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Bharat Bhushan | Why India More Unequal Than Sub-Saharan Africa

Bharat Bhushan | Why India More Unequal Than Sub-Saharan Africa

Direct taxes like income tax and corporate tax contribute less to the total revenue of the government than indirect...

14 Dec 2025 11:51 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | Amid Tariff Crisis, The World Trade Organisation Has To Be Revived Now

Pradeep S. Mehta | Amid Tariff Crisis, The World Trade Organisation...

It took many years of intense negotiations since the Havana Charter of 1948 to shape what we see as the WTO today. For...

14 Dec 2025 11:25 PM IST

AA Edit | Local Body Results A Blow To LDF

AA Edit | Local Body Results A Blow To LDF

The LDF was expecting a result that will power its ambitious target of bagging a third consecutive term in the Assembly...

14 Dec 2025 10:37 PM IST

AA Edit | The Messi Mess In Kolkata A National Shame For India

AA Edit | The Messi Mess In Kolkata A National Shame For India

Normally, such parades are held with a pride of place for the super-achievers in an open jeep or, better, a vintage car...

14 Dec 2025 10:26 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

Manish Tewari | Five Ideas To Fix Our Broken Election Machine

What is happening under the garb of SIR violates this principle fundamentally. The Election Commission is conducting...

14 Dec 2025 1:04 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Melody That Knows No Borders

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Melody That Knows No Borders

We’ve all met Balu. We will continue meeting him. Into our old age. Irrespective of which part of India (or the world)...

14 Dec 2025 12:48 AM IST

John J. Kennedy | Beyond American Dreams: Indians Doing A Rethink On Study Abroad Plan

John J. Kennedy | Beyond American Dreams: Indians Doing A Rethink On...

Over the last couple of years, that assumption has begun to crumble under the weight of policy unpredictability, lengthy...

14 Dec 2025 12:31 AM IST

AA Edit | Fitting Tribute to AI Godparents

AA Edit | Fitting Tribute to AI Godparents

From ChatGPT to chip races, AI reshapes work and thought while sparking global caution

12 Dec 2025 9:55 PM IST

AA Edit | Trump-Modi Call: Will Deal on Ukraine Benefit India?

AA Edit | Trump-Modi Call: Will Deal on Ukraine Benefit India?

Warm Trump-Modi call masks slow negotiations, fresh trade threats and global unease

12 Dec 2025 9:36 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Is It Time To Change Branding of IndiGo to ‘Indi: GoToHell’?

Shobhaa De | Is It Time To Change Branding of IndiGo to ‘Indi:...

Airline blamed for arrogance and mismanagement as stranded fliers endure turmoil

12 Dec 2025 9:20 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why, As the World Goes Crazy Over AI, It’s Best To Take It With a Pinch of Salt

Farrukh Dhondy | Why, As the World Goes Crazy Over AI, It’s Best To...

AI grows smarter, but risks rise with misinformation and engineered deceit

12 Dec 2025 8:38 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | From a Jail Cell, Imran Is Getting Under The Skin of Pak Military

Bhopinder Singh | From a Jail Cell, Imran Is Getting Under The Skin of...

In October 2019, while Imran was still the PM, the then designated director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence...

11 Dec 2025 11:32 PM IST