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Dilip Cherian | Haryana Govt In A Dilemma Over Second Extension To Its Chief Secy

Dilip Cherian | Haryana Govt In A Dilemma Over Second Extension To Its...

If the Centre approves the proposal, Mr Rastogi will remain in office until June 2027

2 July 2026 11:59 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt-driven AI Might Not Be Right Strategy For India

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt-driven AI Might Not Be Right Strategy...

There was a mini-storm that shook the AI stocks from Seoul to New York, and where Elon Musk’s $600 billion were wiped...

2 July 2026 11:13 PM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can Andy Burnham Revive Labour After Starmer Fall?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can Andy Burnham Revive Labour After Starmer...

Growing questions over Keir Starmer fuel leadership speculation and debates on Britain’s future

1 July 2026 9:59 PM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Tarique Rahman’s Recent Beijing Trip: Strategic Signals Can’t Be Ignored

Pradeep C. Nair | Tarique Rahman’s Recent Beijing Trip: Strategic...

Dhaka deepens ties with Beijing while prompting India to rethink regional engagement

1 July 2026 9:29 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Passport: A New Trauma! Who Is Really An Indian?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Passport: A New Trauma! Who Is Really An Indian?

Since 2023, a diluted version of dual citizenship is available to persons of Indian origin (defined as a person born to...

30 Jun 2026 11:26 PM IST

Sunil Gatade | New ‘Operation Tutari’ On Cards In Maha To Keep Pawar In Check?

Sunil Gatade | New ‘Operation Tutari’ On Cards In Maha To Keep Pawar...

Now, the straws in the wind suggest that the BJP, which is behaving crazily like a hungry tiger, is unlikely to stop at...

30 Jun 2026 11:02 PM IST

Aakar Patel | New ‘Rules’ Are Brought In To Keep All NGOs On A Tight Leash

Aakar Patel | New ‘Rules’ Are Brought In To Keep All NGOs On A Tight...

This March, the government introduced a bill to attack, yet again, non-governmental organisations. This is a sector to...

29 Jun 2026 10:14 PM IST

Gurjit Singh | ‘Act East’ 2026: Strategic Rejig In A Turbulent World

Gurjit Singh | ‘Act East’ 2026: Strategic Rejig In A Turbulent World

The annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Sanai Takaichi, now to be held in New Delhi from...

29 Jun 2026 9:52 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Clueless in Dhaka: Polite Tweet Hits Major Tripwire

Bharat Bhushan | Clueless in Dhaka: Polite Tweet Hits Major Tripwire

US ambassadors to India normally confine themselves to bilateral matters and do not reach out to Indian envoys in third...

28 Jun 2026 10:09 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India Needs To Urgently Review Israel’s Current Military Power

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India Needs To Urgently Review Israel’s...

The war hasn’t yet ended, and it can’t be deemed to have ended until US and Iran reach a final agreement in Switzerland,...

28 Jun 2026 9:35 PM IST

Manish Tewari | How Close Was Iran To A Nuclear Bomb?

Manish Tewari | How Close Was Iran To A Nuclear Bomb?

In a report published on the website scientificamerican.com 11 days after the US-Israel attack, Jeffery Lewis, director...

27 Jun 2026 11:05 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | 27, Don’t Be Scared Of 70!

Ranjona Banerji | 27, Don’t Be Scared Of 70!

The first is to break the old mould of the old person. The knitting grandma, soft and cuddly. The pipe-smoking grandpa,...

27 Jun 2026 10:47 PM IST