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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

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Budget 2026-27 Brings Back Old Populist Rhetoric, But It’s Still Muted

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Budget 2026-27 Brings Back Old Populist...

For quite some time now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet colleagues like commerce minister Piyush Goyal and...

1 Feb 2026 10:19 PM IST

Anukrti Upadhyay | Three Reasons Not To Cuss Someone Out

Anukrti Upadhyay | Three Reasons Not To Cuss Someone Out

Secondly, the vulgar abuse stifles all legitimate debate. One after another, the debates in public spaces turn into...

31 Jan 2026 11:18 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Will Sharad Pawar Merge Party With Cong? MGNREGA Protests Fizzle Out

Anita Katyal | Will Sharad Pawar Merge Party With Cong? MGNREGA...

According to the political grapevine, Ajit Pawar’s family possibly feared that once Pawar senior takes charge of the...

31 Jan 2026 10:15 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Nirmalaji, Are You Willing To Take Some Risks?

Pavan K. Varma | Nirmalaji, Are You Willing To Take Some Risks?

True, the global environment is volatile, and many coordinates which were earlier predictable, can no longer be taken...

31 Jan 2026 9:31 PM IST