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How was BSF born? Pakistan’s plotting, Lal Bahadur Shastri’s swiftness

The limitations of guarding the international border with different state police forces became quite apparent after Pakistan’s 1965 military operation in India.

US & other nations will push for tripling nuclear power by 2050 during COP28. India must join in

Given India’s ambitious targets to expand its nuclear capacity, it should sign US-led declaration at COP28 to have a voice and advocate for its interests.

India knows Sheikh Hasina isn’t a perfect PM. Here’s why Delhi supports her while holding its nose

In many ways, Sheikh Hasina has stood out as a fierce beacon of hope. The Americans, on the contrary, aren’t impressed.

Fears of India’s founders are coming true. Governors are acting like viceroys

In a Constituent Assembly debate, Rohini Kumar Chaudhary argued governor’s powers could tarnish the Constitution ‘just as a piece of cow dung may spoil the whole vessel of milk’.

Big fat weddings are India’s soft power abroad, just like Bollywood. Don’t stop this export

Move over austere white church weddings, the ultimate Maharaja-style Indian wedding is the new goal of celebrities in the West.

Best & worst scenarios for Raje, Chouhan, Singh on 3 Dec—how they’re different from BJP’s

The BJP high command gave in to BS Yediyurappa in Karnataka recently. But they are better placed in Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh, where Modi wave sweeps the general elections, regardless of assembly polls’ results.

Telangana to MP, political funding is the bigger problem. But all the talk is about welfareism

Hidden in plain sight, it is not competitive welfarism but the emerging shape and size of the political order that has been glimpsed before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

India’s wicked resource allocation problem has an answer— break UP into smaller states

Uttar Pradesh is too big and corners resources by virtue of its size. It’s unfair to other states.

All wars must have an ‘end’. Lessons from Bangladesh, Ukraine to Israel

If the ends — the desired aims or outcomes— of war are uncertain or ill-defined, then there is every possibility of getting bogged down in a never-ending and unwinnable battle.

Mammootty’s Kaathal shows a language problem. What’s the Malayalam word for gay?

In 'Kaathal - The Core', the purposeful avoidance of homophobic slurs is a breath of fresh air. They are not even used to punctuate the discrimination faced by queer folk.

On Camera

Climate change doesn’t just affect poor people, farmers. Cities and banks aren’t safe either

In India, only 17% of public sector banks and 25% of private sector banks claimed to have an internal strategy for integrating climate risks into their risk management framework.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.