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Express View on trade pacts and agriculture: Carry forward the momentumSubscriber Only
July 28, 2025 07:40 IST
The pact is marked by a confident approach of export proactiveness rather than import defensiveness. A similar tone is required in deals with other countries.
National Sports Governance Bill: Will govt clean up federations including BCCI — or isthere a danger of overreach?Subscriber Only
July 26, 2025 07:32 IST
There are, however, fears of government overreach and the question of appointing the right people, free of conflicts of interest or bias, to head the organisation
In Manipur, extending President’s Rule is not a solutionSubscriber Only
July 26, 2025 07:23 IST
Three key issues require urgent resolution: Free movement, the relocation of internally displaced persons, and the circulation of weapons
Hulkamania will live onSubscriber Only
July 26, 2025 07:24 IST
Hulk Hogan was the best-known face of pro wrestling worldwide
The world must stop Israel from starving GazaSubscriber Only
July 25, 2025 08:03 IST
Gazans are being forced to make a choice between starving to death and risking being shot in a desperate attempt to feed themselves and their families
As an artist and storyteller, Ratan Thiyam always came back to ManipurSubscriber Only
July 25, 2025 08:03 IST
His plays were searing political commentaries that made audiences in the region, the country and in international forums, understand the Manipuri situation as a human tragedy.
India-UK trade pact — a template for deals with America and EuropeSubscriber Only
July 25, 2025 08:10 IST
Through this trade agreement, India has indicated its willingness to bring down its tariffs substantially as it seeks to integrate more closely with developed countries
When Ozzy Osbourne ate a bat – and became a heavy metal legendSubscriber Only
July 24, 2025 06:51 IST
Father of heavy metal and one of its most outlandish figures, Ozzy Osbourne leaves behind the music and the showmanship
Breaking the TB chainSubscriber Only
July 24, 2025 06:51 IST
ICMR’s push for TB diagnostic tests in primary healthcare centres could be crucial for early detection and treatment of infection
India, China and the Brahmaputra frontSubscriber Only
July 24, 2025 06:51 IST
After inauguration of China’s new project on Brahmaputra, India’s plans to build storage facilities on the river must acquire urgency.
V S Achuthanandan, a rebel with many causesSubscriber Only
July 23, 2025 06:53 IST
The last survivor of the 32 members of the CPI national council who walked out to form the CPM in 1964, Achuthanandan remained a rebel throughout his life. It often led him into conflicts with his party
The outspoken Jagdeep Dhankhar must break silence on his resignationSubscriber Only
July 23, 2025 06:54 IST
The Monday night announcement of Dhankhar’s exit came virtually mid-sentence, with no evidence of consultation or discussion having preceded it. For the dignity of his office and his own tradition of speaking up, V-P should remove opacity
Does your politics matter on a dating app? Love should be about discoverySubscriber Only
July 23, 2025 06:53 IST
In Mamdani’s story about meeting his wife on a dating app, many see hope of finding their own perfect matches, sans the drama of unpleasant debate. But does this offer any room for the spontaneous combustion known as love?
A musician’s library — when the written word isn’t ‘content’Subscriber Only
July 22, 2025 07:30 IST
Rockstar Nick Cave’s decision to donate 2000 books, rush for them is a reminder of a time when people had a more intimate relationship with what they read
Ancestral property rights for Adivasi women: Constitution’s promise over customary lawSubscriber Only
July 22, 2025 07:29 IST
Customary laws are important as a bulwark against forceful assimilation and homogenisation. At the same time, as the SC rightly pointed out ‘collective ethos of the Constitution’ ensures ‘that there is no discrimination against women’
19 years after Mumbai train attack, there is no closure — only unanswered questionsSubscriber Only
July 22, 2025 07:29 IST
Botched investigations and trials that span decades do an added injustice to the victims
SC ruling on evidence in matrimonial disputes raises questions about right to privacySubscriber Only
July 21, 2025 08:02 IST
Allowing covert evidence in matrimonial disputes is consequential. It could have a bearing on other kinds of matrimonial issues, including marital rape
Assam evictions: Himanta Biswa Sarma government must not trade empathy for political expediencySubscriber Only
July 21, 2025 08:00 IST
According to the state government, over 1.19 lakh bighas of land have been reclaimed since 2021 and over 50,000 people have been evicted. These statistics encompass homes, schools, livelihoods, lifelines and lifetimes. An absence of humane policy response stands to render eviction not as an administrative necessity, but as a form of institutional violenc
UPSC’s initiative to provide employment pathways for unsuccessful candidates is welcomeSubscriber Only
July 19, 2025 07:15 IST
The problems in India’s labour markets, however, require deeper and far-reaching policy changes
Where humanity ends in Palestine, a writer offers his library in exchange for foodSubscriber Only
July 19, 2025 07:22 IST
Literature may be immortal, but for an entire population in Gaza that faces starvation, books too have become reduced to mere possessions, emergency currency to be exchanged for food
China’s export restrictions should make India rethink fertiliser pricingSubscriber Only
July 19, 2025 07:11 IST
If import dependence is a given, the policy response, too, must adjust to that reality. Unfortunately, that has not been the case with fertilisers
For law and order in Bihar, the NDA must answer nowSubscriber Only
July 18, 2025 07:11 IST
Neither the JD(U) nor the BJP, partners in the ruling alliance, can afford to turn their back on the return of insecurities on the law and order front
India should disregard NATO threat on doing business with RussiaSubscriber Only
July 18, 2025 07:10 IST
MEA’s sharp rebuttal serves as a timely reminder to the West, particularly Europe, of its own manoeuvres in pursuit of energy security
In Grok’s Ani companion, a regressionSubscriber Only
July 18, 2025 07:10 IST
If it feels like regression it’s because it was not so long ago that public outcry forced Big Tech to roll back or modify the heavily gendered aspects of early AI voice assistants like Siri, Alexa and Cortana
Manhandling, house arrest of CM Omar Abdullah are an act of disrespectSubscriber Only
July 17, 2025 07:03 IST
An overzealous Raj Bhavan, and its political masters at the Centre, should not undo the hard-won gains in the UT
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