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K.J. Jacob | Despite Dramatic Win In Its Capital, A Long Way To Go For BJP In Kerala

K.J. Jacob | Despite Dramatic Win In Its Capital, A Long Way To Go For...

Mr Modi's congratulations and blessings will be a shot in the arm for the BJP for its campaign for the Assembly...

17 Dec 2025 12:45 AM IST

Aakar Patel| Good Governance Gets Much Harder: Are Optics Enough To Satisfy Indians?

Aakar Patel| Good Governance Gets Much Harder: Are Optics Enough To...

When the airline business grinds to a halt and airports across the country are an angry mess, the solution is to...

15 Dec 2025 10:40 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee:‘Detect, Delete, Deport’: SIR Battle Of Perception

Shikha Mukerjee:‘Detect, Delete, Deport’: SIR Battle Of Perception

In the past, the Opposition’s purpose, he claimed, was to “normalise infiltration, grant it recognition, and formalise...

15 Dec 2025 9:39 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Why India More Unequal Than Sub-Saharan Africa

Bharat Bhushan | Why India More Unequal Than Sub-Saharan Africa

Direct taxes like income tax and corporate tax contribute less to the total revenue of the government than indirect...

14 Dec 2025 11:51 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | Amid Tariff Crisis, The World Trade Organisation Has To Be Revived Now

Pradeep S. Mehta | Amid Tariff Crisis, The World Trade Organisation...

It took many years of intense negotiations since the Havana Charter of 1948 to shape what we see as the WTO today. For...

14 Dec 2025 11:25 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

Manish Tewari | Five Ideas To Fix Our Broken Election Machine

What is happening under the garb of SIR violates this principle fundamentally. The Election Commission is conducting...

14 Dec 2025 1:04 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Melody That Knows No Borders

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | A Melody That Knows No Borders

We’ve all met Balu. We will continue meeting him. Into our old age. Irrespective of which part of India (or the world)...

14 Dec 2025 12:48 AM IST

John J. Kennedy | Beyond American Dreams: Indians Doing A Rethink On Study Abroad Plan

John J. Kennedy | Beyond American Dreams: Indians Doing A Rethink On...

Over the last couple of years, that assumption has begun to crumble under the weight of policy unpredictability, lengthy...

14 Dec 2025 12:31 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Is It Time To Change Branding of IndiGo to ‘Indi: GoToHell’?

Shobhaa De | Is It Time To Change Branding of IndiGo to ‘Indi:...

Airline blamed for arrogance and mismanagement as stranded fliers endure turmoil

12 Dec 2025 9:20 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why, As the World Goes Crazy Over AI, It’s Best To Take It With a Pinch of Salt

Farrukh Dhondy | Why, As the World Goes Crazy Over AI, It’s Best To...

AI grows smarter, but risks rise with misinformation and engineered deceit

12 Dec 2025 8:38 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Monopoly In Skies Sets Off Flight Trauma For Indians

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Monopoly In Skies Sets Off Flight Trauma For...

The present crisis created by the management of IndiGo isn’t just extremely despicable, but the issue deserves to be...

11 Dec 2025 11:18 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | After Aviation Chaos, Should Generalists Still Run Our Skies?

Dilip Cherian | After Aviation Chaos, Should Generalists Still Run Our...

The IndiGo row lays bare a system where aviation grows fast but oversight stays shallow.

10 Dec 2025 8:06 PM IST