Editorial

Christmas today arrives wrapped in familiarity—trees, gifts, carols, Santa Claus—yet its history is far less fixed than modern rituals suggest. What...

The strike at the Louvre has crossed a threshold where it can no longer be dismissed as a routine labour dispute or an episodic breakdown in...

India’s signing of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Oman marks a quiet but strategically meaningful step in New Delhi’s...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-nation tour of Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman between December 15 and 18, 2025, comes at a moment when West Asia and...

The introduction of the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill in the Lok Sabha is a significant restructuring of India’s higher-education governance...

The NDA government’s proposed Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or the VB-G Ram G Bill, 2025, marks a consequential...

The renewed violence along the Thailand–Cambodia border is a stark reminder that peace agreements are often less decisive than the domestic politics...

India’s household savings landscape is undergoing a fundamental reordering, one that marks a decisive break from the country’s long-standing reliance...

Indian football once again finds itself at a crossroads, caught between the ambitions of its professional clubs and the administrative authority of...

The seizure of Yemen’s oil-rich southern territories by the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) marks the most consequential rupture in the...

The government’s indication that the date of implementation of the Eighth Central Pay Commission will be decided later, and may not align with January...

Indian cricket has witnessed many transition cycles, but few have been as compressed, dramatic and emotionally charged as the one unfolding over the...