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Royal, rich, Rajputi—Indian single malt whisky now global cool. A new culture being distilled

Radico Khaitan’s Rampur, Piccadily’s Indri, and Paul John are new breed of single malt whiskies—internationally acclaimed and India-made, exuding foreigner-friendly notions of the ‘Indian summer’.

Gujarati Muslims struggle to buy Hindu property. Disturbed Areas law weaponises real estate

The Disturbed Areas Act in Gujarat mandates that property deals must be approved by the district collector in areas marked as ‘disturbed’. It’s a tool to segregate Hindus and Muslims.

PM Modi should avoid temptation of turning Interim Budgets into vote-getting tools

If Modi is confident about winning a third term, he must also use this opportunity to decisively bifurcate economic & fiscal policy from short-term aims of winning elections.

Modi asked ‘what next’ at Ayodhya. A new date, grander ritual for an official Hindu state

Ram temple has transformed India in its entirety. From party politics to cultural warfare, India or Bharat is undeniably Hindu today. Pluralism is just a colourful backdrop.

Ayodhya Ram temple a political game-changer for Modi, BJP? Pew survey on religion has answers

If religion is crucial in the lives of 80 per cent of Hindu non-BJP voters, the effectiveness of the Opposition's argument about the BJP mixing politics with religion comes into question.

This Indian watchdog is cleaning up ‘mess’ in academia—falsification, fabrication & fraud

India Research Watchdog founder revealed that top institutes are those with the most number of plagiarised papers. 58 papers by 12 top IITs were retracted between 2006 & 2023.

Three steps to resolve India-China boundary question — delimitation, delineation, demarcation

This unsettled frontier hurts China more than it does India, as it casts them in the light of the 'neighbourhood bully'.

Beijing is making inroads, Delhi is building fences. India shouldn’t give up on Myanmar

The real question for India is why it has allowed politics to mire strategically important states like Manipur in ethnic conflict, sabotaging its hopes of completing Asian Highway 1.

Male gaze has met its match. Women writers are rewriting Bollywood, Aarya to Rocky Aur Rani

A growing tribe of women screenwriters, through the female gaze, are creating nuanced characters that defy tropes and telling richer, more layered stories as a result.

Noida is NCR’s nursery city. New entrepreneurs wield khurpis, apps, chat groups

Peer pressure is driving the desire for plants in Delhi, Noida, & Gurugram. Balconies have become competitive display spaces—the greener the balcony, the greener the envy of neighbours.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.