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Companies don’t want mid-career women. That’s a missing middle in corporate India

At entry level, women make up 46% of the workforce in India. At the C-suite level, it’s just 19%. That means for every 10 women who start, fewer than two make it to the top.

‘Big jolt to IPS’—why SC order to end lateral entry in CAPFs is stoking unrest among cops

The Supreme Court has given its seal on treating CAPFs as organised services for all purposes, recommending progressively reducing the number of IPS officers deputed to the forces.

AIADMK led the way on caste census. History should remember that: E Palaniswami

Tamil Nadu has long stood as a beacon of affirmative action, with its unique 69 per cent reservation policy. That achievement was made possible by AIADMK’s political resolve and legal acumen.

India didn’t create Bangladesh. Shehbaz Sharif forgets how Pakistan sowed the seeds

In a nation where history is not studied, but staged, where tragedy is not remembered, but repurposed for applause, the ghosts of Dhaka are not laid to rest.

BrahminGenes Anuradha Tiwari has launched a war on caste census. ‘A betrayal by Modi govt’

Tiwari is attracting many like her—proud Brahmins wounded by India’s reservation system. Her followers are urging her to form a political party.

Threats to India are not over. Why it must build fortress-like defences

India should transform itself into Sindoor Durg, an impenetrable fortress, safe from multi-domain threats emanating from land, sea, air or cyberspace.

Op Sindoor setting the tone for Bihar polls—yet enemies & frenemies have Nitish Kumar on edge

For the BJP, 2025 offers an opportunity to finally fulfil its dream of having its own CM in Bihar. It would only be grateful if PK could repeat what Chirag Paswan did in 2020.

Maoism became irrelevant to India’s working class much before Basavaraju’s death

Adivasis supported Maoists sometimes for tactical gain or to avenge state violence, but had little interest in the project of making a revolution.

Sainik School to Operation Sindoor, Air Marshal Bharti is Purnea’s pride. ‘See! He is on TV’

As Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti briefed the nation on Operation Sindoor, it was a personal milestone for his family and friends in Purnea. ‘Our hearts are filled with pride.’

Ghost projects, geo-tagged photos—story behind Rs 71-cr MGNREGA ‘scam’ tied to Gujarat minister’s sons

Gujarat Minister of State for Panchayat and Agriculture Bachubhai Khabad says his sons Kiran & Balvant, both of whom have been arrested, supply construction material for work 'legally'. 

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

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.