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From ‘Trishanku’ to a puppet – How Modi govt’s GNCTD Bill undermines Delhi govt

The GNCTD Bill negates the 2018 judgment of the Supreme Court and restores the Delhi High Court judgment, which had turned Delhi into a princely state.

Women don’t care for Delhi’s reduced drinking age — they still have to pay high morality tax

You can be 25 or 50, wear ripped jeans or a saree. If you are a woman with a glass in your hand, you are a threat to sanskar.

Coronavirus is back with a vengeance, only to find Indian bureaucracy has still not changed

SARS-CoV-2 virus has returned, with some of its variants more infectious than the original. Since 26 February, India's daily new cases rose by 258% and active cases by 163%.

Stop seeing Bangladesh as ‘East Pakistan’. Last 50 years are a missed opportunity

Let’s stop anti-Bangladesh rhetoric and calling their people ‘ghuspathiye’. It is time to take them along for the economic prosperity and well-being of our people.

Bangladesh at 50 — how it outpaced India on many counts & justified break-away from Pakistan

Bangladesh matches or bests India on many fiscal, economic & social indicators. Foreign aid is less than 2% of it GDP; it’s no longer Kissinger’s ‘basket case’.

Lloyd Austin’s Delhi visit upgrades India-US ties. Russia watching

From gaining hi-tech defence equipment to having increased say in Afghanistan peace process, India is set to benefit from closer US ties.

Why India shouldn’t use blockchain for GST. It will make planet hotter, for one

India’s GST system will not work better if carried out through blockchains — they can be as easy to manipulate.

Why PM Modi’s Dhaka visit is important & Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s fight for a secular state

Shekhar Gupta tells you of Mujibur Rahman who created Bangladesh and Modi push to repair ties with the country.

PMO and India’s external affairs ministry finally deciding on Sri Lanka, not Tamil parties

That India could abstain from voting in the UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka with the Tamil Nadu election coming up shows circumstances have changed.

Modi, Hasina must lay ground for borderless economy between India, Bangladesh

Be it geography, climate, economy or culture, Bangladesh, West Bengal and Northeast India form a natural sub-region.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

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.