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Claude Arpi | Flashback: Biju role, U-2 Flights, Charbatia & Tibet

Claude Arpi | Flashback: Biju role, U-2 Flights, Charbatia & Tibet

first heard about Charbatia, Biju Patnaik’s baby, when I studied the participation of the Tibetan Special Frontier Force...

19 Jun 2026 12:53 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Agility Is Key: Foreign Service To Undergo A Strategic Reset

Dilip Cherian | Agility Is Key: Foreign Service To Undergo A Strategic...

The real test of diplomacy lies in securing influence, opening markets, building strategic partnerships, shaping...

19 Jun 2026 12:29 AM IST

DC Edit | Neet: Wrong Move To Ban App

DC Edit | Neet: Wrong Move To Ban App

The leakage of the Neet question paper, its cancellation and the mess that followed are a creation of the lethargic...

19 Jun 2026 12:12 AM IST

DC Edit | Good Time For Trade Deal With US: India Set To Gain

DC Edit | Good Time For Trade Deal With US: India Set To Gain

India does not qualify for a seat at the high table and yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi was very prominent there,...

19 Jun 2026 12:03 AM IST

From Quantity to Quality: Reimagining India’s Development Through Japan’s Experience

From Quantity to Quality: Reimagining India’s Development Through...

If there is a critical lesson that India can learn from Japan, it is the recognition of quality as the central pursuit...

18 Jun 2026 11:56 AM IST

Sunil Gatade | India’s Cockroach ‘Conspiracy’: Will This Movement Bring Real Change?

Sunil Gatade | India’s Cockroach ‘Conspiracy’: Will This Movement...

From satire to street politics, the movement is stirring both hope and suspicion.

17 Jun 2026 10:13 PM IST

DC Edit | Govt Responsible for Senior Care

DC Edit | Govt Responsible for Senior Care

Rising elderly numbers demand stronger healthcare, welfare and social support systems.

17 Jun 2026 9:49 PM IST

DC Edit | Shifting Sena Loyalties Test of Democratic Credibility

DC Edit | Shifting Sena Loyalties Test of Democratic Credibility

Defections strengthen the NDA, weaken Opposition unity and raise ethical concerns.

17 Jun 2026 9:32 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress’ Fading Grandeur and Momentum of Inertia

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress’ Fading Grandeur and Momentum of Inertia

Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the Congress, has been consistent in facing off against the BJP

17 Jun 2026 8:52 PM IST

Chandrakant Lahariya | Poliovirus Which Was Left In Sewage Only A Warning, Not A Panic Signal

Chandrakant Lahariya | Poliovirus Which Was Left In Sewage Only A...

This is why the Ghaziabad episode must be read as a surveillance success. Poliovirus is shed in stool and can therefore...

17 Jun 2026 12:13 AM IST

DC Edit | Censoring Textbooks Misguided

DC Edit | Censoring Textbooks Misguided

At the centre of the controversy was a bronze figurine, one of the most celebrated artefacts of the Indus Valley...

16 Jun 2026 11:46 PM IST

K.C. Singh | As US & Iran Strike Deal, Will India Heed Lessons?

K.C. Singh | As US & Iran Strike Deal, Will India Heed Lessons?

President Trump also posted on social media that the Strait of Hormuz was going to be opened and the US naval blockade...

16 Jun 2026 11:11 PM IST