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The forgotten story of how jihad plans failed in Ayodhya

Abdul Karim ‘Tunda’ hoped to unleash fire and blood across India, but lacked both the means and the men to do it.

WEF only pushes the agenda of MNCs that fund it. Don’t expect welfare from Davos forum

At WEF 2024, the five-day conference in Davos mainly focussed on how friendship rather than ‘efficient partnerships’ is driving trade and investment globally.

Mitigation alone won’t do. Joshimath showed India must prioritise climate adaptation too

India needs to expand its climate policy toolkit to include robust adaptation strategies. For this to work multiple policy actions will have to be taken simultaneously.

Iranian attack on Pakistan was more serious than 2017. Army struck back to rebuild image

From differences over the future and control of Afghanistan to Gwadar versus Chabahar ports, Iran and Pakistan are highly suspicious of each other. An added dimension is Tehran’s close ties with India.

‘Our govt walked on the path of Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Ji’ — PM Modi pays tribute to former Bihar CM

As Rashtrapati Bhavan announces Bharat Ratna for Karpoori Thakur, Modi pays tribute to the ex-CM on his website www.narendramodi.in, says he 'took a distinctly anti-Congress line'.

What Indians got wrong about the ‘70-hour work’ debate

The average daily time-use pattern doesn't reflect an excessive dedication to work by India's young adults aged 20 to 29.

Lalu, Nitish restricted Karpoori Thakur’s legacy. He was Bihar’s Ambedkar

The Modi government has posthumously conferred the two-time Bihar CM with the Bharat Ratna as it works toward realising his unfulfilled aspirations.

Modi has defined new ‘political time’ at Ayodhya. It’ll reshape our future public culture

Modi is not the first Indian Prime Minister who is invested in the idea of political time. Jawaharlal Nehru played a significant role in offering a powerful interpretation.

URL blocking won’t deter illegal crypto sites. A more participative approach required

A public-private partnership for supervision is also relevant to other industries where offshore operators evade local laws—such as online gambling and digital lending.

Ram’s triumph shows India will not accept the ‘Lords of Democracy’

India is reaching for the gods because we're in the most peculiar phase of modernity; it can be described as iconoclasm towards the gods and idolatry towards humans.

On Camera

What’s geopolitical recession? World seems to be heading for one

The long-term rise of China and the 'Global South', combined with a decline of European and Japanese economic power is driving a fundamental shift.

With defence push, India looks to capture markets in Africa beyond western Indian Ocean

India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.      

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?