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Why Theatre Commands must be accompanied by a Uniform Military Code

The differences on justice delivery among the individual Services exist mostly as a legacy of the British Acts from which the existing laws were derived.

Indian policymaking is good when cautious, botched when rushed. Learn from US banking crisis

India has done great in regulation because it took time to think things through. The US banking crisis should encourage Modi govt to avoid rush jobs like demonetisation.

What lies at the heart of Kerala raids on Asianet News? Journalists’ dual loyalty

At the core of the issue is an interview of a 14-year-old girl that was featured in Kannur-based senior correspondent Naufal Bin Yousaf’s series on narcotics.

BJP is planning its roadmap for 2024, even 2029. The opposition is still stuck in 2018

What’s the opposition doing a year ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election that didn’t in 2018? Essentially, nothing different.

Saudi-Iran deal shows bipolarity is back. India must let go of unrealistic multipolar dream

Beijing’s peace-building efforts are not surprising. It reflects China’s strength and regional powers’ desire to find alternatives to US dominance.

Mature, tenacious — Chinese media celebrates ties with Russia ahead of Xi’s Moscow visit

Both China & Russia have relied on bashing the US for its wars in the Middle East — and elsewhere — to justify their close security & economic cooperation.

India’s politics-business nexus not new. But it has entered a deeper phase with Modi

The Modani model demands a new theory for a State that is at once powerful and weak–powerful in its patronage and punishment but weak in its regulative capacity.

Western sanctions hurting China’s semiconductor goals. Xi must raise the stakes or give up

Advanced chips are often described as the oil of the future. The sanctions by US, Netherlands, and Japan condemn China to be a second-rate power.

Prince Dixits of social media are a nuisance on Indian roads. Modi govt must put a brake

The videos with people misusing ADAS, pretending that the car is driving itself, is truly shocking.

Look out for the women in Rocket Boys — Mrinalini Sarabhai, Pipsy show grit and grace

In the very first episode of the new season, Mrinalini Sarabhai shuts down a journalist more curious about her absence from Vikram’s rocket launch than her dance academy.

On Camera

I attempted UGC-NET thrice—was left with no option but to look for PhD abroad

The disastrous paper leak aside, the June 2024 NET brought in countless complaints from students regarding the quality of exam centres allotted. And the format shifted from computer based to the manual OMR.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.