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Pakistan’s solution for terrorism is to expel Afghan refugees – but it’ll only get worse

The seeds of war sowed by the ISI in 1973 have yielded a long, bitter harvest, which now threatens to overrun Pakistan itself.

India funding world cricket. And it’s riding on paan masala, tractor, rebar, deo market

Kapil Dev’s ‘Palmolive da jawab nahi’ ad was early sign of advertisers taping into the middle-class. Today, Indian cricket has a new base—small towns playing, funding, watching.

Haryana girls stood up against ‘predator’ principal. But parents, teachers pulling them back

A public school principal in Haryana’s Jind district allegedly turned into a serial predator, picking girls through CCTVs and molesting them in his office under the protection of a tinted glass door he installed soon after joining in 2018.

India has gone into data discomfort. Explains silence on Bihar caste inequality

Whether it’s economic status or educational and employment opportunities, caste remains the principal factor in India. The entire country needs Bihar-like MRI on inequality.

Indians have a toxic relationship with overwork culture. They are taught ‘work is worship’

The annual Rs 3.5 lakh package offered to engineering graduates by multinational companies implies that work may be considered worship, the ‘prasadam’ will remain insufficient.

In IIT vs BHU war, idea of a wall rises. Will it stop sexual attacks on women?

Since January, 8 women from BHU and IIT-BHU have reported being harassed. But two recent attacks have turned the campus into a volatile theatre of political protest.

Don’t romanticise Vijayanagara as the ‘last Hindu empire’—it has a side you don’t know about

Immigrant Vijayanagara warriors were focused primarily on enriching themselves. This is revealed by temple inscriptions in the Kaveri delta and the northern Coromandel plain.

Wild card to wildlife, Elvish Yadav has ‘systumm’ wrapped around his finger

When Elvish Yadav was booked for supplying snake venom to Noida rave parties, his career didn’t grind to a halt. Politicians, OTT, reality TV, and college campuses can’t get enough of him.

Chinese EV maker sold 5x what India’s whole industry did, and in 1/3rd time. What’s behind this gap

With its own EV market in a nascent stage, India could be an attractive investment destination because China's economy is slowing and Europe is looking to curb Chinese imports.

Beijing is neutral on Israel-Palestine conflict. But Chinese people are saying something else

The intricate and deeply rooted complexities of the Israel-Palestine conflict pose a formidable challenge to China’s intended role and ambitions as a peace broker in the Middle East.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.