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Pradeep S. Mehta | Trust Becomes the Toughest Test for India’s Young in Examinations

Pradeep S. Mehta | Trust Becomes the Toughest Test for India’s Young...

Candidates write the exam under strict invigilation amid orderly arrangements.

5 Aug 2026 9:50 PM IST

Sunil Gatade | Gen Z Protests Helped To Revive India’s Opposition

Sunil Gatade | Gen Z Protests Helped To Revive India’s Opposition

t was not that the Opposition was not attempting to raise the issue vociferously, but the fact that concerted attempts...

4 Aug 2026 10:38 PM IST

Anil Tyagi | 2 Top Leaders Decide Fate Of Thousands Of Civil Servants

Anil Tyagi | 2 Top Leaders Decide Fate Of Thousands Of Civil Servants

Prior to 2014, the establishment officer (EO), ex-officio secretary to the ACC in the department of personnel and...

4 Aug 2026 10:22 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Why India Is Now In The Race For A ‘Non-permanent’ Seat At The UNSC

Aakar Patel | Why India Is Now In The Race For A ‘Non-permanent’ Seat...

Elections at the UN are in June next year and there is one other candidate in the Asia-Pacific group whom we have to...

3 Aug 2026 11:00 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Fix The Education ‘System’; Just A New Law Not Enough

Shikha Mukerjee | Fix The Education ‘System’; Just A New Law Not...

The paper leaks business is big, an estimated Rs 1,000 crores at least. A punishment of Rs 10 crores is chicken-feed and...

3 Aug 2026 10:39 PM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | India Has Huge Stake In Ending World War III | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | India Has Huge Stake In Ending World War III | Sanjaya...

While there is no war going on currently in Asia to India’s east, many of the countries in the region are being drawn...

2 Aug 2026 10:36 PM IST

Anita Anand | Vigilantism Poses A Growing Threat And Is A Blot On India’s Democracy

Anita Anand | Vigilantism Poses A Growing Threat And Is A Blot On...

Scholars and analysts studying vigilantism in India point out that there is also “collective vigilantism”, as “group...

2 Aug 2026 9:42 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | Why The ‘Return’ Of PoK May Be Less Than Ideal

Shashi Warrier | Why The ‘Return’ Of PoK May Be Less Than Ideal

“Are you talking about POJK?” asked Raghavan, “and the JAAC’s 38-point list of demands?”

2 Aug 2026 12:42 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Did BJP Just Lose The Middle Class?

Anita Katyal | Did BJP Just Lose The Middle Class?

With Punjab Assembly elections coming up next year, several Punjabi leaders in the BJP are pinning their hopes on...

1 Aug 2026 9:02 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Resignation of Pradhan: What Took Him So Long?

Pavan K. Varma | Resignation of Pradhan: What Took Him So Long?

Madhavrao Scindia, as civil aviation minister, resigned in 1992 after the crash of a leased Russian aircraft, although...

1 Aug 2026 8:33 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Techno-protest: A New Red Flag Is Facing India

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Techno-protest: A New Red Flag Is Facing India

Add a layered multiplicity of state-level agencies for physically conducting the examinations, to keep costs low and yet...

1 Aug 2026 1:13 AM IST

AA Edit | Hockey India: No Saffron, Please

AA Edit | Hockey India: No Saffron, Please

Former captains of national hockey sides have vehemently condemned the choice saying blue is where the heart of Indian...

1 Aug 2026 12:38 AM IST