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R&AW must answer why it tolerates poor tradecraft, recruitment standards, officer oversight

The alleged plot to kill Khalistan propagandist and lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had all the comic elements of an old-fashioned Bollywood cop movie.

Indian spy Vikash Yadav was fighting R&AW in CAT for his job while ‘targeting’ Pannun

Questions have arisen over how a junior officer, denied permanent appointment despite nearly 9 years in service and ongoing litigation, became involved in highly sensitive case.

Bharat Mata image, freedom struggle songs had videshi touch: Harvard Prof Sugata Bose

Sugata Bose calls it the ‘colourful cosmopolitanism’ and the ‘border-crossing possibilities’ of India’s nationalist freedom movement—where foreign influences could happily coexist with surging patriotism.

Waqf Amendment Bill isn’t radical enough. Reinvent or wind up

The near total absence of any visible charity by Waqf should bring us to its real character and organisational structure.

Justin Trudeau is rewriting Nijjar killing as a morality play. The real story is more complex

India is learning that lesser nations must pay a price for invoking the principles that govern the great.

Masjids, migrants, mobility. Himachal is becoming a new anti-mosque hotspot

‘This is a class issue that has been turned into a religious issue by Hindu organisations.’

If you believe the theories, Lawrence Bishnoi is doing what even Dawood Ibrahim couldn’t

Bishnoi was five years old when Salman was accused of killing the black buck. So either this was a formative childhood experience that led to a life of crime or this story is a lie.

JNU, DU, & AUD professors are rushing from classroom to court. VC office doesn’t listen

Academics aren’t just moving to court for issues of harassment or pensions. The Delhi High Court has even had to hear cases on faculty leave. ‘At least a judge listens to you.’

Working at India Post means being a multitasker—Chase new accounts, sell Gangajal, flags

At India Post, there is now pressure to open accounts, meet revenue goals, and attend frequent review meetings. The addition of Payments Bank has increased responsibilities.

To let China invest in India or not—an old economic problem has struck policymakers again

PM Modi has sought to incentivise manufacturing in India through PLI schemes, but the components have come mainly from China, with Indian companies only engaged in assembling.

On Camera

I turned up at Asha Bhosle’s door as a fan. She invited me home

The words she wrote in our autograph book echo in my mind now: 'Mar kar bhi jo jeete hain, wohi jeete hain'—The only lives worth living are those remembered long after death.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.