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India’s start-ups are on fire, but unicorns can’t automatically spur growth

Economic miracles only happen when globally competitive firms tap into external demand.

Shahid Azmi fought for wrongly accused all life. His own murder case let down by Jamiat, court

With 372 hearings, 109 witnesses, and over 15 judges, Shahid Azmi's murder trial remains stuck in the same judicial bottlenecks that he mastered.

Kannada author Devanoora Mahadeva fills the silence, takes RSS head on in his 68-page book

Even as his book exposes the truth of the politics of hatred, Devanoora Mahadeva's critique of the RSS is not a replay of the secular ideological polemics.

Which is the real Shiv Sena? Thackeray & Shinde camps woo cadre in battle for ‘bow & arrow’

Eknath Shinde has been addressing Shiv Sena workers from across Maharashtra while Uddhav Thackeray is holding regular meetings with cadres at party HQ in Mumbai's Dadar.

Shiv Sena implosion shows things go easy when you drum up hate. Moderation is a nowhere road

Bal Thackeray built Shiv Sena as a party of grievances. His politics of division worked, and now Modi-Shah-BJP is taking it forward.

Savarkar broke monopoly of Nehru-Gandhi history books. Now there’s new appetite, wishlist

Hemchandra Vikramaditya, Maharana Pratap and Khudiram Bose are some of the new biographies in English and Hindi that reflect the changed political mood in India.

Russia-Ukraine war has brought Putin to the negotiating table. China has new plans for BRI

Moving cargo through Russian territory was one of China’s grand pivots under the BRI, but the war in Ukraine is making Xi think of alternative routes.

Not madrasas, not Pakistan terror camps, India’s blasphemy killers are products of toxic hate

Anti-blasphemy campaign in India isn’t being led by clerics. And accused in Udaipur and Amravati killings didn't have any religious education or ties to right-wing organisations.

What became of loudspeakers taken off temples & mosques by Yogi govt? Read on

School authorities are planning to use the loudspeakers in cultural programmes & rallies they have to organise as part of voter awareness campaigns and govt's pupil enrolment drive.

Catching elephants and folk songs on camera, Bhopal film festival mentors tribal talent

Tribal youths from across India showcased their films at the first Green Hub Central India Festival, touching various themes—conservation to folk traditions.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.