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India needs to innovate in filling vacant hospital posts. Building new AIIMS alone won’t cut it

Right-minded reforms in healthcare are in place, but India should not end up in a situation where the surgery is successful but the patient is dead.

Lindsay Lohan to Asa Butterfield—Christmas movies never had it this good

If you’re looking for the perfect Christmas movie—a mix of Santa Claus, a Christmas miracle, and family—then include these 2022 releases that did fairly well.

Why Indian Car of the Year is the most trusted automotive award that everyone wants

When it comes to most awards, there is an inherent bias. The best way to minimise it is by having a diverse jury, which ICOTY has had for the past 20 years.

Why the iPad stands out as the next-gen computer for all—kids to professionals to elderly

With great software support, battery life, long durability, and simple UI, the iPad makes sense even 12 years after Steve Jobs pitched the original idea.

Pakistan can’t fight its real enemy Taliban so it’s turning to politically useful enemy India

The dossier targeting india and PM Modi might win Pakistan's establishment applause from nationalists, but it won't extricate the country from the minefields it has laid for itself.

Mumbai got tacky cut-and-paste makeover for G20 delegates. What it needs is proper facelift

Aamchi Mumbai is aching for a proper facelift — a few fillers, botoxed brows, chin uplift. Mumbai should never resemble an over-painted crone in shabby hand-me-downs.

Volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan relations causing spike in terrorist attacks, civilian deaths

The connection of the Taliban regime with global militant groups not only threatens regional security but also endangers Afghanistan’s own stability.

US is winning tech war with China. High technology is national security issue

There is no dispute between Democrats and Republicans on hobbling China’s rise even if they agree on little else these days

Why Yangtse in Tawang sector is the sore point China keeps returning to

While the Yangtse clash is another reminder of a tense LAC, defence personnel say they see it as a stand-alone incident and not part of a larger Chinese strategy.

End subsidies, handouts — what Budget 2023 must propose to bring deficit down to below 6%

Since her first budget in 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's approach is notable for growing realism, but she must bite the bullet on subsidies which ballooned in Covid years.

On Camera

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.