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India invoking Buddha to counter China. Why Modi should meet Dalai Lama and get Karmapa back

Since New Delhi cannot militarily reverse the border situation, it is now demonstrating Buddhism as a native religion to India, even though there are more followers in China.

Buried under Mt Annapurna snow for 3 days, no oxygen, Anurag Maloo made it with 3 miracles

A team with 2 foreign mountaineers entered the crevasse, and found Anurag’s body under snow. They presumed he was dead.

Seattle, California caste ban votes same as BJP’s Project Pasmanda. For US ‘model minority’

'We’ve hit a nerve and exposed a form of discrimination many never even knew existed,' said Aisha Wahab, Democratic Party leader, who proposed the legislation.

US spying leads China to drastically change espionage law. It means more control on citizens

Documents leaked by US airman Jack Teixeira show that America is gathering information through intercepting 'signals intelligence' of countries with which China interacts.

IAS officer lynched by mob. 30 yrs on, a statue, angry cadre, and a smiling CM with the killer

CM Nitish Kumar's decision to amend Bihar Prison Manual and facilitate the release of ex-MP Anand Mohan, the only convicted killer of Dalit IAS officer G Krishnaiah, has scratched old wounds anew.

Muslim men have found a way around Modi’s triple talaq ban—torture wife to give khula

The BJP in Telangana is confident the triple talaq ban has reduced cases of injustice and torture against women but the reality on ground isn’t that simple.

Ambedkar vs Jat king Surajmal, a battle of two statues — why a sleepy Rajasthan town is on the boil

Clashes erupted in Bharatpur's Nadbai after Congress MLA announced inauguration of Ambedkar statue at key intersection. Jats have opposed move, want statue of Maharaja Surajmal instead.

Private investment a shrinking slice of India’s GDP pie since 2012. It’s a vote of no confidence

Conventional reasons of low demand, capacity utilisation, access to bank credit, poor profitability aren't to blame. It's lack of confidence in economic management, say economists.

Poonch ambush had unmistakable Pakistani hand. But here’s why Indian govt is downplaying it

While questions about the Poonch attack remain unanswered, the incident must be seen within the context of the dynamics that emerged after 2019.

Indian PhDs, professors are paying to publish in real-sounding, fake journals. It’s a racket

Editors of lesser-known Scopus-indexed journals offer to publish papers for Rs 5,000. And for the right price, ghost writers will write an entire research paper for a ‘client’.

On Camera

How the Air Force’s Cheetahs and MI-8s gave India an edge in the race to Siachen

There can be no doubt that the Cheetahs and the MI-8s were the real sky messengers without whom there would have been no Operation Meghdoot.

Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever

IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.

Aerospace, defence overtake pharma to form chunk of Telangana’s exports. Next stop: aero-engine capital

At over Rs 32,000 crore in FY 26, defence and aerospace account for over a third of the state’s exports, beating pharma for the first time since 2014.

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.