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Ukraine is holding a Global Peace Summit. Modi is perfectly placed to mediate

PM Narendra Modi has an opportunity to play peacemaker at the most important peace summit since World War II. India’s well-established relationship with Russia is the key.

Budget is Nirmala Sitharaman’s first order of business—reduce deficit or create employment?

The finance ministry could remove the GST compensation cess or subsume a part of it in the revised rates for such products. It would reduce overall GST incidence and boost demand.

BJP-RSS leaders have abandoned all ideologies for power. Hedgewar, Golwalkar would be shocked

RSS-BJP leaders as soon as they got close to power thirty years ago, were eager to shed their remaining inhibitions. Many original principles were abandoned when the Jan Sangh was dissolved.

Two different BJPs competed in 2024. The challenger gained, the establishment lost

The anti-establishment vote for the BJP in some states has partially masked the overall mandate against the national political establishment represented by the BJP.

Goa’s resentment toward outsiders and settlers is rising. Calangute tourist tax is a sign

After everyone has agreed that tourists have ruined Goa, over a round of afternoon urrak, things begin to get a little fuzzy.

Gyms are unsafe for gay men like me. Jeers, stares, and treadmill trauma

I don't want a hulking body; I want to be lean so I can wear a crop top. But my idea of fitness doesn’t match theirs.

China is wasting no time in the small reactor great game—India must act fast, work with US

The need of the hour is for India to forge an ambitious SMR public-private partnership with the US–the country that spearheaded the exception for India at the Nuclear Suppliers Group 16 years ago.

Disability should be Modi 3.0’s top priority. Focus on 6 key areas for reform

The latest workforce data reported by Nifty 50 constituent companies paints a worrying picture. Only five out of 50 companies have more than 1% PwD employees on their rolls.

Why Nirmala Sitharaman 2.0 is good for finance ministry, govt & even the economy

If corporate India and the stock markets want stability, and PM Modi wants someone who unquestioningly follows his directions, then Sitharaman is the right person for the job.

Drinking on Dal Lake isn’t just unethical—it snatches freedom, safety from Kashmiri women

Dal Lake is more than a tourist attraction. Kashmiris share a pious and intimate relationship with it.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

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.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

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?