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Report leak, global headlines pinned Air India crash on dead pilots. But nothing adds up

Pilot associations in India and abroad have justifiably objected to how the report was spun. But not enough have asked: shouldn’t action be taken against those who leaked it?

Trump is wrong about Operation Sindoor. Not an ancient battle, it’s a war on terror

While Trump may not be aware of the region’s history, his remarks are no laughing matter. They summarise how the West views the recent tensions between India and Pakistan.

Pahalgam attack: Pakistan wants a never-ending war, let’s give it one

India needs to show Pakistan that terrorism has a price. It cannot murder Indian civilians and expect to get away with it.

I feel bad for AS Dulat—wrote a book to celebrate Farooq Abdullah, only to be disowned by him

Dulat served in Kashmir when he was with the IB and developed a close relationship with Farooq Abdullah. Since then, Delhi has used him for secret negotiations.

Is Trump being too radical in defying economic sanity? Think Narendra Modi and demonetisation

No American president has ever attempted to do anything this radical in the face of opposition from nearly every serious economist.

Indian taxpayers are paying for a clownish police investigation into Kunal Kamra

The Constitution was not written to prevent uncles and aunties from being shocked or offended.

We all lost the battle in SSR case. Courts, media, politicians won’t uphold our rights

It was Rhea Chakraborty who suffered in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. It can be you or me next time.

Digging up tomb doesn’t harm Aurangzeb. Shows our politics is primitive

The problem is not the movie ‘Chhaava’. It is how politicians exploited the emotions it provoked. The movie did not ask for Aurangzeb’s tomb to be vandalised, politicians did.

India has tariffs for 3 reasons. One is sheer stupidity

Trump may or may not like Modi on a personal level. But there’s one thing we do know about the US President: his approach to most issues is strictly transactional.

Modi-Trump bonhomie changes nothing for India. Get real, Hindutva fans

Trump is determinedly isolationist. He is not interested in being friends with foreign countries. He only wants to show Americans how he has whipped foreign governments into line.

On Camera

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Wang Yi to visit India this month, Modi to travel to China, Putin comes in later this year

PM could visit Japan on 30 August before heading to China. Sources say, bilaterals being planned with Jinping and Putin on SCO sidelines in China.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.