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DC Edit | Will India Go Back to Being a Cashless Economy?

DC Edit | Will India Go Back to Being a Cashless Economy?

Limited MDR on select merchant payments preserves free transfers but puts safeguards to the test

16 Sept 2026 10:53 PM IST

Padma Rao Sundarji | BRICS: The Guest Isn’t Always a Vegetarian God

Padma Rao Sundarji | BRICS: The Guest Isn’t Always a Vegetarian God

Beyond the menu and social-media fury, the summit offered plenty of material for serious debate

16 Sept 2026 10:35 PM IST

Gurjit Singh | BRICS at 20: A Win for India Which Faces China Test Next

Gurjit Singh | BRICS at 20: A Win for India Which Faces China Test...

India manages internal differences while strengthening BRICS as a platform for Global South agency

16 Sept 2026 10:11 PM IST

DC Edit | Staines’ Killer Shouldn’t Walk

DC Edit | Staines’ Killer Shouldn’t Walk

Sentence Review Board cites societal ramifications of clemency for 1999 hate crime

16 Sept 2026 9:57 PM IST

A Seasoned Modi’s Brics Balancing Act

A Seasoned Modi’s Brics Balancing Act

Psychologists of power will have much work to do explaining the change in the Modi style, which leaned a little too much...

15 Sept 2026 11:42 PM IST

DC Edit | Retail Inflation Rises, Act Now

DC Edit | Retail Inflation Rises, Act Now

Onion prices surged 48.27 per cent, garlic 43.6 per cent and ginger nearly 74 per cent because of an uneven monsoon....

15 Sept 2026 10:46 PM IST

Cabinet Reshuffle Faces Two More Deadlines; Which Of Them Will Hold?

Cabinet Reshuffle Faces Two More Deadlines; Which Of Them Will Hold?

In the finance slot, a civil servant or technocrat may be inducted. The move will introduce a non-political face as the...

15 Sept 2026 9:44 PM IST

DC Edit | Debate UCC, Don’t Enforce It To ‘Otherise’ Minorities

DC Edit | Debate UCC, Don’t Enforce It To ‘Otherise’ Minorities

The party has not learnt much from the dismal dividend it harvested after implementing two top items on its agenda, the...

15 Sept 2026 9:04 PM IST

Anita Anand | Gen Z questioning elders, and not just tradition… So is it a new era for India?

Anita Anand | Gen Z questioning elders, and not just tradition… So is...

Young Indians are challenging authority, tradition and social controls with growing confidence

13 Sept 2026 10:51 PM IST

Sanjaya Baru | How Trump Has Fuelled the Resurgence of BRICS

Sanjaya Baru | How Trump Has Fuelled the Resurgence of BRICS

US trade wars and sanctions have united BRICS economies against a dominant global power

13 Sept 2026 10:36 PM IST

DC Edit | Should Tata Sons Go Public?

DC Edit | Should Tata Sons Go Public?

RBI’s decision reinforces equal rules as Tata Sons weighs listing or legal challenge

13 Sept 2026 9:39 PM IST

DC Edit | Many More BRICS in Global South Wall

DC Edit | Many More BRICS in Global South Wall

India hosts a successful BRICS summit, but challenges with China, trade and jobs remain

13 Sept 2026 9:00 PM IST