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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

Anita Anand | How More Indians Are Feeling Lonely: Is There Anything That Can Be Done?

Anita Anand | How More Indians Are Feeling Lonely: Is There Anything...

People living in individualistic societies (such as the United States), where individual success is an important life...

27 Jun 2026 10:31 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Shaadi Power: Big Fat Weddings Alive & Well

Shobhaa De | Shaadi Power: Big Fat Weddings Alive & Well

All this and much more was happening at this season’s most watched wedding -- the opulent shaadi of Revati Sule...

26 Jun 2026 11:53 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | As Starmer, Finally, Decides To Go… Ill Burnham’s Rise Be UK’s Sign Of Hope? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | As Starmer, Finally, Decides To Go… Ill...

Mr Burnham’s vote exceeded that of the combined votes of Restore and Reform, which adds an optimistic twist to the...

26 Jun 2026 8:29 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | How Justice Cannot Keep Looking Away From The Case Of Sanjiv Chaturvedi

Dilip Cherian | How Justice Cannot Keep Looking Away From The Case Of...

Over the years, judge after judge has recused from matters involving Mr Chaturvedi. The numbers are startling enough to...

26 Jun 2026 12:11 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Currency Stability Basis Of A Nation’s Economy

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Currency Stability Basis Of A Nation’s Economy

India’s first woman PM got deep into an all-round mess of two wars (the 1962 treachery by the Chinese and the aggression...

25 Jun 2026 11:23 PM IST

Kamal Davar | What’s in a name… Why ‘Indo-Pacific’ has Reverted to US ‘Pacific’ Command?

Kamal Davar | What’s in a name… Why ‘Indo-Pacific’ has Reverted to US...

Anyway, names do carry ample cultural and symbolic significance, and the above-mentioned phrase is followed in...

25 Jun 2026 12:44 AM IST

Manash Ghosh | After Stormy 100 Days, Can Tarique Deliver in Bangladesh?

Manash Ghosh | After Stormy 100 Days, Can Tarique Deliver in...

The BNP could sweep the February election largely because a large section of Awami League voters supported it to block...

25 Jun 2026 12:40 AM IST