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Coup rumours are circulating in Dhaka. Here’s why the army isn’t keen on it

Far from consolidating military authority, the coup of 1975 ushered in a brutal power struggle within its ranks.

Punjab’s war on drugs is an asymmetric fight. Poor infra, not enough doctors or data

Punjab reported 33,000 drug-related cases between 2022 & 2024, second only to Kerala. While a police crackdown is limited to choking the supply of drugs, the demand remains intact.

God’s own country is high on MDMA. Kerala school, college students flood rehabs

Police, politicians and priests have amped up their efforts in recent months. From Operation D-Hunt to Operation Clean Slate, the state has intensified drug raids, crackdowns and seizures.

China rolled out the red carpet for Yunus. He should know Beijing offers no freebies

By inviting the Chinese companies to the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project, Yunus may have added an extra friction point in ties with India.

How big stars and bloated blockbusters are bleeding Bollywood dry

A Bollywood obit may be premature, but the writing on the billboards is crystal clear. Industry insiders say 2025 is the year to watch for a reinvention.

Punjab’s booming de-addiction industry has spawned far greater threats—illegal centres, monopolies

Amidst a deepening drug crisis, Punjab’s crackdown reveals a grim underbelly of unlicensed de-addiction centres exploiting desperate families and flouting regulations.

MK Stalin, you’ve got it mostly wrong on delimitation

If the US and UK can keep delimiting constituencies decade after decade without upsetting the federal structure, why is it that only Indian politicians make a meal out of this issue? They must grow up.

KYC tyranny. This is how my father and many others are being harassed: Karti Chidambaram

Employment of third-party vendors to conduct KYC processes is another issue. They bombard customers with document requests, sometimes without a proper understanding of what is needed.

Back from RSS headquarters, PM Modi has a tricky choice to make—Trump vs Thengadi

Modi can’t let Trump’s words and actions dent this public image. Politics aside, agreeing to the US president’s demands would mean a repudiation of what Thengadi stood for.

Trump’s cutting aid to prisons housing Islamic State cadres. Thousands have already escaped

Failure by nation-states to implement policies that include and empower vulnerable young people lies at the heart of why organisations like the Islamic State are succeeding.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.