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AA Edit | How Indore Slipped Up

AA Edit | How Indore Slipped Up

The CAG report of 2019 had noted finding of harmful bacteria in water samples collected in Indore and Bhopal and pointed...

4 Jan 2026 11:59 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Venezuela And The Return Of Strategic Enforcement

Syed Ata Hasnain | Venezuela And The Return Of Strategic Enforcement

Energy considerations nonetheless form part of this equation, though in a measured way. Venezuela’s oil reserves do not...

4 Jan 2026 11:47 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | The IndiGo Mess And The Misplaced Narrative Over Competition Law

Pradeep S. Mehta | The IndiGo Mess And The Misplaced Narrative Over...

The more serious question, however, is how the regulator allowed this situation to escalate. The transition was...

4 Jan 2026 11:31 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.

Pavan K. Varma | After A Year Of Confusion, India Faces Hard Decisions

The way in which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was carried out in Bihar, and now in the whole country,...

3 Jan 2026 11:18 PM IST

Anita Katyal | BJP Happy With Rise Of Priyanka? Digvijaya Issues Warning To Cong

Anita Katyal | BJP Happy With Rise Of Priyanka? Digvijaya Issues...

The BJP will obviously be hoping that the “Priyanka lao” demand in the Congress will create confusion in its rank and...

3 Jan 2026 11:03 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | A New Year’s Party That Ended Too Soon

Shashi Warrier | A New Year’s Party That Ended Too Soon

“We’ve realised the damage a serious general hangover can do on a working day,” said Raghavan, “so now we make it a...

3 Jan 2026 9:51 PM IST

AA Edit | Big Relief For Vodafone, But Did It Come Too Late?

AA Edit | Big Relief For Vodafone, But Did It Come Too Late?

Under the telecom policy designed by the Atal Behari Vajpayee government in 1999, companies that won telecom licences...

3 Jan 2026 12:06 AM IST

AA Edit | Real Challenge Begins For Mamdani

AA Edit | Real Challenge Begins For Mamdani

A social media campaign full of empathy caught the attention of people across the spectrum as Mr Mamdani spoke words...

2 Jan 2026 11:56 PM IST

Dev 360 | Reasons For Despair & Reasons For Hope | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Reasons For Despair & Reasons For Hope | Patralekha...

At school, children are told to celebrate India’s diversity. On the street, diversity is butchered with monotonous...

2 Jan 2026 11:10 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of The Nigerian Lottery & Other Scams On Web To Clean You Out | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of The Nigerian Lottery & Other Scams On Web...

Tir’s investigation began with an interview with the parents of a blackmailed young man who had taken his own life. She...

2 Jan 2026 10:26 PM IST

AA Edit | Regional Powers Face Bigger Challenge In 2026 Polls

AA Edit | Regional Powers Face Bigger Challenge In 2026 Polls

What 2026 holds for the ruling alliance and an array of powerful regional parties like the DMK and the TMC which hold...

2 Jan 2026 1:05 AM IST

AA Edit | Reforms Need Bigger Push

AA Edit | Reforms Need Bigger Push

In the late 1990s, the Atal Behari Vajpayee government opened up the economy to counter economic sanctions imposed after...

2 Jan 2026 12:48 AM IST