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US-China ‘cold war’ over chips has a lesson — India needs more Dholeras

The US can deny India advanced technologies in the same way that it has denied nuclear technology and know-how of the F series fighter jets.

Govt not in business: Modi govt accounts for 72% of all disinvestment since 1991, data shows

Govt has earned Rs 4.48 lakh crore from disinvestment since 2014. With inflation factored in, this still represents 57% of all disinvestment proceeds since 1991.

Prastuti Porasor is Assam’s one-woman cultural powerhouse and a ‘hero’ for 2 decades now

Female-driven entertainment is often seen as an unprofitable venture. Prastuti Porasor’s work and popularity defies that logic.

In Pakistan, Djinns prove more powerful than the Generals. Stage set for a magical battle

Imran Khan was seizing closely-guarded military domains. The confrontation had become inevitable.

‘Extraordinary battle’ — How Col. Leena Gurav took on the Army 12 times in court, and won

The Supreme Court is currently hearing Gurav’s thirteenth case. If she wins, she could be promoted to the rank of brigadier and be in the reckoning to head the Army’s JAG wing.

YouTube is the new Mukherjee Nagar for UPSC students. Tutors are influencers

These ‘modern gurus’ are also hand-holding the students to tell them how many hours to sleep, and build their psychological fitness for the competitive exams.

Sunak, Braverman, Priti Patel are twice migrants. That’s why they close the door behind them

East African Asians in the UK are different from other South Asian immigrants. Their antipathy, almost amounting to hatred, towards ‘new migrants’ is a social fact.

Nehru’s Forward Policy remains a puzzle. But he had confidence in strong allies, soft power

Nehru sensed that Moscow’s disapproval of Chinese aggression with India and the Soviet ‘middle attitude’ of neutrality were indirect criticism of China.

India will be global benchmark in IT, data Bill likely next year, says Union minister Vaishnaw

Government had withdrawn Personal Data Protection Bill during Monsoon session this year.  Protecting users will be at core while drafting new legislation, he asserts.

Hindu upper-caste Indian media is a lot like White-dominated South Africa

Two surveys confirmed our worst suspicions about caste, gender, and religion across Indian media.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.