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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicTaliban 2.0

Topic: Taliban 2.0

Building on Muttaqi’s visit, Taliban commerce minister in India amid tensions with Pakistan

New Delhi: Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, arrived in India Wednesday for a five-day visit, with a business delegation,...

India’s diplomatic shift with Taliban shows craftsmanship. It’s the age of pragmatism after all

It is always good to preempt an unpredictable Donald Trump presidency, but it makes better policy for India to have its own neighbourhood interests paramount.

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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.