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Opinion | Jyoti Basu To 'Bhaipo': BJP's New Bengal Strategy Turns To Image Politics
At this stage, the BJP's immediate objective seems to be to dismantle the carefully built public image of both Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee.
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Opinion | Elon Musk Might Just Have Lost The Most Important Case Of His Career
Musk's recent courtroom defeat against OpenAI and Sam Altman will, of course, not damage Tesla or SpaceX. But symbolically, it could become one of the defining moments in the AI industry.
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Ringside View | How Royal Challengers Bengaluru Transformed Itself Into A Winning Machine
Mo Bobat, RCB's Director of Cricket, helped explain the mindset after the franchise became the first team to qualify for the playoffs this season.
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Opinion | Twisha Sharma: Why India's Wealthiest Women Are Still Dying In 'Respectable' Marriages
Data show that women belonging to the lowest and highest wealth quintiles have equally been exposed to physical violence. Clearly, educational backgrounds and social status are no bar.
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Opinion | Xi Is Truly Done Falling For The Great American Bluff
The Chinese and others have long sized up Trump. As a person, he does not inspire trust. His transactional approach, erratic behaviour, ego-driven approach, brutal pressure tactics make him an unreliable interlocutor.
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Opinion | PM Modi's Austerity Appeal And The Bitter Economics Of 'Sacrifice'
In 2010, Athens was turned into a lab for austerity. The tidy logic was that Greece lived beyond its means and needed discipline for recovery. What followed was a decade of devastation - GDP contracted, hospitals ran out of medicines
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Opinion | 'As Long As Shesha Sustains The Earth': The Story Of The Chola Leiden Plates
In a major cultural restitution move, the Netherlands has formally returned a set of 11th-century Chola-era copper plates to India.
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Opinion | 3 Blasts In A Week: Pakistan's Taliban Blowback Is Entering A Dangerous New Phase
Last week, multiple terror attacks rocked the restive provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. First came an IED attack, then a suicide blast, with militants taking weapons and police personnel from the site, then a bomb blast.
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Opinion | Why Freebies Work Brilliantly, Until They Suddenly Don't: A Tamil Nadu Paradox
Freebies work under three conditions - and fail when any one of those conditions is absent.
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Opinion | Centre-State Relations: A Revanth Reddy Model
In an era where political discourse often descends into personal attacks and institutional confrontation, even small gestures of mutual respect send a powerful message.
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Opinion | PNS Hangor: Inside The $5 Billion Submarine Fleet Pakistan Is Buying From China
With the commissioning of PNS Hangor, what is no longer open to debate is the proposition that any future India-Pakistan conflict, in terms of force composition, will be a proxy engagement involving Chinese military technology.
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Opinion | Hormuz Strait: A Four-Point Proposal For Exiting The Crisis
The legal tools for sharing Hormuz's burden already exist. What's missing is the political will.
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Opinion | India's Big Kitchen Revolution May Solve Its Rs 1 Lakh Crore Problem
Transitioning from LPG stoves to electric cooking can save foreign exchange and protect women from several health and safety risks associated with traditional cooking fuels. The transition has already begun.
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Analysis | Ganga Water Treaty Renewal First Test For BJP's Bengal Government
The contentious Teesta water sharing deal that was on the verge of being signed by the previous Manmohan Singh-led government, was opposed by Bengal's erstwhile government led by Mamata Banerjee.
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Opinion | The Beijing Spectacle: Two Weary Giants Carve Up Their Share Of The World
For the world's middle powers, including India, the solidification of Washington and Beijing's duopoly presents an acute, existential dilemma.
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Opinion | Biggest Takeaway From BRICS Meet? Nobody Knows What It Is Anymore
Iran and the UAE's competing regional calculations bring into sharp focus the limitations of the grouping.
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Opinion | Trump's Beijing Summit Leaves The Rest Asking: Who Will Stop China Now?
As of now it seems Trump is willing to 'give' on issues important to China. But he is also waiting for something
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Opinion | How Vijay Is Redefining The 'Visual Language' Of Chief Ministership
By strategically moving away from traditional political tropes, Vijay, who is an outlier in the Tamil Nadu political theatre, is attempting to redefine the visual language of leadership in the state.
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Blog | Yahya Khan To Munir, The Curious Pak Factor In Every US-China Thaw
History suggests that whenever Washington looks toward Beijing during moments of global upheaval, Islamabad finds a way back into the game.
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Blog | The Inescapable Curse Of Being A Woman Politician In India
Women politicians in India are rarely allowed to exist as just politicians. They become emotional symbols. Everything except ordinary political leaders doing ordinary political things.
