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Aakar Patel | Trade Deal With US: Has India’s Sovereignty Been Compromised?

Aakar Patel | Trade Deal With US: Has India’s Sovereignty Been...

This additional duty imposed on India was removed for good behaviour, or, to speak more diplomatically, for compliance....

9 Feb 2026 10:05 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | In A Twist, Establishment On Run In SC, Parliament

Shikha Mukerjee | In A Twist, Establishment On Run In SC, Parliament

The Opposition’s credibility to speak on behalf of harassed voters was upheld by the Supreme Court when it gave Mamata...

9 Feb 2026 9:27 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Naravane Exposé Reveals Delhi Runs on Narrative

Bharat Bhushan | Naravane Exposé Reveals Delhi Runs on Narrative

Naravane memoir row and midnight trade deal raise doubts about government intent

8 Feb 2026 11:40 PM IST

Bhupendra Tripathi | Targeting Lymphatic Filariasis: Mission To Overcome a Lifetime of Disability in India

Bhupendra Tripathi | Targeting Lymphatic Filariasis: Mission To...

Nationwide campaign targets remaining districts with tech, treatment and community effort

8 Feb 2026 11:14 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | Just Blame It All On The Chinese!

Shashi Warrier | Just Blame It All On The Chinese!

Murthy brought up the topic of President Trump and his Gaza Peace Board and whether India should join. I didn’t have an...

8 Feb 2026 12:48 AM IST

Anita Anand | As Billionaires Are Rising, Govts Busy Defending Wealth & Eroding Freedom

Anita Anand | As Billionaires Are Rising, Govts Busy Defending Wealth...

The 2025 Oxfam America report, “Unequal: The Rise of a New American Oligarchy and the Agenda We Need”, notes that the...

8 Feb 2026 12:37 AM IST

Manish Tewari | The Profound Challenges The Budget Ignored Fully

Manish Tewari | The Profound Challenges The Budget Ignored Fully

The Budget’s microscopic interventions cannot mask its macroscopic failures. The investment rate (Gross Capital...

8 Feb 2026 12:30 AM IST

Shobhaa De | The General In His Literary Labyrinth... So, What Now?

Shobhaa De | The General In His Literary Labyrinth... So, What Now?

Rahul was also accused of “defying the Chair’’. It didn’t stop there. Subsequently, eight Opposition MPs, including...

6 Feb 2026 10:15 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | When ‘Free Speech’ Is No Longer ‘Free’… And The Rising Peril Of ‘Deplatforming’ | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | When ‘Free Speech’ Is No Longer ‘Free’… And...

France, and now the UK, allege that X is guilty of the violation of security and the promotion of Holocaust-denying...

6 Feb 2026 9:47 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Trade Deal Reality Check: A Multi-alliance Strategy

K.C. Singh | Trade Deal Reality Check: A Multi-alliance Strategy

Describing his Indian interlocutor as “my greatest friend and a powerful and respected leader” in his own country, Mr...

6 Feb 2026 1:30 AM IST

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