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Dilip Cherian | From Trade To Tirade: How One Tweet Rocked The Customs Boat

Dilip Cherian | From Trade To Tirade: How One Tweet Rocked The ...

And this is why the episode has legs far beyond Chennai port. International investors read these signals closely. If the...

10 Oct 2025 12:46 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan’s Confidence Trap & India’s Strategic Caution

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan’s Confidence Trap & India’s Strategic...

At the helm of the Pakistan military today stands a chief with an ambitious streak, emblematic of the institution’s...

9 Oct 2025 12:08 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Will NDA Keep Edge Over RJD-Cong As Bihar Votes? Or Will Kishor Play Spoiler?

Anita Katyal | Will NDA Keep Edge Over RJD-Cong As Bihar Votes? Or...

The NDA’s Rs 62,000-crore pre-poll package has given the ruling side a clear edge, forcing the Mahagathbandhan’s key...

8 Oct 2025 11:55 PM IST

REFLECTIONS | Synagogue Attack Exposes Britain’s Cauldron Of Hate | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

REFLECTIONS | Synagogue Attack Exposes Britain’s Cauldron Of Hate |...

The sequence of events seems like a nightmare now compared with the Manchester in whose warm friendship my adolescent...

8 Oct 2025 1:04 AM IST

Anita Anand | Family Roles See Big Change: A New Era Looms For Parenting And Grandparenting

Anita Anand | Family Roles See Big Change: A New Era Looms For...

As a grandparent, the common belief is that they are there to spoil their grandchildren. However, many babysit while...

8 Oct 2025 12:14 AM IST

Aakar Patel | World Is Taking Note Amid Surge In India’s Human Rights Violations

Aakar Patel | World Is Taking Note Amid Surge In India’s Human Rights...

In January, Uttarakhand had passed rules enforcing a Uniform Civil Code. It mandates the registration of live-in...

7 Oct 2025 12:50 AM IST

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury | Chittagong Hills Burning, As B’desh Frontier Crisis Builds

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury | Chittagong Hills Burning, As B’desh Frontier...

The tribals, mostly Buddhist, comprise over 95 per cent of the population living in the 13,000 square km of CHT’s hills...

7 Oct 2025 12:42 AM IST

Sunil Gatade | Can Modi Reinvent Himself? Otherwise, Genie of 75 May Begin To Haunt Him

Sunil Gatade | Can Modi Reinvent Himself? Otherwise, Genie of 75 May...

A leader’s credibility depends on whether he follows the rules he sets for others. So, he will hardly qualify on that...

6 Oct 2025 1:25 AM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Dying To Work: India’s Silent Crisis Of Suicides

Bharat Bhushan | Dying To Work: India’s Silent Crisis Of Suicides

Stress has intensified especially among workers with no land or other resources. Those likely to be most affected are...

6 Oct 2025 1:12 AM IST

Shashi Warrier | Adieu, Arkady Renko, Soviet Police Detective

Shashi Warrier | Adieu, Arkady Renko, Soviet Police Detective

Smith died in July, aged 82. Parkinson’s disease hadn’t stopped him writing: instead, he shared it with Arkady Renko,...

5 Oct 2025 12:34 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Will Saudi-Pak Pact Add Fuel To West Asia Fire?

Manish Tewari | Will Saudi-Pak Pact Add Fuel To West Asia Fire?

At its core, this pact seems to be a reaction to Israel’s audacious strike on Doha targeting Hamas leadership. It is...

5 Oct 2025 12:22 AM IST

M.P. Nathanael | As the March 2026 Deadline Looms, Is Maoist Menace On The Wane In India?

M.P. Nathanael | As the March 2026 Deadline Looms, Is Maoist Menace On...

After their displacement from their Karregutta forest base in Abhujmarh in April 2025, in which they suffered heavy...

5 Oct 2025 12:03 AM IST