scorecardresearch
Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicNational Interest

Topic: National Interest

CV and stature

What makes one tick as Rashtrapati, and what doesn’t, is determined by the incumbent. It’s for Kovind to prove sceptics wrong.

A people and their army

A clickbait Gen Rawat-Dyer comparison underlines how eminent post-colonial scholars missed out on the finest Army of this period: India’s

Conflicts behind conflicts in cricket

Judicial activism in cricket has bared open conflicts in serious areas such as financial markets.

Insecurity within

NDA's internal security balance sheet is now poorer than ‘spineless’ UPAs. It could break PM Modi’s momentum despite skilled messaging.

Of the tweeple, by the tweeple, for the tweeple

Social media can be dangerous if it replaces traditional governance, politics or debate.

One belt, one road to world leadership

China's superpower ambitions are out in the open. India must move on from its 1962 mindset & respond strategically.

Strong arm, over the cricket

Market forces have made Indian sports thrive. Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at its peak.

IPL vs drought — confusing competitive sport with nationalism

Hailing the ban on IPL matches in Maharashtra shows our perverse distrust of sports as a career of dignity and contempt for outdoor, physical culture.

Zeroing in on five myths

When you speak nonsense, you are told to get your head examined. But there are times when you do not even need to do...

Big cities, capital drain

Our biggest cities have continued to rot away in the last decade, but why should the future of India's urbanisation policies remain bleak too.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?