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Prudence, Not Populism
2 Feb 2026 12:08 AM ISTMany may be tempted to paint India’s Budget 2026 as lacklustre and lacking in ambition, but such criticism misunderstands both the global economic...
Rewriting NCP’s Future
31 Jan 2026 12:17 AM ISTThe sudden death of Ajit Pawar has injected shock, grief and political uncertainty into Maharashtra at a moment when the Nationalist Congress Party...
The Campus Question
30 Jan 2026 12:39 AM ISTThe new Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026, notified by the University Grants Commission, have reopened a...
Ignored Warnings?
28 Jan 2026 11:50 PM ISTThe crash of the Learjet carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar near Baramati is not merely a tragic accident; it is a moment that...
Guarded Liberalisation
27 Jan 2026 11:26 PM ISTThe conclusion of the India–European Union free trade agreement after more than two decades of negotiations is a moment of strategic significance that...
Purging the Ranks
26 Jan 2026 10:48 PM ISTChina’s announcement that it is investigating its top military leadership probably marks one of the most significant moments of Xi Jinping’s rule—not...
Inside the rehearsal tent
26 Jan 2026 12:35 AM ISTThe Olympics are often spoken of in the language of medals, records and national tallies, but their most enduring power lies elsewhere. Long before...
Enforcement Over Optics
24 Jan 2026 12:21 AM ISTIndia’s move to consider shortening the compliance window for Big Tech companies under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, from 18 months...
A Troubling New Forum
22 Jan 2026 10:49 PM ISTThe idea of a “Board of Peace” led by Donald Trump began as a narrow, time-bound mechanism to oversee the fragile Gaza ceasefire. What it has since...
Cost of Crackdowns
22 Jan 2026 1:08 AM ISTWhat is unfolding inside the United States’ immigration enforcement system should concern anyone who still believes that democracies are defined as...
Policy’s Long Shadow
20 Jan 2026 11:36 PM ISTChina’s demographic anxiety is not a sudden policy headache but a recurring civilizational dilemma. For millennia, numbers have been both China’s...
The Representation Question
19 Jan 2026 11:42 PM ISTThe warning sounded by Oxfam this week should not surprise anyone who has watched politics steadily bend towards wealth over the past two decades....
Clutch-less India
1 Feb 2026 12:59 AM ISTFuture in an Equation
1 Feb 2026 12:57 AM ISTA Quiet Social Trend
1 Feb 2026 12:56 AM ISTPanikkar and the Making of Modern Asia
1 Feb 2026 12:53 AM ISTLiving on Global Credit
1 Feb 2026 12:51 AM IST
Growth, stability over populism
2 Feb 2026 1:30 AM ISTMamata moves SC against EC over Bengal SIR
2 Feb 2026 1:15 AM ISTOpposition slams Budget 2026 as hollow, directionless
2 Feb 2026 1:06 AM ISTBudget targets US tariff shock with customs relief, manufacturing...
2 Feb 2026 1:05 AM ISTMamata: Budget visionless, missionless & anti-people
2 Feb 2026 1:00 AM IST









