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Prashant Kishor’s prediction about BJP is bang on. India’s opposition has a lot to do with it

They say 'who needs enemies when you have friends like these'. For the BJP, who needs friends when you have enemies like these?

On climate change, China’s words and actions don’t match up

President Xi Jinping didn't attend the COP26 summit in Glasgow. But it's China's answer to its energy woes that is on everyone's mind – coal.

India’s 2070 net-zero emissions target is a far bigger deal than it sounds

If investment flows from rich nations into booming low-emissions sector, industries that seem hard to decarbonize now will be next to move. India’s path to zero is just beginning.

When Modi returns, photo of him with Pope Francis will stand out. Nothing else will matter

Modi leaves nothing to chance. Not when Goa elections are coming up, and India’s secular credentials are being questioned.

Why Ambani and Adani’s hydrogen fight will decide if India can contribute to saving the planet

Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani owe their fortunes to carbon, and yet it’s in hydrogen, where a complex contest between them could open a pathway to decarbonized economic growth.

Pakistan’s cricket win victory of Islam? Two-nation theory still alive, Muslims in denial

Deviant behaviour would continue to make innocent Shami a soft target unless Muslims understood their Indian destiny.

China’s hypersonic missile test got US, India racing. It exposes BMD vulnerability

What happens when initial nuclear weapons are fired? India must realise hypersonic missile is part of a larger power chase.

Why Sameer Wankhede cannot be both: Muslim and an SC. Read Constituent Assembly debate

The function of constitutional morality is to ensure the realisation of constitutional values, norms, and provisions, rather than facilitation of conversion.

Not just Global Hunger Index, India’s own govt data shows how worried we should be

The Modi government has questioned the methodology of the Global Hunger Index. But undernutrition is one of the leading factors of child mortality in India.

How world can force Taliban’s hand on women’s rights — bring more women to meetings with regime

Foreign delegations calling on the Taliban to discuss international aid should insist on women members. But first, women should comprise at least half of every foreign delegation to Kabul.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

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?