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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
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Why are India’s best treasures still in England? ‘India can afford spectacular museums too’

India’s ‘Roots and Routes’ delved into a G20 showcase that displayed artefacts from different corners of India – Gandharan sculptures to Amravati and Chola bronzes.

Modi won’t visit cheetahs at Kuno. Their welfare comes first for him—NTCA Inspector General

Amit Mallick, Inspector General of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, clarified the circumstances that surrounded the deaths of 10 cheetahs in Kuno National Park at a Delhi event.

UCC to Modi’s return in 2024, Delhi book launch discusses an ‘inevitable’ Hindu Rashtra

In the elite world of Lutyens, speaking about the Upanishads was akin to having become a ‘sanghi’, said diplomat Pavan Varma at the Delhi launch of ‘Modi and India’.

Three women talk about love – desi, dissenting, disruptive

Debotri Dhar's 'Love Is Not a Word', which was recently launched in Delhi, has essays on love jihad, love as a Dalit woman, the Kama Sutra, and more.

Does a rose smell creamy, milky or sharp? Delhi gets a glimpse at the vocabulary of scent

At the launch of her book, The Perfume Project, Divrina Dhingra said that 'itr' is not as popular in India because it has 'a marketing problem'.

Bringing South Indian temple food to Delhi–ghee-laden pongal to peppery thirumalai champa

Chef, food historian and vocalist Rakesh Raghunathan conducted a multi-sensory presentation of faith, fasting and feasting in the capital.

Akbar’s Persian Mahabharata—foreign languages took Indian manuscripts around the world

Thirty-forty printed versions of these now-digitised manuscripts can be seen till 28 September at Delhi’s ‘Evam Vadati Pustakam’ exhibition.

Commandos, candour, criticism–what marked Hussain Zaidi’s ‘RAW Hitman’ book launch in Delhi

RAW Hitman, Hussain Zaidi’s latest work, came out of an interview with Lakshman Singh Bisht, who served as a security officer for Narendra Modi, LK Advani, and Rajnath Singh.

Eight step wells, 2 cities, 10 years—how collaboration revived crumbling Mughal ‘baolis’

Called ‘Restoring Stepwells, Reviving Life’, an IIC exhibition, which opened on 22 July and closes today, shows how eight step wells – two in Delhi, six in Hyderabad – were painstakingly resuscitated.

Govt not the only censor, market forces are too—Afwaah director Sudhir Mishra

Sudhir Mishra’s talk in Delhi straddled between the past and the present, the famed years of parallel cinema and the India of today.

On Camera

A 2-hour op, precise extradition—what Maduro’s capture tells us about modern US military

Despite multiple agencies being involved, the US could maintain a clear chain of command. This is something India should consider too, as it defines the theatre command structures.

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

S-300, Su-30 jets, T-72 tanks: Inventory of Venezuela’s largely Russian-origin arsenal

Venezuela also boasts of a diverse portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and being employed for kinetic purposes as well.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.