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While Trump has argued the temporary freeze was aimed at helping US workers facing high unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic, critics said the move would backfire and hurt one of the key segments of the American economy. In this picture, a view of Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, which is part of the San Francisco Bay Area, considered part of Silicon Valley in the United States. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Tumbenhaur)

Dilip Cherian | Executive’s job to balance govt’s EV dream with...

Tesla’s potential entry into India, the return of the BJP to power in Delhi, and the extension of Chief Economic Adviser...

26 Feb 2025 10:57 PM IST

$\Potus wanted nothing less than President Zelensky to go to the microphone and say investigations, Biden and Clinton,\ Kent testified. (Photo: File)$ Columnists

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Trump’s Ukraine gambit to make Europe the real...

Trump’s $500B “payback” demand for Ukraine sparks concerns of US economic control; Europe debates security measures amid...

26 Feb 2025 10:49 PM IST

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Ketan | From test-takers to test-makers: How to boost India’s edu...

Numerous other exams like the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) and various state...

22 Feb 2025 11:33 PM IST

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Manish Tewari | India and the global AI race: Winning strategies

Smaller nations such as South Korea and Israel are carving out their own AI niches, focusing on hardware, cyber...

22 Feb 2025 11:31 PM IST

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Ranjona Banerji | Is a foolish ‘friend’ worse than a ghosting frenemy?

The more intelligent people are, the more difficult I find it to excuse their stupidity

22 Feb 2025 11:24 PM IST

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Shobhaa De | Oooyi Amma… Help! We’re lost and confused, judges…

22 Feb 2025 12:33 AM IST

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OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Rebuild, but don’t displace: Will world...

I was certainly aware that Israel had been established after Hitler’s Holocaust, but didn’t connect it with Balfour’s...

22 Feb 2025 12:30 AM IST

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | As US, Iran Seek Peace, Open Hormuz Holds Key

Thus, the single most contentious factor of “freedom of navigation” through the Hormuz Strait raised new hope....

21 April 2026 12:02 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | Why Are We Unable To Influence World? We Look Inwards &...

The reason, of course, is that there are one crore or so Indians across the Gulf region, a population larger than the...

20 April 2026 11:30 PM IST

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Bharat Bhushan | Is Women’s Quota Modi’s Failed Mandal Moment?

Much before Narendra Modi, another Prime Minister, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, had risked a gambit with the issue of...

19 April 2026 11:03 PM IST

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Pradeep C. Nair | Will Myanmar’s Top Leader Gain Legitimacy With His...

This elevation of the general has passed surprisingly with little attention in India and much of the wider world, which,...

19 April 2026 10:39 PM IST

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the press after he was convicted in his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 30, 2024. A panel of 12 New Yorkers were unanimous in their determination that Donald Trump is guilty as charged -- but for the impact on his election prospects, the jury is still out. The Republican billionaire was convicted of all 34 charges in New York on May 30, 2024, and now finds himself bidding for a second presidential term unsure if hell be spending 2025 in the Oval Office, on probation or in jail. (Photo by Steven Hirsch / POOL / AFP)

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Manish Tewari | America’s Suez Moment: Its Limits Stand Exposed

The comparison to the British experience in 1956 is instructive. The war in Iran has hastened a transition to a...

19 April 2026 12:01 AM IST