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Statecraft Over Politics
20 Dec 2025 12:11 AM ISTAs India looks to 2047, Sardar Patel’s vision of a neutral, ethical civil service offers vital lessons for rebuilding the steel frame of governance
An unequal world
20 Dec 2025 12:09 AM ISTThe World Inequality Report comes at the right time to jolt us back to the sordid reality of how wealth is concentrated in a few hands
A Centennial Obituary
19 Dec 2025 12:42 AM ISTAt its centenary, Indian communism appears ideologically exhausted, culturally disconnected and politically irrelevant, weighed down by historical...
Dirty Underside of Green Transition
19 Dec 2025 12:04 AM ISTAs the world debates carbon emissions at climate summits, toxic pollution from critical minerals, hazardous air and contaminated water is quietly...
Silent Struggles Growing Louder
19 Dec 2025 12:01 AM ISTAddiction, anxiety, loneliness and pressure to “succeed” are reshaping youth life in India, turning phones, parties and classrooms into quiet...
The Cost of Monopoly
18 Dec 2025 11:59 PM ISTFlight cancellations, delayed refunds and passenger distress revealed how weak regulation and market dominance erode consumer rights, turning a...
Vijay and the Quiet Rebellion
18 Dec 2025 11:58 PM ISTVijay’s political entry has unsettled Tamil Nadu’s entrenched parties, tapping youth discontent with corruption, divisive politics and rising costs of...
Water Leadership from Institutions
18 Dec 2025 12:38 AM ISTAs groundwater levels plunge and urban flooding worsens, a rainwater harvesting initiative across police stations shows how local institutions can...
The Thoothukudi Fallout
18 Dec 2025 12:35 AM ISTShutdown of the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi shows how closure without regulatory reform deepens economic distress, weakens strategic autonomy...
Air Pollution’s Silent Toll
18 Dec 2025 12:32 AM ISTDelhi’s air crisis has become a year-round disease multiplier, raising hospital loads, costs and deaths—and it demands prevention-first governance,...
SEZs Beyond Cities
18 Dec 2025 12:31 AM ISTExpanding Special Economic Zones into remote India can boost exports, jobs and infrastructure while reducing migration and ensuring more balanced...
Towards Balanced Cigarette Taxation
17 Dec 2025 12:17 AM ISTAs the compensation cess nears its end, India’s debate on cigarette taxation must balance revenue, health goals and enforcement realities—drawing on...
Two-Wheel Nation
20 Dec 2025 8:36 PM ISTCollapse of a Ceasefire
20 Dec 2025 8:30 PM ISTMemory, Discipline and Growing Up
20 Dec 2025 8:28 PM ISTWinter Blues, Smogged Minds
20 Dec 2025 8:26 PM ISTCM Yadav details MP’s transition from extremism-free state to...
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Cold wave and rising AQI grip the Capital; flights also disrupted
21 Dec 2025 1:00 AM ISTASSAM: 7 elephants killed in Rajdhani hit
21 Dec 2025 12:30 AM ISTBengal renames ‘Karmashree’ as ‘Mahatma Shree’
21 Dec 2025 12:30 AM IST‘Empty-handed PM, blocked funds’: TMC salvo at Modi’s ‘maha jungle...
21 Dec 2025 12:30 AM ISTAgustaWestland chopper scam | Court orders Christian Michel’s release...
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