India needs Agnipath, not pensionpath
The defence of India is not a job creation scheme, as many rioters seem to believe. India urgently needs to
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Child marriage: Why we should not point fingers
The BJP has expelled its media chief Naveen Kumar Jindal and suspended a prominent spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, for making insulting
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Searching for ‘historical truth’? Don’t be selective
India celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence in 1997 by showing that a billion people could overcome multiple barriers of
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Why a quick compromise for Russia will be bad for India, encouraging for China
Despite US rhetoric on ‘defeating’ Russia in the Ukraine war, the US military is wary of supplying weapons to Kyiv
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India has shown resilience but jury still out on the economy
Narendra Modi’s eight years in power have produced fantastic political success for the BJP, a slide in India’s democratic and
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A total ban on wheat exports is an overkill
The Ukraine war has cast its shadow on the state election in Gujarat in December via the government’s sudden ban
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Industrial commodity prices are dropping, not rising any more, due to recession
Inflation has soared to new heights, with the April consumer price index (CPI) showing prices shooting up 7.8%. Wholesale price
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How rise of low-cost guerilla media aids press freedom
India’s position has fallen from 142 to 150 out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index for 2022
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A debt typhoon is set to engulf the world, and India won’t escape unscathed
Many Indians smirk at the ousting of Imran Khan as prime minister in Pakistan, and the coming dismissal of Gotabaya
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