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AA Edit | Pakistan To Be Loser As It Brings Politics To Cricket

AA Edit | Pakistan To Be Loser As It Brings Politics To Cricket

Given Pakistan’s history, U-turns may be as common as the estimates of former cricketer Shahid Afridi’s age or his...

3 Feb 2026 12:15 AM IST

Aakar Patel | If Rule Of Law Is Violated, Society Faces Long-term Consequences

Aakar Patel | If Rule Of Law Is Violated, Society Faces Long-term...

A state that kills people in custody, that maims those in custody, that destroys private property without due process...

2 Feb 2026 11:34 PM IST

Chandrajit Banerjee | India’s Growth Roadmap, With Focus On Services

Chandrajit Banerjee | India’s Growth Roadmap, With Focus On Services

A key feature of this year’s Budget is its emphasis on a threefold approach to sustaining growth over the medium and...

2 Feb 2026 10:24 PM IST

AA Edit | Poll States: Welcome Lack Of Bias

AA Edit | Poll States: Welcome Lack Of Bias

Regardless of the cost to the exchequer, offers of freebies are coming with the speed of knots this season, which means...

1 Feb 2026 11:32 PM IST

AA Edit | Budget Underwhelming, A Huge Missed Opportunity

AA Edit | Budget Underwhelming, A Huge Missed Opportunity

Except for offering a tax holiday for data centres set up by foreign investors, the Budget had nothing worthwhile,...

1 Feb 2026 11:17 PM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | Modi-Sitharaman Budgets Miss The Woods For Trees | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | Modi-Sitharaman Budgets Miss The Woods For Trees |...

The annual Economic Survey, prepared by the Union government’s chief economic adviser and his team, who work within the...

1 Feb 2026 10:35 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Budget 2026-27 Brings Back Old Populist Rhetoric, But It’s Still Muted

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Budget 2026-27 Brings Back Old Populist...

For quite some time now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet colleagues like commerce minister Piyush Goyal and...

1 Feb 2026 10:19 PM IST

Anukrti Upadhyay | Three Reasons Not To Cuss Someone Out

Anukrti Upadhyay | Three Reasons Not To Cuss Someone Out

Secondly, the vulgar abuse stifles all legitimate debate. One after another, the debates in public spaces turn into...

31 Jan 2026 11:18 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Will Sharad Pawar Merge Party With Cong? MGNREGA Protests Fizzle Out

Anita Katyal | Will Sharad Pawar Merge Party With Cong? MGNREGA...

According to the political grapevine, Ajit Pawar’s family possibly feared that once Pawar senior takes charge of the...

31 Jan 2026 10:15 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Nirmalaji, Are You Willing To Take Some Risks?

Pavan K. Varma | Nirmalaji, Are You Willing To Take Some Risks?

True, the global environment is volatile, and many coordinates which were earlier predictable, can no longer be taken...

31 Jan 2026 9:31 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | As Ex-Tory Suella Comes ‘Home’ To Farage’s Reform, Will Exodus Start? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | As Ex-Tory Suella Comes ‘Home’ To Farage’s...

She then went up to the grinning Farage and placed her head on his shoulder in a photogenic embrace, facing the cameras....

31 Jan 2026 12:04 AM IST

AA Edit | War & Peace Prize For Trump?

AA Edit | War & Peace Prize For Trump?

Mr Trump’s latest initiative in imploring for a week’s ceasefire in the harshest and coldest part of the northern winter...

30 Jan 2026 10:59 PM IST