Noel Tata’s intervention on the subject of Chandra’s extension in the February 2026 meeting was contrary to the unanimous stand taken by Tata Trusts in July 2025 on the matter.
The key question before us is simple: Whose interest should guide food policy in India? The credibility of India's food regulatory system depends on the answer to this question.
Decline of Maoist violence should not obscure the possibility that discontent could resurface—whether as renewed insurgency, localised agitation, or any other form of resistance.
India is today immeasurably better resourced to make such bets than it was in 1950 or 1954. It has the credibility across divides that Pakistan can never quite claim.
The operating ideology that accessibility is unqualified good and that no peak should be beyond reach turns the mountains into something to be consumed rather than reckoned with.
Citing West Asia tensions & 44% jump in Saudi benchmark rates, Centre raises 19-kg cylinder rate but caps ATF hike, holds domestic LPG and auto fuel rates steady despite OMC losses.
Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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