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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicNational Interest

Topic: National Interest

CV and stature

Shekhar Gupta -
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

Shekhar Gupta -
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

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

Insecurity within

Shekhar Gupta -
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

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

One belt, one road to world leadership

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

Strong arm, over the cricket

Shekhar Gupta -
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

Shekhar Gupta -
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

Shekhar Gupta -
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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.
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Opinion

Navarro to Loomer—Trump’s team is making India new frontline of MAGA politics

Keshav Padmanabhan -
It's a wolf pack unleashed on India, and Peter Navarro is leading it. The week gone by has been critical for Indian diplomacy amid the tensions with the US.

State control blocks India’s progress and exploits its people: C Rajagopalachari

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

Nuclear-propulsion systems to next-gen tanks, India draws up its 15-year defence wishlist

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: India is looking to induct hypersonic missiles, nuclear propulsion for aircraft carriers and warships, next-gen tanks, a variety of unmanned systems and...

National Interest

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?

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