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Indian Lok Sabha polls show voters want a humble Modi. He must reinvent

Most world leaders would rather continue dealing with Modi instead of having to negotiate with a succession of PMs chosen to appease changing coalitions.

No Viksit Bharat 2047 without a national security strategy. PM Modi’s legacy on the line

It is time for the defence minister to take charge and formalise an all-encompassing national defence policy through the CDS, to transform the military with clearly defined timelines; just as China has done.

How Israeli intelligence went from excellence in 1967 to catastrophe in 2023

Michael Oren’s ‘Six Days of War’ portrays the former president of Israel, Levi Eshkol, as understated and under-appreciated. The man, however, ensured Israel won the war in just six days.

A new breed of civil servants under Mission Karmayogi will take India to Amrit Kaal goals

Mission Karmayogi aims to fundamentally re-engineer the mechanisms of traditional Indian civil services to create a responsive, transparent, and accountable governance structure.

Voters in Ayodhya have shown what it means to be Hindu. Indian-Americans must learn

Hindutva groups have entrenched themselves in a network of hate in the West. The 2024 general election results can change that.

New York now has a Ganesh Temple Street and Guru Nanak Way. The big Apple is South Asia-fied

A street name can’t save a neighbourhood. It is an acknowledgment that we have worked and lived in a place for a long time.

TV news must do what it’s advising BJP after 2024 results—introspect

A warning to traditional news media: change or the public will go for a changeover—people are looking for more than what you are offering.

2024 election mandate in UP is more against Yogi than Modi

The state government’s failure to address crucial issues such as unemployment, corruption and stray cattle caused noticeable dissatisfaction among voters.

Indian voters have defeated the hubris of populism

Democracy, which was looking tired and limp, messy and ineffectual, will now be fueled to function, debate, criticise, to live, to breathe, to speak.

Nobody should doubt Chandrababu Naidu’s determination. If anything, they should fear it

Naidu will prefer working with Modi to the opposition because he has the experience of dealing with—and of being duped by—Modi. This time, he has the antibodies.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

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.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

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?