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SubscriberWrites: Are the custodians of open economy taking a U-turn on climate change policy?

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is EU’s effort towards leading the world on climate policy. But we need to work out pricing mechanism, technological platforms, institutional framework, writes Neha Baid.

SubscriberWrites: Connecting IIMs with SAI: What Indian sports can learn from Japanese judo culture

In Japan, the sports system is built with purpose. It's not a coincidence that Japanese sports clubs are run by students, writes Prafull Kasture.

SubscriberWrites: Vaccination, Afghanistan, asset monetisation — Modi govt’s mixed performance on 3 parameters

The focus now is on managing public expectations not by foolish triumphalism but through actions like robust inoculation and lockdown phase outs, writes Shubhayan Bhattacharya.

SubscriberWrites: Central Bank Digital Currency is an idea whose time has come. But is India ready?

Digital currency is one step towards establishing a new-age, de-centralised financial system. India needs to be smart and willing, writes Vivek Sehrawat.

SubscriberWrites: A country of a billion auditors, the missing smart cities and DMK’s gimmicks

Subscribers write on creating ‘nuisance value’ for civic authorities, the missing action on promises of smart cities and the absence of ‘decency’ in the DMK government.

SubscriberWrites: Karnataka, UP, and Punjab – Why BJP can handle infighting and Congress can’t

While Congress commits harakiri by giving Siddhu free rein against Amarinder Singh, BJP has been able to handle its rebels better, writes Arup Polash.

SubscriberWrites: Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has put India in its most vulnerable position yet

India’s neighbours Pakistan and China have a strong influence on world affairs today. Then there is the radicalisation element, writes Col KL Viswanathan.

SubscriberWrites: US has lost its place as a world leader after Afghanistan pullout

Who will take the guarantee that no other terrorist attack will be launched on American soil from Afghanistan, asks Somil Pahuja.

SubscriberWrites: Gram pradhans’ petty salary, and how Hindu culture ‘knew’ about the only pair of stars that revolve around each other

Subscribers write on the low salary to gram pradhans, which can be a license to corruption, and the importance of the pair of stars – 'Vashista” and “Arundhati” – in Hindu marriages.

SubscriberWrites: What happened in Afghanistan speaks volumes about the double game Pakistan GHQ has played

Clearly, the idea of a Talib takeover was planned in GHQ and the steps to be taken were relayed to the negotiators in Doha, writes Arunobh Banerjee.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.