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As a Pakistani, I don’t mind Pathaan using my country to make a statement in India

SRK's Pathaan is an act of passion and great daring: looking the BJP government in its eyes and saying that Muslim actors will not give up on India.

Buddhist leader Master Hsing’s death shows religion still plays a role in Xi Jinping’s China

Beijing wants more interactions with Taipei’s main opposition ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, which can shape the region’s geopolitics—including US-China relations.

Turkey has a knack for picking the losing side. Erdoğan’s decline could change that

The earthquake has crystallised public anger against the President. Elections due this year could lead to secular parties coming to power.

The Lithium found in Jammu can fuel India’s green ambitions, cut China dependence

Lithium found in Jammu should not just be a ‘feel-good’ discovery. It must be used to develop the entire electric vehicle and energy storage ecosystem in India.

Governor Ananda Bose was turning tides in Bengal. Then he fired his principal secretary

After the major reshuffle, BJP members say Captain Amarinder Singh has been sent to the non-playing field and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been put on the waiting list.

Credit guarantee helps banks take a chance on MSMEs but funding defaulters harms taxpayers

Since MSMEs are important for growth and employment, we need to understand the causes of the credit gap before increasing our reliance on policy interventions.

Karachi and Comic Con not oxymoron. This Pakistani city has a subculture of anime

The Karachi Comic Con, in its fifth edition, has built a space for ‘geeks’ and ‘nerds’ in Pakistan to be themselves. And it featured blasphemy and Partition too.

Why are Delhi, Mumbai people fighting over city pride? You’re not Batman from Gotham

Indian cities are urban nightmares and it takes a high degree of meditation to fall hopelessly in love with them.

Why Putin met Doval and how India navigated US to buy Russian oil

PM Modi’s significant reliance on NSA Ajit Doval and their shaping, especially, of India’s neighbourhood policy, seems to have tipped the balance in Russia’s mind.

New IAF doctrine advertises aerospace power too much. It overshadows focus on core beliefs

The cutting-edge elements of the IAF are fraying. The operational strategy has to be anchored in what is going to be available; calling it aerospace is aspirational for now.

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.