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Has Bengal forgotten Left? After hat-trick of ducks, it can learn from Rahul Gandhi

Bengal’s Left parties landed 0 seats in 2019 & 2024 Lok Sabha polls as well as 2021 assembly elections. Rahul Gandhi-style yatras by young Communists may be their only hope in Bengal.

With right tweaks, Agnipath can be a global model for military & govt jobs

If the Agnipath recruitment model is applied successfully in the Armed Forces, it should be extended to all central government jobs, including allied services and CAPF.

Delhi dating scene has a lawyer-engineer fatigue. Diversify your right swipes

Navigating dating apps is as risky as trading stocks. It makes sense to spread our assets—school teachers, DJs or public policy nerds; diversity is important.

Communal spirit shouldn’t enter institutions. Don’t call AMU Muslim university, BHU Hindu—Nehru

‘The past holds us together; why should the present or the future divide us in spirit’, Jawaharlal Nehru said at his convocation address to Aligarh Muslim University students in 1948.

Why your Ladakh motorcycle diaries are incomplete without three cheers to BRO

I have seen first-hand the tremendous work being done by BRO. And I got a sobering reminder when I crested Khardungla at 17,982 feet on the way to Nubra Valley.

Rapid weight loss leads to loose skin. Hydration, nutrition, exfoliation can help avoid it

Skin retraction is a slow process—sometimes, non-surgical treatments can take up to two years to show a significant difference.

1984 Chennai airport bombing shows what happens when spies hijack foreign policy

Indira and Rajiv Gandhi, seduced by the power covert means could give, allowed Indian foreign policy to become untethered from consideration of its real-world consequences.

NTA was supposed to rescue exams from ‘Munna Bhais’. Now it’s part of the problem

National Testing Agency’s charter is to assess the 'competence of candidates' for admission and recruitment, but NEET and UGC-NET firestorms have put its own competency in question.

ED targeting Kejriwal, Opposition is bad politics for BJP. Data shows people not buying it

The central government’s credibility in fighting corruption has been lost. This is despite the fact that only Opposition leaders are charged with corruption.

PM’s 100-day agenda may have to jettison core issues for coalition partners

Matters of defence and foreign policy are important, but the new government must address widespread discontent in the country. This begins with investing in the rural sector.

On Camera

India’s amphibious operations depend on contingencies. Can the Armed Forces adapt?

The declassified doctrine outlines the framework for planning and execution of amphibious operations by integrating maritime, air and land domains.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?