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‘I feel like Salman Rushdie’ – Bangladeshi atheist blogger on the run has been hiding in India

Now that the calls for his killing have gone international, Asad Noor says he must tell the world about how radical society has become in Bangladesh.

Justin Trudeau is living in a world of make-believe. India has evolved, writes Manpreet Badal

For Khalistan sympathisers in Canada or elsewhere, the message is unequivocal: This is not the India of 1980s and 1990s, grappling with insurgencies or addressing separatist movements.

A dairy disruption is brewing in Indian startups—making protein without animal cruelty

Venkatesh Kareenhalli, a professor at IIT, is taking a different approach to producing proteins for human consumption that mimic meat. He is working with algae.

Why India won’t see women’s reservation in effect until 2039—it’s about trickery

Women’s reservation bill is less than precise, sub-optimal, and uncertain. But the history of such reforms tells us something: once enacted, it cannot be rolled back.

Palki Sharma is the unofficial ambassador of rising, angry India. Her list of foes is long

She writes a letter calling out Xi Jinping, 'cancels' New York Times and attacks the Soros cabal every night on Firstpost Vantage.

Duties, duties, duties. Modi is going back to the Indira Gandhi Emergency era

Speaking in the Old Parliament for the last time, PM Modi said the Central Hall of Parliament inspires us to fulfil our duties. Earlier, he had changed Amrit Kaal to Kartavya Kaal.

Trudeau looking for payback for his Indian humiliations. He can do Bhangra instead

Why is Trudeau treated in India, a country that has traditionally enjoyed good relations with Canada, as somewhere between a figure of fun and enemy of our national interests?

No signs of a looming pro-Khalistan insurgency. India needn’t fear the ghost of BKI’s Parmar

In 1984, Parmar succeeded in turning his low-grade marketing campaign into a movement due to political missteps in Punjab, which empowered Bhindranwale.

‘My story was good enough, but not me?’ Yashica Dutt’s five weeks of hell

In the middle of relentless hate and negativity, Yashica Dutt's identity — from Dalitness to queerness — has been peeled bare in the public eye. The controversy is now one big intersectional khichdi.

Haryana villager’s suicide has a 166-yr backstory: British crackdown in 1857 & a wound yet to heal

Rohnat was declared 'village of rebels' by British after 1857 uprising, and residents' private & panchayat land seized & auctioned. The struggle to find succour continues to this day.

On Camera

Sheikh Hasina battling ‘India Out’ campaign with Indian saree. But has she made it worse?

Hasina is unabashedly India’s best friend in the neighbourhood. But Delhi is hard put to match China’s deep pockets and big investments in Dhaka.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.