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Blog | Pranit More To Everyone Else, How Comedy And Its Scandals Continue To Fool Us
The modern comedian doesn't really have an ideology. They have a target market, and jokes that cater to that target market.
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Opinion | US' Scott Bessent Has A New 'Doctrine', And It Leaves India With Hard Choices
Scott Bessent in a recent WSJ opinion piece has explained the so-called American economic 'statecraft'. The doctrine should raise concerns in India.
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Opinion | China's New AI Surveillance System Has A Chilling New Mission
A new legislation in China, which takes effect tomorrow, isn't just another security law. It reaches across borders - and into the future.
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Opinion | Saving Ayodhya's Ram Temple Needs Turning To Kautilya
The Vatican was once plagued with such financial crime. So that this never happens in Ayodhya again, Kautilya's wisdom, and the Tirupati example, is relevant.
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Opinion | The Post-War Middle East May Already Be Splitting Into Two New 'Camps'
We may see a closer Qatar-Oman-Iran trilateral partnership emerging in the coming days, while another grouping already in the making is of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt.
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Opinion | 330 Million: Why The Biggest Number In India's AI Boom Is The Most Useless One
India has the largest crowd of AI users. But that number could be a vanity, pleasant to report in the morning and slow to pay by evening. Because who wants to pay for AI yet?
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FIFA Let Politics Win Over Football, Iran Paid The Price For Political Hypocrisy
Football's governing body has long sold itself as apolitical - like the IOC - an organisation above borders, above diplomacy, above conflict. But this World Cup has challenged that idea and changed perceptions about FIFA.
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Opinion | India's Solar Dreams Have A Big China Problem
The entire edifice of Indian solar, the panels, the parks, the rooftop schemes, the 500 GW of non-fossil capacity promised by 2030, rests, at its base, on a single supply line that runs across a contested border.
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Opinion | Beyond Summons: Understanding The Authority Of Akal Takht
The development comes amid a separate controversy over an objectionable video allegedly linked to CM Mann, an allegation he denies.
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Opinion | For The Great Passport Debate, A 'Common-Sense' Cure - By Shashi Tharoor
There is a gap between legal theory and the practical realities of a passport. But an easy fix can resolve this manufactured crisis.
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Opinion | The Invisible Import In Every Indian Thali
In 2025-26, India spent over US$ 19 billion on edible oil imports to meet 60% of its demand, making it vulnerable to global price shocks and supply disruption while straining the nation's exchequer of its forex reserves for what it could grow at home
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Opinion | Arithmetic, Alliances And The Quest For Constitutional Power
While cabinet changes are routine in any administration, the circumstances surrounding this exercise suggest that political arithmetic rather than administrative performance may dominate the calculations.
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Opinion | Pune Fort Murder, And The One Word That Could've Stopped It All
The gruesome killing of Ketan Agarwal and the death of Twisha Sharma last month raise questions about the rigid culture surrounding marriages in India
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Opinion | The War On London: How Lies And Bots Are Targeting The City
Research shows that hostile social media narratives describing London as dangerous or in decline have increased by between 150 and 200 per cent over the past two years.
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Opinion | Iran Peace Process Needs A New Architect, And India Shouldn't Waste Its Chance
Most leaders in the West have all experienced a sharp drop in popularity owing to economic and geopolitical uncertainty. For Delhi, this might be the time to cash in on its multi-alignment framework and cement its place at the high table.
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India In The Age Of AI: Producer, Consumer, Or Bystander?
The US and China were burning hundreds of billions on foundational model development. India's competitive advantage, the argument ran, lay in its deep software services capability, its cost efficiency and its ability to build applications serving specific markets and verticals.
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Opinion | Britain Seems To Have A New National Hobby: Firing Its Prime Ministers
Britain's Prime Ministers are dropping like mayflies, and nobody seems to be able to stop the mayhem.
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Opinion | Will Bhagwant Mann's 'Video' Row Become A Larger Punjab Battle?
The politics of 2026 shares little with that of 1982. But the phrase does not carry politics alone; it carries memory. Once invoked, it can turn a political disagreement into a moral confrontation that is much harder to resolve or step back from.
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Opinion | Iran War: Has New Delhi Lost Out, And Has Pak Really Gained? By Shashi Tharoor
To imagine a Nobel Peace for the terrorist-sponsoring Field Marshal Asim Munir may be a fantasy too far. The world sees clearly the difference between an autonomous actor and a message-carrying stool-pigeon.
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Opinion: El Nino Is Set To Further Disrupt India's $300 Billion Farm Economy
The interaction between the numerous factors affecting the monsoon isn't fully understood, but it's unlikely that El Nino, first declared just a few weeks ago, is the key driver of its late onset.
