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Opinion | Reel Deal: Have we Forgotten How To Disagree Without Picking A Side?
From Kriti Sanon’s Raksha Bandhan ad controversy to Taapsee Pannu and Kangana Ranaut’s latest exchange, why ev…
Opinion: For Viksit Bharat, Rethink The Civil Services Examination
The road to administrative reform begins not at the end of a civil servant’s career, but at the examination ha…
Opinion | Modi's 'Make In India' Vs Rahul's 'Fake In India'
The 'base year' narrative that is now being spuriously peddled by Rahul Gandhi and his cabal is just an attemp…
India is playing the long game in Central Asia
Deepening India-Uzbekistan ties are turning connectivity constraints into long-term strategic opportunity
India's pace of economic growth shows that its Viksit Bharat dream is not out of reach
Contrary to claims based on miscalculations, India’s economic trajectory needs only a slight pick-up to achiev…
Modi-Pezeshkian meet: India won’t let America define its Iran ties
The meeting sends a quiet message to Washington: Delhi intends to define its relationship with Tehran on its o…
India is an inventive country, yet too many innovations die prematurely. Let’s prevent that
It is often suggested that Indians are incapable of coming up with innovative products. That’s not true. The c…
Studying the effects of AI is harder when people don’t reveal their usage of it: can AI labs help?
People lie about using artificial intelligence (AI), according to new research. The closet use of this technol…
Opinion | PM Modi Opens Up The Missile Business: How India's Private Sector Is A Force Multiplier
India's defence exports reached ₹38,424 crore in FY2025-26, up more than 62 percent over the previous year
Cash is king: why we can’t expect digital payments to dethrone paper money in India
Can India completely do away with paper currency now that UPI has attained mass adoption? Not quite. There exi…
Mergers and acquisitions offer India Inc an opportunity but success hinges on execution in line with a business strategy
India Inc’s record shows why companies that pursue inorganic growth must also strengthen innovation, technolog…
Warsh's Jackson Hole address outlined key principles for central banks around the world
What the US Fed’s new chief had to say at the symposium reassured global markets, while the seven key principl…
Mint Quick Edit | India GDP growth has surpassed expectations: here’s what to expect
The country’s latest GDP data offers a heartening picture of the economy in the last quarter. It’s a story of …
Vulnerability: The leadership edge no one talks about
'In building ASCENT, we have tried to address that silence. It is my father-in-law Harsh Mariwala's vision, an…
The higher Asim Munir climbs, the shakier Pakistan gets
As General Munir trips lightly from country to country, and is greeted by the world’s most powerful leaders, h…
Head-on | Why Pakistan’s Mecca shield won’t blunt India’s sword
For all Pakistan’s swagger over the Mecca pact, neither Saudi Arabia nor Turkey is likely to fight its battles…
Nepal cannot afford the fiction of equidistance
The floods have shown why India is an indispensable partner that diplomatic optics cannot replace.
Beyond SCO: Decoding PM Modi’s Uzbekistan outreach amid great power rivalry
India’s deepening engagement with Uzbekistan reflects a shared commitment to strategic autonomy amid shifting …
India's top IT firms have much more strategic space than their quarterly numbers suggest
India’s infotech majors have enormous cash piles for acquisitions and are busy snapping up other businesses. B…
Lost in translation: Japan must get a firm grip on its global messaging for market stability
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s mention of a cockroach was misinterpreted by the international media.…
Democracy is upheld not just by a constitution but by citizens accustomed to freedom
Constitutions do matter, no doubt, but all three thinkers, Alexis de Tocqueville, B.R. Ambedkar and Rabindrana…
India is getting better at financing proven green technologies but is trailing on innovations for the future
India’s green transition isn’t short of finance but new clean-tech development mustn’t starve. The country ris…
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu's views on AI need to be debated, not brushed aside
The MIT professor is one of the world's most prominent economists arguing for a worker-centric approach to art…
Perpetually linked incentives? India’s handset makers must shorten their curve to competitiveness
India’s renewal of incentives for domestic cellphone production and plan for an input ecosystem represent a do…
Mint Quick Edit | The theory of limited liability and practice of personal guarantees both need rethinks
Is it reckless to cap the liability of investors in the age of AI agency? And why must cases of debt repayment…
Opinion | India-Russia 2.0: From Strategic Friendship To Partnership For A Multipolar World
As geopolitics turns more transactional, India and Russia are expanding ties beyond defence and energy into tr…
Opinion | Nepal Stopping Sikh NGO Isn’t Personal; Its Laws Pre-empt Predatory Foreign Aid
Nepal is absolutely right in wanting to defend its sovereignty and demographic sanctity, which have been both …
Mohan Bhagwat’s unity pitch exposes America’s cancel club
Bhagwat pitched for ‘universal oneness’; will the RSS’s critics do the same now?
Opinion | Can The Generations Born In 1960s, 1970s Still Lead? A Puzzle For Gen Z
In an age of accelerating change, the greatest threat to leadership may not be lack of experience but it may b…
India has an ‘image problem’? Sadanand Dhume should take a closer look at America first
If India has a ‘public squalor’ problem that, according to Dhume, is affecting its ‘global image’, America und…
Global Watch | Nepal's Himalayan Disaster Puts China's Mega-Dam Ambitions Under Fresh Scrutiny
China's latest undertaking is the enormous hydropower development on Yarlung Zangbo - the river that becomes t…
Opinion | Bhagwat In New York: Celebrating Hindu Universalism, Exposing Mamdani’s Smallness
With his universalist appeal of Sanatan Dharma, Bhagwat exposed Mamdani’s own exclusionary, Islamist-adjacent …
Opinion | India’s EV Revolution Starts In The Basement
Public charging stations get most of the attention. But for millions of urban Indians, the more consequential …
Why Singapore Airlines’ bet on Air India is worth the long haul
Despite political scrutiny over short-term losses, Air India's multi-year turnaround offers Singapore Airlines…
‘The Durian Flavour’: A diplomat’s take on the trajectory of India-ASEAN relations
Gurjit Singh’s book, ‘The Durian Flavour’, offers a detailed account of India-ASEAN ties, combining data and d…
The rupee’s recent stability is good news—but let's not forget the fragilities that remain
The Reserve Bank of India’s special steps, including a swap window for FCNR-B deposits to attract dollars, off…
Beyond the headcount: India’s Census needs a climate lens
A Census is remembered not only for the people it counted, but for the questions it considered worth asking
What is cryptocurrency good for? The concept has caught on but is yet to justify its existence
Bitcoin was invented anonymously as a decentralized form of digital money that would prioritize privacy and eq…
As a new world order emerges, India must watch how geopolitical shifts could affect the country
As the old order begins to crumble and alliances are reshaped, the country must closely track the geopolitical…
Opinion | Territorial Army 2.0: Building India's Military Reserve For Next War
Doctrine, command integration and sustained investment will determine whether Territorial Army 2.0 becomes a g…