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Nirmala Sitharaman asked for a change that made finance secretary Garg quit the IAS

In ‘No, Minister’, Subhash Chandra Garg pulls the curtain back on how the finance secretary’s office functions and his interactions with politicians across the spectrum.

CAG missed out on examining demonetisation despite announcing that it would do so

Drawing on decades of insider experience, P Sesh Kumar's 'CAG: What it Ought to be Auditing' questions whether the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is truly fulfilling its constitutional mandate.

Assamese cinema was born in a tea garden. 1935 film ‘Jaimati’ was the first

In 'Assam Tea', Samudra Gupta Kashyap traces the development of the state's tea Industry and its socio-economic impact.

Even before the world knew Rabindranath Tagore, a Tripura king honoured him as ‘Great Poet’

The relationship of Rabindranath with four generations of the Maharajas of Tripura began in the year 1882. When seeking refuge from the intense grief...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee called Farooq Abdullah a langoor for his theatrics at the UN over Kashmir

‘Believer’s Dilemma’, is the the second part of Abhishek Choudhary’s biography of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In it, he covers the former PM’s life from 1977 to his death in 2018.

India’s brain drain powers Trump’s MAGA dream. Numbers prove the irony

In 'Secession of the Successful', Sanjaya Baru explores why Non-Resident Indians are increasingly turning into Non-Returning Indians.

How upper caste Hindus imbibed every privilege of White corporate America

In ‘Hostile Homelands’, South African journalist Azad Essa explores the origins of and connections between Zionism and Hindutva.

Rajesh Khanna was a mega star with 15 consecutive hits. Then Salim-Javed scripted his downfall

In 'The Dark Star', historian and bestselling author Gautam Chintamani explores the loneliness behind Rajesh Khanna's stardom.

Steve Waugh, Slater came to Kolkata Test with whiskey, cigar. Laxman, Dravid killed their joy

In ‘Indian Summers’, Gideon Haigh captures a century of fierce competition between cricket superpowers Australia and India.

When Apple CEO Tim Cook apologised to China in Mandarin & flew to Beijing for a secret meeting

In 'Apple in China', Patrick McGee analyses how the American tech giant helped build China’s dominance in electronics—and passively cooperated with an authoritarian regime.

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Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.