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Sunil Gatade | A ‘Cat And Mouse’ Game On In Maha As BJP’s Allies Are Getting Sidelined

Sunil Gatade | A ‘Cat And Mouse’ Game On In Maha As BJP’s Allies Are...

Mr Shinde and Mr Pawar are virtually at the mercy of the BJP, which proclaims itself to be the world’s largest party....

7 Dec 2025 11:03 PM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | The Growth Leap Needed To Reach ‘Viksit Bharat’ | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | The Growth Leap Needed To Reach ‘Viksit Bharat’ |...

Five years after Covid-19, given the creditable pick-up in growth, it is now clear that an annual average rate of...

7 Dec 2025 10:42 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | Of Class Assignments & The Theatre of SIR

Shashi Warrier | Of Class Assignments & The Theatre of SIR

“I know,” he said after another little gap. “It’s unfair. But you should have told me as soon as it happened. I can’t do...

7 Dec 2025 1:20 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Why BJP Yet To Elect Head; Only Tharoor At Putin Event

Anita Katyal | Why BJP Yet To Elect Head; Only Tharoor At Putin Event

This delay has predictably fuelled considerable speculation about Mr Nadda’s successor with several names doing the...

7 Dec 2025 1:09 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Amend Law For EC That Can Defend Democracy

Pavan K. Varma | Amend Law For EC That Can Defend Democracy

In its original incarnation — from 1950 until the late 1980s — the ECI was a single-member body, led only by a Chief...

7 Dec 2025 12:50 AM IST

REFLECTIONS | Will 28-point Trump Plan Lead To Peace In Ukraine? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

REFLECTIONS | Will 28-point Trump Plan Lead To Peace In Ukraine? |...

Ironically, neither Ukraine nor the world might have feared this larger global peril if Ukraine had not been one of four...

5 Dec 2025 10:02 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | No More Trials By Jury For ‘Lesser’ Crimes In UK: Will ‘Justice’ Be Served? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | No More Trials By Jury For ‘Lesser’ Crimes In...

Other dissenters quote the Magna Carta and reference the unwritten British Constitution, using arguments about well-worn...

5 Dec 2025 9:50 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | Ensuring Access, Quality As UGC Expands Scope Of Online Learning

John J. Kennedy | Ensuring Access, Quality As UGC Expands Scope Of...

The latest approvals were granted following a thorough vetting process. Under UGC-DEB norms, only institutions that meet...

4 Dec 2025 11:32 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Deft Global Balancing Vital As Putin Begins India Visit

K.C. Singh | Deft Global Balancing Vital As Putin Begins India Visit

Putin’s India visit highlights New Delhi’s balancing act as U.S.–China tensions reshape geopolitics.

3 Dec 2025 8:13 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Extensions Usual As Andhra Prefers Its Naidu-Friendly Administrators

Dilip Cherian | Extensions Usual As Andhra Prefers Its Naidu-Friendly...

Extensions, contradictions and cadre clashes define India’s admin landscape.

3 Dec 2025 7:52 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Indian Navy Comes Of Age, But Some Caution Needed

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Indian Navy Comes Of Age, But Some Caution...

The Indian Navy, however, has wisely gone on doing what others should have done with more intent and purpose for the...

2 Dec 2025 10:56 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Quad’s Relevance In Question As New Japan PM Takes On China Over Taiwan

Bhopinder Singh | Quad’s Relevance In Question As New Japan PM Takes...

In the midst of all this, the arrival of hardline nationalist and well-known China hawk Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s new...

2 Dec 2025 10:32 PM IST