Pakistan Steel Mills.

In a first, Saudi prince issues a harsh public denunciation of the Palestinian movement

In a television broadcast this week, Prince Bandar bin Sultan brutally laid out the failures of Palestinian leaders from over 70 years.

On Camera

New promo video by PLA Navy is a teaser of China’s deep blue capabilities

Rather than functioning as conventional propaganda, the video operates as a device for interpretation, subtly shaping expectations about future developments in China’s naval trajectory.

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

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.