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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicAnti-corruption campaign

Topic: Anti-corruption campaign

3 years since launch, Lokpal is a non-starter. Complaints dry up, questions rise over intent

From ex-judge who resigned from Lokpal to former members of Anna Hazare movement, many say corruption watchdog set up in 2019 is 'toothless' — and this may have been the intention.

How the opposition can strike a balance between positive and negative campaigning

Neither Modi-bashing nor supporting Narendra Modi on everything will help the opposition. There's a third way.

Hassan Rouhani’s image is now nothing more than that of an Iranian scapegoat

If Rouhani couldn't alleviate the country's worsening political and economic problems during his good times, it's unlikely he can do anything now. 

Our Singapore fantasy

The upper crust in India do not particularly want a dictatorship, but a more controlled, less noisy, better-managed democracy. This is the new Indian elite's Singapore fixation.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.