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Gurjit Singh | SCO At 25: A Mirror Of Eurasian Chasms

Gurjit Singh | SCO At 25: A Mirror Of Eurasian Chasms

For China and Russia, the summit was an important event to manifest unity and to be seen as leading a multipolar...

8 Sept 2026 11:54 PM IST

Aakar Patel | This 9/11, Let’s Reflect On The US Hand In W. Asia Chaos

Aakar Patel | This 9/11, Let’s Reflect On The US Hand In W. Asia...

This month the US announced that an American company would be given a 100-year concession over 17 oilfields in...

8 Sept 2026 1:01 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP Shows Flickers Of Life Beyond Modi-Shah Grip

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | BJP Shows Flickers Of Life Beyond...

Now, for the first time in over a decade, the party office has become visibly active. The new party president, Mr Nitin...

8 Sept 2026 12:27 AM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | The Himalayas Can By No Means Become China’s Hydraulic Frontier

Pradeep C. Nair | The Himalayas Can By No Means Become China’s...

India has already received an equally sobering warning. In October 2023, a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) from South...

6 Sept 2026 11:05 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | The Nine-hour Walk: Dissent Criminalised

Bharat Bhushan | The Nine-hour Walk: Dissent Criminalised

An FIR had earlier been filed against Mr Joshi on August 26 for a social media post calling for a “Nuremberg-style...

6 Sept 2026 10:12 PM IST

Joh J. Kennedy | How India’s Exam Crisis Is Really A Jobs Crisis

Joh J. Kennedy | How India’s Exam Crisis Is Really A Jobs Crisis

Candidates may spend years preparing, while families bear the costs of coaching, accommodation and repeated attempts....

5 Sept 2026 11:13 PM IST

Manish Tewari | What The ‘Forever Wars’ Today Will Leave Behind

Manish Tewari | What The ‘Forever Wars’ Today Will Leave Behind

Coming back to the SCO summit, beyond the platitudes and homilies contained in the ritualistic Bishkek declaration and...

5 Sept 2026 10:40 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | Between AI & Humans,Who Makes ‘Better’ Slop?

Shashi Warrier | Between AI & Humans,Who Makes ‘Better’ Slop?

“Politicians now use AI,” he said. “They think AI can replace party spokespersons. Someone I know who’s been accused of...

5 Sept 2026 9:54 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Belonging: Should the Sphinx Have Spoken?

Shobhaa De | Belonging: Should the Sphinx Have Spoken?

Controversy over deleted passages may make Sonia Gandhi’s memoir an even bigger bestseller

5 Sept 2026 12:43 AM IST

The duo were each jailed for five months and ordered to receive three strokes of the cane. (Photo: File/Representational)

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Jails Are Overflowing: Should Jury Trials Be...

Early prisoner releases and limits on jury trials spark public and media concern

5 Sept 2026 12:23 AM IST

Chandrakant Lahariya | When And How Lipid Levels Can Transform Into A National Anxiety

Chandrakant Lahariya | When And How Lipid Levels Can Transform Into A...

This is not an argument against science or a conspiracy theory. India’s disease burden of high blood pressure, diabetes,...

4 Sept 2026 2:02 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | After Nepal, Nations Must Track Himalayan Climate

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | After Nepal, Nations Must Track Himalayan...

That means a constant struggle against Nature. The August calamity was by no means the worst. Nepal’s disaster authority...

4 Sept 2026 1:09 AM IST