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Aakar Patel | Why India Is Not Comparable With China In Terms Of Development

Aakar Patel | Why India Is Not Comparable With China In Terms Of...

Yes, India was growing a little slower, and yes, India was not industrialising as much as China was, but it was only a...

19 Jan 2026 10:42 PM IST

Reflections | Amid US Threats, Tehran Burns: Is There Way Out? | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

Reflections | Amid US Threats, Tehran Burns: Is There Way Out? |...

Protests are nothing new in Iran. Ever since the 1979 Islamic revolution, some 93 million Iranians have battled a...

19 Jan 2026 10:10 PM IST

DC Edit | A.R. Rahman Row Is Needless

DC Edit | A.R. Rahman Row Is Needless

Those who helped fan a furious debate over his remarks must hold back now that he has clarified that his intentions were...

19 Jan 2026 9:50 PM IST

DC Edit | A Year Of Trump: Chaos In US, Across The World

DC Edit | A Year Of Trump: Chaos In US, Across The World

Mr Trump may not have gone the whole hog in punishing China as a trade partner with a historically monstrous surplus,...

19 Jan 2026 9:22 PM IST

DC Edit | IndiGo Action: Too Little, Too Late

DC Edit | IndiGo Action: Too Little, Too Late

When a single privately run airline, whose management’s primary goal is to make a profit for its shareholders, controls...

18 Jan 2026 11:11 PM IST

DC Edit | Stop Using ‘Infiltrators’ Issue In Poll Campaign

DC Edit | Stop Using ‘Infiltrators’ Issue In Poll Campaign

If Mr Modi has in mind the model of US President Donald Trump and his actions against illegal aliens, then it will set a...

18 Jan 2026 11:02 PM IST

Sanjaya Baru | INSV Kaundinya Defines India’s Maritime Region

Sanjaya Baru | INSV Kaundinya Defines India’s Maritime Region

A vibrant ship-building industry thrived both in Gujarat and in the Andhra region and these vessels could travel both to...

18 Jan 2026 10:19 PM IST

Chandrakant Lahariya | Antibiotics Must Be Protected To Ensure The Healthy Future Of Planet

Chandrakant Lahariya | Antibiotics Must Be Protected To Ensure The...

The economic and social consequences of antimicrobial resistance are severe

18 Jan 2026 10:06 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Judiciary Key in Restoring the Health of Institutions

Pavan K. Varma | Judiciary Key in Restoring the Health of Institutions

One interpretation could be that the current dispensation is far more active in acting against corruption.

17 Jan 2026 9:05 PM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Two Short Stories on Love and Business

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Two Short Stories on Love and Business

As expected, this led to conflict.

17 Jan 2026 9:00 PM IST

Anita Katyal | SIR Places RKM Monks in a Bind; Doubts a New over Priyanka’s Role

Anita Katyal | SIR Places RKM Monks in a Bind; Doubts a New over...

Take the case of the monks at the Ramakrishna Mission in poll-bound West Bengal where the SIR exercise is currently...

17 Jan 2026 8:45 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Amid the Crisis Raging in Iran… Will Zoroastrian Faith Rise Again?

Farrukh Dhondy | Amid the Crisis Raging in Iran… Will Zoroastrian...

From protests to princes, sanctions to satire, a meditation on faith, power and identity

16 Jan 2026 10:30 PM IST