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World-beating 55,000% surge in India AI stock fuels bubble fears

New Delhi: The world’s best-performing stock is turning into a cautionary tale for investors chasing outsized returns from the artificial-intelligence boom. Little-known until recently even...

Vande Mataram did not get dignity it deserved in Parliament. Discussion turned into debate

From coastal Andhra Pradesh to Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab, from bonfires in UP to midnight pledges in Chennai and Lahore, Vande Mataram was a war cry to galvanise people toward azaadi.

Sardar Patel’s legacy gets lost in Modi’s spectacle. PM makes it all about himself

Modi’s tendency to overwrite even Sardar’s name when it suits his image-building was evident in 2021, when the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera was renamed Narendra Modi Stadium.

Modi’s Kurnool visit is the 1st step towards rebuilding Andhra’s destiny

When PM Modi visits Srisailam and Kurnool on 16 October, the people will not just welcome a leader, they will greet the architect of a decade-long transformation.

BJP turned social media into its biggest asset. Now it’s the Modi govt’s biggest liability

The Modi government appears unable to shake itself free of X. It is increasingly pandering to social media outrage, a silent enabler of the monster it has itself created. 

How Modi’s call for self-reliance is different from Nehru’s

In his speech, Modi spoke about energy, critical minerals, electronics, defence and fertilisers. That is a more strategic approach than Nehru’s across-the-board one.

India’s diplomatic failures aren’t just Trump’s fault. It’s the price of Modi’s narcissism

The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an aggressive China.

PM Modi reaches Maldives for 2-day visit, President Muizzu receives him

Confident that India-Maldives friendship will scale new heights of progress in the times to come, PM says after reaching Malé.

‘Dressed as a sadhu, a Sardar, a hippie…’: Shah on Modi’s 19 months underground during Emergency

New Delhi: He dressed as a sadhu, a Sardar, a hippie, an incense stick seller, even a newspaper vendor to stay underground. That’s how Union...

Operation Sindoor was a win for PM Modi. His colleagues in BJP are undoing it

PM Modi has got his mojo back after Operation Sindoor. The only regret he must have is why he allowed his party colleagues to malign and denigrate our armed forces with impunity. Was politics worth it?

On Camera

Trump is tying his legacy to whatever happens in Venezuela

A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?

Wall Street carries big expectations this year after best run since 2009

The concern is not that 2025’s rally was irrational, but that it may be difficult to repeat. Outlooks remain anchored to AI investment and growth without reigniting inflation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

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.