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Claude Arpi | Flashback: Biju role, U-2 Flights, Charbatia & Tibet

Claude Arpi | Flashback: Biju role, U-2 Flights, Charbatia & Tibet

first heard about Charbatia, Biju Patnaik’s baby, when I studied the participation of the Tibetan Special Frontier Force...

19 Jun 2026 12:53 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Agility Is Key: Foreign Service To Undergo A Strategic Reset

Dilip Cherian | Agility Is Key: Foreign Service To Undergo A Strategic...

The real test of diplomacy lies in securing influence, opening markets, building strategic partnerships, shaping...

19 Jun 2026 12:28 AM IST

From Quantity to Quality: Reimagining India’s Development Through Japan’s Experience

From Quantity to Quality: Reimagining India’s Development Through...

On the occasion of the visit of the Prime Minister of Japan, Ms Sanae Takaichi, which is expected to take place in the...

18 Jun 2026 11:56 AM IST

Sunil Gatade | India’s Cockroach ‘Conspiracy’: Will This Movement Bring Real Change?

Sunil Gatade | India’s Cockroach ‘Conspiracy’: Will This Movement...

From satire to street politics, the movement is stirring both hope and suspicion

17 Jun 2026 10:13 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress’ Fading Grandeur and Momentum of Inertia

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress’ Fading Grandeur and Momentum of Inertia

Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the Congress, has been consistent in facing off against the BJP

17 Jun 2026 8:53 PM IST

Chandrakant Lahariya | Poliovirus Which Was Left In Sewage Only A Warning, Not A Panic Signal

Chandrakant Lahariya | Poliovirus Which Was Left In Sewage Only A...

This is why the Ghaziabad episode must be read as a surveillance success. Poliovirus is shed in stool and can therefore...

17 Jun 2026 12:11 AM IST

K.C. Singh | As US & Iran Strike Deal, Will India Heed Lessons?

K.C. Singh | As US & Iran Strike Deal, Will India Heed Lessons?

President Trump also posted on social media that the Strait of Hormuz was going to be opened and the US naval blockade...

16 Jun 2026 11:11 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Inter-religion Sale Of Houses: New Laws From Guj to Assam

Aakar Patel | Inter-religion Sale Of Houses: New Laws From Guj to...

On August 28 last year, the BJP in Assam on its website...

15 Jun 2026 9:22 PM IST

M.P. Nathanael | As Manipur On Boil Again, Centre Must Act Urgently

M.P. Nathanael | As Manipur On Boil Again, Centre Must Act Urgently

Retaliatory attacks resulting in the death of two Kuki church leaders and injuries to several others in Kuluth village...

15 Jun 2026 8:35 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Merger Mirage: Trinamul & Congress Can’t Converge

Bharat Bhushan | Merger Mirage: Trinamul & Congress Can’t Converge

Ms Banerjee as an alliance partner of the Congress is a better strategic choice than TMC’s merger with the Congress....

14 Jun 2026 11:49 PM IST

Devi Kar | Why Forcing Kids To Show Patriotic Fervour Or Love Is Often A Bad Idea

Devi Kar | Why Forcing Kids To Show Patriotic Fervour Or Love Is Often...

The reason why we didn’t insist on students singing the school song or Jana Gana Mana daily was because we discovered...

14 Jun 2026 11:35 PM IST

Manish Tewari | How India Must Fight The Battle For The Mind

Manish Tewari | How India Must Fight The Battle For The Mind

The ancients understood this terrain intimately. Long before the digital age, Sun Tzu codified the principle that “all...

13 Jun 2026 10:05 PM IST