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India Inc-Modi govt friendship is cracking. Lack of level-playing field just one reason

Smaller investors don’t want to enter sectors where India’s big corporate players are dominant, not for fear of market forces, but for fear of non-market ones.

AI-aided sextortion, ‘punishment rooms’ & cyber slaves: Inside Cambodia’s billion-dollar scam industry

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Walls as high as 15 ft run into every direction. Men armed with tasers and batons are on guard 24/7 to apprehend...

Retired Service members joining parties a matter of pride. It isn’t politicisation of forces

Many retired military officers have successfully transitioned to politics, bringing their leadership skills and experience to the public arena.

Bhakti to Babu Mangu Ram, where did anti-caste history go? Reduced to mere buzzwords

Political appropriation whitewashes the rich history and cultural complexities of anti-caste movements, manipulating them for vested agendas.

Last emails, long tea breaks, garden strolls—a day in the Maulana Azad Education Foundation

The minority affairs ministry and the Central Waqf Council want to pull the plug on the Maulana Azad Education Foundation, but it won’t accept the ‘obsolete’ label.

Who led Islamic State terrorists to Moscow? Hitler, Stalin, CIA all helped pave the road

After Islamic State-linked terrorists slaughtered over a hundred people at Moscow’s Crocus Theatre last week, Putin alleged that the West had pulled the strings.

Assam’s Pobitora sanctuary slipped through cracks for 25 yrs. Now it’s rhino vs villagers

The Supreme Court has blocked the Assam govt’s decision to withdraw the 1998 notification for Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. Now, villagers are worried they could lose their land.

OTT Chorki shook Bangladesh and West Bengal with its taboo stories. It has big India plans

In Bangladesh, Chorki's content has shattered conventions, sparked controversies, and set new standards for hyper-local content with global appeal. Now, it's making inroads in India.

India is going to have its least free & fair election in 2024. See these 5 indicators

So far what we have seen of the 2024 elections is enough to indicate that the continuous slide of democratic standards is headed toward breaching the minimum threshold of an electoral democracy.

Kerala student politics has even faculty scared. Violence reigns from Maharaja’s to KVASU

“If they attack us, we will attack back,” says Naasir, an SFI leader who was allegedly stabbed in college by opposition party members.

On Camera

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.