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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | As Ladakh Boils, Statehood For J&K India’s Litmus Test

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | As Ladakh Boils, Statehood For J&K India’s...

The predecessors of today’s Ladakh’s population of 300,000 were part of the independent Jammu and Kashmir kingdom from...

16 Oct 2025 10:46 PM IST

Kamal Davar | Fault Lines Begin to Multiply in Pakistan: Khyber Not a Safe Haven

Kamal Davar | Fault Lines Begin to Multiply in Pakistan: Khyber Not a...

Military unrest, insurgency and Afghan clashes push India to rethink its strategy and build new ties

15 Oct 2025 10:28 PM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Is India’s Reputation in Pharma Starting to Fray?

Patralekha Chatterjee | Is India’s Reputation in Pharma Starting to...

Deaths in Madhya Pradesh highlight recurring lapses, weak regulation, and unequal access to safe medicines

15 Oct 2025 9:29 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Will Saudi Arabia Come To Rescue Of Pakistan In Case A Conflict Erupts?

Bhopinder Singh | Will Saudi Arabia Come To Rescue Of Pakistan In Case...

So, hypothetically, if the Yemeni Houthi militia were to launch attacks against Saudi forces (as they have continued to...

14 Oct 2025 8:49 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Anti-incumbency’ in Bihar? Ousting Nitish Won’t Be Easy

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Anti-incumbency’ in Bihar? Ousting Nitish Won’t Be...

With two coalitions, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, of which Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) is the senior...

14 Oct 2025 8:10 PM IST

Aakar Patel | In 1991, China Was At The Same Level As India. Now, Why It’s Five Times Ahead…

Aakar Patel | In 1991, China Was At The Same Level As India. Now, Why...

On the cusp of liberalisation, whose date we mark as July 24, 1991 (when finance minister Manmohan Singh presented his...

13 Oct 2025 9:40 PM IST

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died at 93 on Thursday. (Photo: File | PTI)

Sanjayovacha | Emigration Policy Evolving From Welfare To Facilitation...

For a decade, the ministry stood on its own feet and focused on two tasks: connecting with overseas Indians and securing...

13 Oct 2025 9:25 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: Good Start, Hurdles Loom

K.C. Singh | Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: Good Start, Hurdles Loom

This involves the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) retreating to a “yellow line”, skirting Gaza City etc, but well within...

12 Oct 2025 9:20 PM IST

DELHIBERATIONS | India Must Tread With Caution As It Upgrades Ties With Taliban Govt | Padma Rao Sundarji

DELHIBERATIONS | India Must Tread With Caution As It Upgrades Ties...

While Mr Muttaqi did not specifically mention India in his recorded address at the negotiation table when he said...

12 Oct 2025 8:07 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Chhat Early, So Whose Vote Will Shrink? Adhir Up for Bigger Role?

Anita Katyal | Chhat Early, So Whose Vote Will Shrink? Adhir Up for...

Anxiety is building up in both the ruling National Democratic Alliance and the Opposition’s Mahagathbandhan in...

11 Oct 2025 10:07 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Will Nitish’s Last-minute Largesse Pay or Backfire?

Pavan K. Varma | Will Nitish’s Last-minute Largesse Pay or Backfire?

Elections to the Bihar Assembly were announced at a press conference on October 6 by the three election commissioners....

11 Oct 2025 9:54 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Targeting The Ugly Indian: New India Myth Justified?

Ranjona Banerji | Targeting The Ugly Indian: New India Myth Justified?

The Internet is flooded with videos and images of Indians “misbehaving”, in India and in other lands

11 Oct 2025 9:32 PM IST