Opinion | Can BJP Benefit From A Long Poll Schedule? Here's What Data ShowsAmitabh Tiwari | Thursday March 21, 2024 Historical data suggests that a longer election schedule tends to favour the return of the incumbent.Opinion | Elections 2024: BJP And Its Determined Push Beyond The VindhyasK.V. Prasad | Thursday March 21, 2024 For a party with the ambitious battle cry of "Abki Baar 400 Paar", rallying support from all directions, including the South, is imperative.Opinion | 10 Years Of Modi's Foreign Policy: Aspiration Meets Self-AssuranceHarsh V. Pant | Thursday March 21, 2024 The world, which has been more used to a pontificating India of the past, today hears an Indian voice on the global stage that is capable of articulating a narrative of a responsible stakeholder.Opinion: Maharashtra Muddle - Who's The Real Sena And The Real NCP For Voters?Amitabh Tiwari | Wednesday March 20, 2024 Though Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar have the support of a majority of MLAs, will loyal voters of their respective parties side with them?Opinion: Can BJP Win Over Muslims, Christians This Election?Bharti Mishra Nath | Wednesday March 20, 2024 The BJP realises that there are over 65 out of the total 543 Lok Sabha constituencies wherein Muslims make up over 30% of voters. It's thus taking efforts to woo the community.Opinion: It's Time India's Election Commission Was Given Its DueO.P. Rawat | Wednesday March 20, 2024 The ECI is globally renowned for its cost-efficient delivery of elections, compared to even neighbours like Pakistan, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka.Opinion: BJP vs INDIA Bloc - Both Are Ready, But One Has More Lost OpportunitiesAmitabh Tiwari | Tuesday March 19, 2024 Both Congress and BJP have sealed alliances on roughly the same number of seats. The opportunity lost, however, is higher for the Congress.Opinion: Hard Realities - Is India Ready For A Real Taliban Outreach?Kanwal Sibal | Tuesday March 19, 2024 India cannot withdraw from Afghanistan as it did during the first Taliban regime. The country is an important geopolitical piece not only in the larger geography of the Indian subcontinent, but also that of Central Asia.Opinion: Why India's Tiger Conservation Strategies Need Serious RelookShantanu Guha Ray | Monday March 18, 2024 K. Ullas Karanth's brilliant book,'Among Tigers', assumes significance in the context of a recent order by the Supreme Court to ban safaris in the core area of Corbett tiger reserve.Opinion: India's New Trade Motto Is About Expanding Its Comfort Zone(s)Bibek Debroy, Aditya Sinha | Monday March 18, 2024 Moving away from its traditional focus on just South-South cooperation, India has progressively embraced regional trade agreements with the developed world. The latest deal with four European nations is an example.Opinion: Simultaneous Polls May Help Regional Parties Much More Than BJPAmitabh Tiwari | Monday March 18, 2024 The results of the 1967 elections and the simultaneous polls in a few states in 2014 and 2019 show that strong regional parties tend to benefit in the Lok Sabha elections when polls are held together.Opinion: India's Social Entrepreneurs Need Shoulders To Stand OnRathish Balakrishnan | Monday March 18, 2024 Can we create a paradigm where we are not celebrating walking far but paving the way for the next person to travel farther than we did?General Election 2024 Dates Highlights: April 19, 26, May 7, 13, 20, 25, June 1, Counting on June 4 Saturday March 16, 2024 Election 2024 Dates: The Election Commission is holding a press conference to announce the schedule of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and four state assembly elections.Blog: The Growing Allure Of The Beloved Filter CoffeeBharti Mishra Nath | Friday March 15, 2024 Despite the mushrooming of global coffee chains, filter coffee has sustained its originality, embedded itself in family traditions, and grown beyond South India.Opinion: NRC, But Not CAA - What West Bengal's Rajbongshi Community WantsJayanta Bhattacharya | Friday March 15, 2024 Many who have been demanding a separate statehood want the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to determine illegal immigrants and pave the way for their deportation.1567891011121314...67