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West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar

Pavan K. Varma | Fight Terror, But Also Seek Accountability From Govt

We have yet to see what that will be, but it has to be more than just a Balakot kind of strike. In view of the continued...

27 April 2025 12:26 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Stop Griping About ‘Toxic Masculinity’

Ranjona Banerji | Stop Griping About ‘Toxic Masculinity’

How does one define toxic masculinity? The term became popular in the 1980s and ‘90s in academia

27 April 2025 12:23 AM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | The ‘Grand Mughals’ at London’s V&A: Of Tipu Sultan, Sufis & Some Surprises Too | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | The ‘Grand Mughals’ at London’s V&A: Of Tipu...

The exhibition’s curators presented all the pomp, but none of the circumstance. The V&A exhibition connived to present...

25 April 2025 11:25 PM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus Waters: Yawning Gap Between Threat and Reality

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus Waters: Yawning Gap Between Threat and Reality

The geography makes it next to impossible to stop the flow of the waters from the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum. Yet there...

25 April 2025 11:22 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Post-Balakot Deterrence: Did It Fail In Pahalgam?

K.C. Singh | Post-Balakot Deterrence: Did It Fail In Pahalgam?

It appears that Pakistan’s then Prime Minister Imran Khan may have obtained assurances from mediators, such as Saudi...

25 April 2025 12:02 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan in Bid to Reverse Kashmir’s Rising Normalcy

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan in Bid to Reverse Kashmir’s Rising...

Pakistan-backed attack hits peace in J&K; India urged to respond with strength and care

23 April 2025 9:44 PM IST

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to register three separate cases to probe the alleged irregularities in certain contracts awarded by the Delhi governments Public Works Department (PWD).

Dilip Cherian | ED Extensions and the Curious Case of IPS Tenure...

Top officers get special deals, public fights, and unfair rules in India's government offices

23 April 2025 8:19 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | India’s ‘Circular Economy’: It’s An Old Concept For a New World

Pradeep S. Mehta | India’s ‘Circular Economy’: It’s An Old Concept For...

Sustainability wasn’t strategy, it is a way of life. It was sanskar (culture) -- part of how we were raised to think and...

23 April 2025 12:31 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will New Pontiff Continue Pope Francis’ Glasnost?

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will New Pontiff Continue Pope Francis’...

Even as he adopted the name of Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, he showed his commitment to the Franciscan vows of...

23 April 2025 12:29 AM IST

Aakar Patel | China’s GDP Will Outstrip US Soon: Tariff War Last Bid To Check Beijing?

Aakar Patel | China’s GDP Will Outstrip US Soon: Tariff War Last Bid...

In the 18th century, the two largest global economies were China and India. This was a function of a world without many...

22 April 2025 12:25 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Chronicle of a strategic retreat: Waqf Act shift

Shikha Mukerjee | Chronicle of a strategic retreat: Waqf Act shift

The hitch was a gap between the letter and the spirit of promises and laws that was revealed when the Supreme Court...

22 April 2025 12:14 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Fix Glitches In UPI Fast: National Symbol At Risk

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Fix Glitches In UPI Fast: National Symbol At Risk

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) manages the UPI platform. It is a non-profit company under Section 8...

20 April 2025 11:39 PM IST