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Manish Tewari | The Profound Challenges The Budget Ignored Fully

Manish Tewari | The Profound Challenges The Budget Ignored Fully

The Budget’s microscopic interventions cannot mask its macroscopic failures. The investment rate (Gross Capital...

8 Feb 2026 12:30 AM IST

Shobhaa De | The General In His Literary Labyrinth... So, What Now?

Shobhaa De | The General In His Literary Labyrinth... So, What Now?

Rahul was also accused of “defying the Chair’’. It didn’t stop there. Subsequently, eight Opposition MPs, including...

6 Feb 2026 10:15 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | When ‘Free Speech’ Is No Longer ‘Free’… And The Rising Peril Of ‘Deplatforming’ | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | When ‘Free Speech’ Is No Longer ‘Free’… And...

France, and now the UK, allege that X is guilty of the violation of security and the promotion of Holocaust-denying...

6 Feb 2026 9:47 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Trade Deal Reality Check: A Multi-alliance Strategy

K.C. Singh | Trade Deal Reality Check: A Multi-alliance Strategy

Describing his Indian interlocutor as “my greatest friend and a powerful and respected leader” in his own country, Mr...

6 Feb 2026 1:30 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Posting At Centre Gains In Worth As MHA Tightens Its Grip On IPS Careers

Dilip Cherian | Posting At Centre Gains In Worth As MHA Tightens Its...

Central forces and agencies are short of officers at the middle and senior levels. Vacancies are mounting, and the...

6 Feb 2026 12:37 AM IST

John J. Kennedy | Equity on Trial: The UGC’s New Regulations and the Caste Factor

John J. Kennedy | Equity on Trial: The UGC’s New Regulations and the...

Supreme Court pause flags drafting flaws, not denial of campus discrimination

4 Feb 2026 11:26 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | The Trade Deal With Us and India’s Quiet Consolidation

Syed Ata Hasnain | The Trade Deal With Us and India’s Quiet...

New Delhi navigates pressure with calibrated choices and quiet confidence

4 Feb 2026 10:59 PM IST

Kamal Davar | Will 15% Increase In Defence Budget Give India More Bang For The Buck?

Kamal Davar | Will 15% Increase In Defence Budget Give India More Bang...

Is the budget for this financial year adequate to ensure India’s overall security build-up to cater for the formidable...

3 Feb 2026 10:13 PM IST

REFLECTIONS | Widening Tax Net In India: Will Tail Still Wag The Dog? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

REFLECTIONS | Widening Tax Net In India: Will Tail Still Wag The Dog?...

Filing tax returns may seem like just another feel-good formality for the more and more individuals whose numbers...

3 Feb 2026 9:43 PM 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

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