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Aakar Patel | Human Rights And India: Will Its New UN Role Aid Those Held Without Trial?

Aakar Patel | Human Rights And India: Will Its New UN Role Aid Those...

As programme coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Parvez helped build one of the...

1 Dec 2025 10:49 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Karnataka Tug of War: Who Holds the Real Power?

Bharat Bhushan | Karnataka Tug of War: Who Holds the Real Power?

Congress weighs Siddaramaiah’s support and Shivakumar’s strength in key dispute.

30 Nov 2025 8:04 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Impressive GDP Growth Lifts Modi Govt’s Spirits, but Questions Remain

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Impressive GDP Growth Lifts Modi Govt’s...

Growth improves, but exports, investment and data trust raise concerns.

30 Nov 2025 7:47 PM IST

M.P. Nathanael | With Top Leaders Wiped Out, India’s Maoist Movement Is Disintegrating

M.P. Nathanael | With Top Leaders Wiped Out, India’s Maoist Movement...

The killing of top leaders like Basvaraju, the general secretary, Ramchandra Reddy and Satyanarayana Reddy in encounters...

30 Nov 2025 12:19 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Global Climate Governance: Why We Must Change It Now

Manish Tewari | Global Climate Governance: Why We Must Change It Now

COP30 came to an end with a huge letdown. The final deal did not include any binding commitments on phasing out fossil...

30 Nov 2025 12:00 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | My Big City Romance’s Curious Final Act

Ranjona Banerji | My Big City Romance’s Curious Final Act

I grew up between Bombay and Calcutta and worked mainly in Bombay and Mumbai. Therefore, the big city was in fact my...

29 Nov 2025 11:49 PM IST

Shobhaa De | ‘Neta Turkeys’ Call Shots In India’s Thanksgiving!

Shobhaa De | ‘Neta Turkeys’ Call Shots In India’s Thanksgiving!

Legend has it that the tradition began in 1621 in New England, as a harvest feast shared by the Plymouth colonists after...

28 Nov 2025 10:44 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Trouble Grows For Farage’s Reform… As Childhood Past Now Haunts Nigel | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Trouble Grows For Farage’s Reform… As...

It's now a leading British “public” school in London, which P.G. Wodehouse, among others, went to. Nigel Farage was...

28 Nov 2025 10:32 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Iran Waits in the Shadows: Is a Fresh Flareup Coming?

Syed Ata Hasnain | Iran Waits in the Shadows: Is a Fresh Flareup...

The confrontation between Iran and Israel earlier this year was brief but searing, a reminder that the Middle East’s...

27 Nov 2025 10:20 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Naya Raipur to Become ‘Delhi’ for a Weekend

Dilip Cherian | Naya Raipur to Become ‘Delhi’ for a Weekend

For three days, Naya Raipur is set to cosplay as a “mini-PMO”, complete with the full weight of India’s security...

27 Nov 2025 10:08 PM IST

Voters show thier ID cards before casting vote for the Rajori Gardens Assembly seat. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

Shikha Mukerjee | Resolve Migration Issue To Tackle ‘Illegals’ Crisis

Special voter revision sparks worry over deleted names and migrant policy

26 Nov 2025 10:41 PM IST

Skand Tayal | Japan’s Ties With China Worsening Amid Flareup on Taiwan Remarks

Skand Tayal | Japan’s Ties With China Worsening Amid Flareup on Taiwan...

Beijing issues sharp warnings as Tokyo seeks damage control amid tensions

26 Nov 2025 10:19 PM IST