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India’s national interest demands better China ties. Don’t let West influence it

China’s dominant material position in global industry and trade make it an unavoidable factor in any rising power’s economic policies.

National Skill Mission is missing something key. Nai Manzil showed the way

Without school education, skill programmes are not very effective in enabling beneficiaries to enter the formal sector.

BNP chain of command is breaking down. It isn’t fighting culture of thuggery in Dhaka

For a large number of young Bangladeshis, the old is dead and it’s time to restart politics.

Jaishankar-Dar dinner stirred ‘siyasi’ romance in Pakistan again. No love, just vibes so far

Leading the pack of political romantics is former Pakistan PM Sharif. Blaming Imran Khan for tanking relations with India, he has urged both sides to ‘sit and talk seriously’.

Ramayana’s origins remain unknown. Archaeology so far is too limited to prove epic legends

The archaeological understanding of Ramayana and Mahabharata sites—their inception and evolution—is lost and unknown.

RSS has remained relevant for 100 yrs despite challenges. World now embraces its ideologies

Being a nascent organisation and its membership composed primarily of middle-class Hindus, RSS never had the financial wherewithal to combat the narrative set against them.

BJP set to best Chinese Communist Party again. What it takes to become world’s largest party

The CPC’s membership is likely to reach 10 crore by the end of this year, making it incumbent for the BJP to focus more on the missed calls if it wants to retain the tag of the world’s largest party.

US and allies boast of killing whomever they want, yet lecture India on morality

To believe that educated Indians will never question their government is silly. We question the government every single day. Currently, we are worried about how our spy agencies are run.

J&K civil servants must adjust to loss of power. And avoid Delhi-like CM-LG war

Civil servants in J&K will need to shift their role from being the primary decision-makers to implementing the policies and directives set forth by the new political leadership.

R&AW must answer why it tolerates poor tradecraft, recruitment standards, officer oversight

The alleged plot to kill Khalistan propagandist and lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had all the comic elements of an old-fashioned Bollywood cop movie.

On Camera

India has the digital edge to track female foeticide—record pregnancies, put families on radar

IMA president Dr RV Asokan’s statement calling for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination is more than just IMA’s obligation to ensure doctors’ ease of doing business.

Public sector bank stocks fall 20-30% from peak as investors face reality of falling profitability 

Driven by buoyant narratives & robust profitability in the past, stocks of many public sector banks rose over 400% since 2020. They have fallen sharply over the last few months.

After Modi, Rajnath Singh to travel to Russia in December, commission INS Tushil

INS Tushil is first of two stealth frigates being built by Kaliningrad-based Yantar Shipyard under $2.5-billion inter-governmental deal with Russia for four ships.

Sikh separatists & their gang wars in Canada are not India’s problem. Call the troops back

If Sikh separatists are a nuisance, it should worry their host countries. Should it bother India if they keep killing their own in gang rivalries and making their neighbourhoods unsafe?