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China’s 3rd plenary meet is more propaganda, less reform. Xi must address key challenges first

China confronts multiple challenges on the foreign policy front, further complicating domestic matters for Xi Jinping.

NPS-Lite can streamline welfare funds & pension schemes for the poor—with 2 key reforms

To widen pension coverage in the informal sector, India must use existing infrastructure to its full extent. The mechanism in place for the NPS can be used to implement other schemes as well.

Budget 2024 must further India’s clean energy goals. Climate change is an economic problem

The renewable energy ecosystem requires budgetary support, tax breaks, relief in import duties and tariff barriers to expedite development and attract necessary investment.

India’s Olympics outfits are tacky. Tarun Tahiliani was too busy dressing Bollywood

India’s sportswomen will wear saris, while male athletes have a kurta bundi set—both displaying the Tricolour. But there’s a way to wear patriotism with style, and this is not it.

India-US ties under Modi echo Nehru’s reluctance to commit. Hope consequences aren’t the same

The US wants a deeper security partnership with India. New Delhi is plainly uncomfortable with this and therefore dictating the pace like it always has.

AIADMK reduced to Gounder-Thevar outfits. Unite now or brace for more splits

2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections remain a challenge for AIADMK. If the ‘peace committee’ headed by MGR loyalists does not succeed, another split is imminent.

Trump assassination attempt is a symptom of easy gun access. It’s as American as apple pie

The question America needs to be urgently asking itself isn’t why Thomas Crooks wanted to kill Trump. It’s what needs to be done to keep guns out of the hands of others like him.

Jagannath temple Ratna Bhandar a monument to the legacy of those conquered throughout history

The ornaments found in the Jagannath Temple remind us how little we know of India’s treasures. It was the gold sink of the world for two thousand years, until one day, we lost it all.

SC alimony order settled a fundamental question—a Muslim woman is Indian first, Muslim later

Time has changed. The nation's leadership can’t be browbeaten in the manner it was done in 1985-86; old Muslim leadership has been discredited and is slowly disappearing.

Triptii Dimri is getting heat for steamy ‘Jaanam’. Only men can be proud ‘sex symbols’

In the song 'Jaanam' from Bad Newz, both Triptii Dimri and Vicky Kaushal wear revealing outfits, with him actually showing more skin. But guess who's been getting most of the hate?

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Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?