Teesta case: When did courts start demanding arrests?
If there was a Supreme Court judgment that cried out for reversal, it would be the one on arresting human
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Why US is no longer heading for a recession but is actually in a recession
Paul Samuelson once said wryly that economists had predicted nine of the last five recessions. In other words, they over-predicted
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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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So, how well has India’s relative performance been under the Modi government?
In earlier columns, I have highlighted the sad slump in India’s global rankings on various measures of democracy, freedom and
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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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