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Putin is now a junior partner—Xi’s Moscow trip prepares new ‘blueprint’ for China-Russia ties

The focus on China’s peace plan for Ukraine is missing the point about the ‘new blueprint’ of China-Russia relations being built on Putin's growing dependence on Xi.

Mehul Choksi tale shows how legal systems make old pirate citadels a shelter for rich criminals

Five centuries after the high noon of the pirate kingdoms of the Caribbean, the story isn’t quite over. This is why the Mehul Choksi story is extraordinary.

Kalakshetra Chennai has a PoSH problem. Students fume, gag order imposed, art world shaken

Over a hundred students of Kalakshetra Foundation's fine arts college have been pushed to secret online forums to share stories of sexual harassment by the 'most influential person on campus'.

Kishida can’t dream of ‘open, Indo-Pacific’ unless India, Japan are tied on defence sector

Japan is a treaty ally of the US and hosts American bases on its soil. It has stayed true to its ideological affinities with the West.

92% of MLAs elected in past 25 yrs were men — what data shows about women’s representation in politics

New Delhi: When Nagaland got its first ever women MLAs this month — Hekani Jakhalu and Salhoutuonuo Kruse of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party...

Indian policymaking is good when cautious, botched when rushed. Learn from US banking crisis

India has done great in regulation because it took time to think things through. The US banking crisis should encourage Modi govt to avoid rush jobs like demonetisation.

BJP is planning its roadmap for 2024, even 2029. The opposition is still stuck in 2018

What’s the opposition doing a year ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election that didn’t in 2018? Essentially, nothing different.

Jailed for cow smuggling, dumped by VHP — Mathura gets a new star sadhu to pressure Idgah

Ashutosh Pandey shot to fame when he brought a 3-ft idol of Lord Krishna to court. He claims his Trust got the electricity at Shahi Idgah mosque cut.

India’s politics-business nexus not new. But it has entered a deeper phase with Modi

The Modani model demands a new theory for a State that is at once powerful and weak–powerful in its patronage and punishment but weak in its regulative capacity.

Kerala has a ghost houses problem, but the state just doesn’t want to get into it

Kerala government provides water and electricity to a million vacant houses. And it's running out of ways to keep the money flowing.

On Camera

Trump’s Iran blockade isn’t just about Tehran, it’s about China

The oil math is skewed against the White House. The blockade has a slim chance of working. Iran can remain defiant, and China unconcerned, longer than Trump can remain solvent.

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.

Warfare enters new dimension as Ukraine’s robot brigade records battle win against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a group of Russian soldiers surrendered to an unmanned battle group.

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.