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India vs Pakistan military lesson from Ukraine — generals must let leaders know defence reality

India needs to learn the military lesson of Ukraine conflict: Rolling the tanks is a roll of the dice.

Heirloom recipes to home baking — 3 entrepreneurs are serving the Parisian experience in India

It’s expensive and makes no concessions for taste buds ruined by decades of exposure to artificial flavours and industrial quantities of refined sugar. But incredibly, it’s working.

Round the world with no tech or company, India-born sailor is risking it all for love of sport

Gaurav Shinde had to weather plenty of storms before qualifying for Golden Globe Race, which involves circumnavigating the globe without using any technology devised after 1968.

Between consent and coercion: The women powering India’s ‘desi porn’ revolution

From OnlyFans to devar-bhabhi web shows, India’s desi adult performers are monetising their own sexuality and capitalising on male desire.

Want to know about Ukraine-Russia war history? Start watching their films

The Russia-Ukraine war has a spillover into the film industry. The content represented in films like 'Donbass', 'Atlantis' deserves attention.

Inside story of how billionaires of big-brand pan masala industry got around an ad ban

Despite ban on advertisement and sale of pan masala and gutka, the industry's biggest brands and barons have thrived by using IPL, fancy commercials and Bollywood stars.

Dad stuck under Taliban rule, Afghan teen in Delhi masters powerlifting ‘to empower women at home’

Sajar, who moved to India with her family in 2013, won gold at the Delhi State Sub-Junior Powerlifting Championship on 5 March. She is now training for a national competition.

How Nehru’s friend Jayanti Dharma Teja went from Lutyens’ darling to international fugitive

Before Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Mehul Choksi, there was Jayanti Dharma Teja — scientist, shipping magnate, and alleged scamster who led the Indian government on a wild spin.

Accept 4 truths to counter BJP hegemony. They offer a formula to reclaim republic in 2024

The BJP may enjoy ideological dominance today, but counter-hegemonic politics has deeper cultural resources. If we are determined and intelligent, we shall win.

First Lady of ISIS, now ‘the other woman’ of US Rep, Tania Joya got lucky unlike many others

The question of repatriating ISIS members looms large—but if Tania Joya’s story is anything to go by, there was never a bomb under her burqa.

On Camera

This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.