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Bhopinder Singh | Trump Turns US Military Parade to Serve Partisan, Political Agenda

Bhopinder Singh | Trump Turns US Military Parade to Serve Partisan,...

Attempts to politicise the US military have been long in the making under Mr Trump

19 Jun 2025 9:56 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Centre Tweaks Policy to Draw IAS Officers to Delhi Role

Dilip Cherian | Centre Tweaks Policy to Draw IAS Officers to Delhi...

As sherpa, Mr Kant helped steer India through one of its most high-profile multilateral events — the 2023 G-20 summit in...

18 Jun 2025 10:08 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | The Israel-Iran Standoff: A War Long in the Making

Syed Ata Hasnain | The Israel-Iran Standoff: A War Long in the Making

If the war between Iran and Israel continues to intensify -- as now seems likely -- there are serious outcomes in the...

18 Jun 2025 10:06 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Fast-tracked Women’s Quota: Govt in a Hurry Before 2029?

Shikha Mukerjee | Fast-tracked Women’s Quota: Govt in a Hurry Before...

If the one-third reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies is indeed fast-tracked and...

17 Jun 2025 10:11 PM IST

Anita Anand | Honeymoon Murder Conspiracy: Society has Changed, Let’s Stop Forcing People to Wed!

Anita Anand | Honeymoon Murder Conspiracy: Society has Changed, Let’s...

In romantic relationships, the expectations are high, and if marriage is a possibility, both men and women often...

17 Jun 2025 10:10 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Air India’s Black Thursday: Many Questions to Answer

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Air India’s Black Thursday: Many Questions to...

Any crash of this magnitude, avoidable or unavoidable, is a gross flight safety failure of/by the airline, in this case...

16 Jun 2025 9:56 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Will a Transactional, Opportunistic Foreign Policy Doctrine Help India, or Damage It?

Aakar Patel | Will a Transactional, Opportunistic Foreign Policy...

The manifestoes of the BJP from the very beginning, in its Jan Sangh avatar in the 1950s, have little to offer in terms...

16 Jun 2025 9:54 PM IST

Sunil Gatade | After Op Sindoor: Will BJP’s Heady Cocktail Work This Time For Modi?

Sunil Gatade | After Op Sindoor: Will BJP’s Heady Cocktail Work This...

Any action against Pakistan is generally a sure-shot winner for the BJP, which has always thrived on emotional issues....

15 Jun 2025 10:44 PM IST

Manish Tewari | India, Pakistan No Longer Hyphenated In World Eye

Manish Tewari | India, Pakistan No Longer Hyphenated In World Eye

The larger point, however, is that Pakistan, because of its state sponsorship of terror, has created ungoverned spaces...

15 Jun 2025 10:35 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | Rebuilding Trust In Public Education: How To Stop Drift To Private Schools

John J. Kennedy | Rebuilding Trust In Public Education: How To Stop...

Teacher availability and quality also play a critical role. Government schools face issues like teacher absenteeism,...

15 Jun 2025 1:27 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Israel-Iran Feud: India’s ‘Tilt’ Weakens Peace Role

K.C. Singh | Israel-Iran Feud: India’s ‘Tilt’ Weakens Peace Role

According to the New York Times, this assessment led to Iran becoming smug -- that Israel was unlikely to attack while...

15 Jun 2025 12:43 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Why I’d Rather Live In The Global South

Ranjona Banerji | Why I’d Rather Live In The Global South

But we are the brown and black people, hence South. It is never clear to me where the Chinese stand on this, because...

15 Jun 2025 12:31 AM IST