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SANJAYOVACHA | Cartels, Customers, Cronies In The Captive India Market | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | Cartels, Customers, Cronies In The Captive India Market...

A product of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s “leftist” phase, the MRTPC was set up in 1969 in response to studies that...

21 Dec 2025 10:10 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Clean Air Not A Luxury, Why Govt Not Effecting Solution?

Pavan K. Varma | Clean Air Not A Luxury, Why Govt Not Effecting...

When the Air Quality Index (AQI) regularly breaches ‘severe’ and ‘hazardous’ categories exceeding 450 — levels that...

21 Dec 2025 12:24 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Gadkari Repeats Atal Amity Mantra; Was Modi First To Call Trump?

Anita Katyal | Gadkari Repeats Atal Amity Mantra; Was Modi First To...

The Bharatiya Janata Party finally picked current president J.P. Nadda’s successor. Five-time MLA and Bihar minister...

21 Dec 2025 12:11 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Why I’m Not Booking My Next Holiday To Barcelona

Ranjona Banerji | Why I’m Not Booking My Next Holiday To Barcelona

But the people of Barcelona don’t want me. Not me specifically. I mean, I hope not

20 Dec 2025 11:40 PM IST

Dev 360 | Clean Air As Privilege: It’s India’s Hidden Inequality | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Clean Air As Privilege: It’s India’s Hidden Inequality |...

Why is India -- so vocal on climate change and greenhouse gases -- in mute mode on domestic air pollution? It is now a...

20 Dec 2025 2:13 AM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | There’s Nothing ‘Christian’ About Spewing Hate For Asylum Seekers | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | There’s Nothing ‘Christian’ About Spewing Hate...

Growing up in India, one couldn’t not know about dharma and karma, but the understanding of these came woven into myths...

20 Dec 2025 2:04 AM IST

AA Edit | No Job Guarantee In RAM-G: Will It Ensure Rural Welfare?

AA Edit | No Job Guarantee In RAM-G: Will It Ensure Rural Welfare?

Due to government-fixed wages, MGNREGA increased the bargaining power of unskilled workers and raised their incomes...

20 Dec 2025 1:47 AM IST

AA Edit | Bangladesh On The Boil Again

AA Edit | Bangladesh On The Boil Again

Given his record in office as chief adviser after being dropped back in Bangladesh as a faux ruler, Muhammad Yunus has...

20 Dec 2025 1:32 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Future Gridlocks Lurking Behind The IndiGo Mess

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Future Gridlocks Lurking Behind The IndiGo...

The fleet and the crew were working more shifts than they should have been. It is nice old capitalist rule: push the...

19 Dec 2025 12:22 AM IST

AA Edit | PM Visit To Boost West Asia Ties

AA Edit | PM Visit To Boost West Asia Ties

A free trade agreement with Oman by which India may benefit from easier access to the GCC and other nations in the...

19 Dec 2025 12:12 AM IST

AA Edit | Govt Must Tread Cautiously On Insurance, Nuclear Bills

AA Edit | Govt Must Tread Cautiously On Insurance, Nuclear Bills

It must be recalled that India had nationalised life insurance, and the Life Insurance Corporation of India was formed...

19 Dec 2025 12:00 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Why India Sent A Retired Cop As NSA To Port Louis

Dilip Cherian | Why India Sent A Retired Cop As NSA To Port Louis

For years, the Mauritius NSA position has typically gone to officers with a strong external intelligence or military...

18 Dec 2025 11:39 PM IST