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Mercedes to Hyundai—car audio has come a long way. A key feature to brave Indian traffic

Mercedes-Benz EQS 580’s Burmester audio system is the best amplifier-speaker money can buy.

Pixel 7a to Pixel Tab—Google hardware has arrived. But it still hasn’t got India market right

Google I/O 2023 showed the company’s efforts to transition Pixel from a quirky product line to something more mainstream. But it's still about five years behind Apple.

Karnataka election 2023 — eight lessons for the BJP, Congress, and all of India

Kudos to the Congress for maintaining an edge over BJP in public perception. The only solace for the BJP is that it’s out of power but not out of the state.

Sudha Murthy got caught in ‘Have camera, will shoot’ game. But more of that spunk, please

Sudha Murthy was only half-serious when she made the comment about her husband and Rishi Sunak. We need such a sense of humour in public life—just Mamata Di isn't enough.

There are pre-conditions in Special Marriage Act that same-sex marriage debate is ignoring

Recognition of same-sex marriage will eliminate legal differences between men and women, which is essential to sustain protective discrimination on the basis of gender.

BJP can’t win over Kerala by giving it a bad image. Best to leave the state alone

The Kerala Story is far from the truth. There is politics in Kerala, there is trade unionism, but incidents of violence have been few and far between.

Flawed as several global indices may be, prickly India can’t be overly averse to foreign criticism

The defective methodologies or bias in such indices facilitate sweeping denialism as a response. And while 'emerging' India isn't weak, it also can’t be blind to its systemic imperfections.

The soured love affair between Imran Khan and Pakistan Army is a ticking time bomb

Imran Khan’s arrest shocked the world and made leaders such as Jeremy Corbyn and Antony Blinken call for his release. Pakistan Army's once blued-eyed boy is now its biggest headache.

Muslims in India aren’t under ‘attack’. Making Atiq Ahmed icon of victimhood betrays reality

In a country where oppressed castes enjoy the benefits of quota, Muslims have their own personal laws, and waqf boards are urban landlords, Muslims can't be victims.

BJP started a pointless battle in Delhi, officers followed. Supreme Court verdict first step

The dispute between AAP and the Modi government is neither legal nor political or ideological. It was borne out of the BJP's inability to accept defeat.

On Camera

Don’t let anti-vaxxers weaponise AstraZeneca furore. Vaccines are safe—and we are the proof

Vaccines have eliminated two diseases—smallpox in humans and rinderpest in cattle. If they were killing one in 50,000 people, we wouldn’t be rolling them out across the globe for decades.

Strong showing by north, improved compliance — how GST revenue rose to record Rs 2.1 lakh cr in April

While April typically sees highest collections in a financial year, analysts say a host of reasons came together this time to lift total figures.

Army Dental Centre of Research & Referral celebrates silver jubilee

The ADC R&R is dedicated to providing high-quality dental care to soldiers, their families, and veterans.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.