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Opinion: India's New Surveillance Challenge From Pakistan Lies 500 km Above Earth
A US-based firm recently shared a post on LinkedIn explaining how Pakistan's earth observation satellite, PRSC EO3, is an anomaly because of its orbit. The US-based company COMSPOC found that the electro-optical imagery satellite, which requires sunlight to capture images of the ground, was placed in a 38-degree inclined orbit around Earth. The orb...
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Opinion | Reform Without Rupture: Narendra Modi Through A Burkean Conservative Lens
PM Modi comes from a distinctly Indic political and intellectual background, not the Anglo-European conservative tradition. Even so, a comparison can help highlight certain similarities in how both approach tradition, change and political authority.
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Opinion: In PM Modi's Tarakeshwar Visit, A Battle For Bengal's Memory
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting West Bengal's Tarakeshwar on June 20 for three major reasons. The first and most important reason is the celebration of West Bengal Day. The BJP government under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has declared June 20 as the official "West Bengal Day", beginning from 2026. The date carries historical signifi...
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Opinion: The 'Strategic' In India-US Partnership May Have Changed
The highly anticipated meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the mercurial US President Donald Trump is over, and the Ministry of External Affairs can heave a sigh of relief. No disruptive comments were noted, and Trump, in fact, was lavish in his praise of the longest continuously serving democratically elected Prime Minister. Everything pla...
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US Has No Regrets. Indian Sailor Killings Collateral Damage For Them
Three Indian mariners on a merchant ship off the coast of Iran and Oman are killed by the US Navy, but the US did not think it politically appropriate to express regret at this loss of life. Whatever the circumstances that led to this killing, some words of regret from the US would have been normal. After all, the merchant ship was unarmed and was ...
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Social Media Monopoly Looked Unbreakable For A Decade. It Doesn't Anymore
The real question about X was never about the platform. It was always about the architecture Elon Musk envisioned around it.
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Trump's Iran War: Was It Worth It?
President Donald Trump attacked Iran to weaken the Islamic Republic, crush its ambitions and neuter it as a regional threat. But he leaves the battlefield with his adversary strategically stronger and forcing compromises. There's been no regime change and a new version of the old rules still. Also, no descent into oblivion and no abject surrende...
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Ringside View | FIFA World Cup 2026: Magic Of Cristiano Ronaldo Missing — But Why?
On a day when Lionel Messi found the net, Kylian Mbappe delivered again and Harry Kane added his name to the scoresheet, Cristiano Ronaldo's was conspicuously absent.
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Public Assets, Private Capital: India's Next Reform Step
That gap between what India's sovereign assets are worth and what they currently earn is central to India's location in the low-middle income bracket.
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Haunted Or Hunted? Why The Ghosts Of 2015 Continue To Shadow Sukhbir Badal
Sukhbir Singh Badal may have completed the religious punishment imposed upon him, but his party is still being made to serve a political punishment.
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Opinion| Did Trinamool Congress Collapse For Want Of Clear Ideology?
The dramatic collapse of the Trinamool in West Bengal following the poll defeat has reignited a debate - was the party's collapse inevitable because it never possessed a coherent ideological foundation of its own?
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Inside The "Rational Frenzy" Driving The AI Super-Cycle
AI investment has become a macroeconomic fact in the West. The forces that make it impossible to escape are the same ones that have stopped the market from pricing it.
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Opinion | Heir Not-So-Apparent: The New Reality Of Indian Politics
Trinamool's turmoil is a warning to regional parties that legacy can open the door, but only legitimacy keeps the house from breaking.
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Ringside View | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Needs To Be Told Cricket Is Not A Contact Sport
Sooryavanshi could be the most unique product rolled out by the Indian cricket system in years. He just needs to give social proof to convert sceptics into believers.
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Opinion | Hormuz Is Reopening, But It May Never Matter Quite The Same Way Again
Hormuz may never carry the traffic it had prior to the war, and its significance for global supply chains may be diminished, to an extent. Here's why
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Opinion: 12 Years Of Transforming India's Healthcare Under PM Modi
Healthcare accessibility is one of the most important investments a nation can make. A healthy population is not only essential for social well-being but also forms the foundation of economic growth, productivity, and national development. Over the past twelve years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has undertaken one of ...
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Opinion | The AI Kill Switch, And Why Sovereign AI Just Became Non-Negotiable
Sovereign AI proponents have long argued: if you don't own the model, you don't own your access to it. A single directive, in a single jurisdiction, can switch off a capability your business, or your country, has come to depend on.
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Abhishek Banerjee: Rise And Fall Of Trinamool's Once-Unchallenged Yuvraj
Abhishek Banerjee is 38 years old. He entered politics at 25 and received exposure that few regional leaders of his generation got
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Opinion | Why No 'Law' Can Bring Justice For 3 Indian Sailors Killed In US Attack
This is Trump's war, and he will do whatever it is that he wants with his 'big beautiful' navy.
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Opinion | A Chief Minister Tossing A Half-Eaten Apple, And A New Low
For a state as politically aware as Karnataka, people are entitled to expect better optics, better judgment, and a stronger demonstration of respect from those who occupy the highest offices of government.
