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Opinion | What's Behind China's Growing Military Aggression? A 'White Paper' Has Clues
While it may be difficult to discern the motivations behind Beijing's actions, some clues are contained in the Chinese white paper on national security that was unveiled for the first time recently.
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Opinion | The IMF-Shaped Irony In Pakistan's Massive Defence Budget Hike
The Pakistani defence budget retains its opacity. Neither the International Monetary Fund (IMF) nor the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been able to persuade Pakistan to be a little more transparent to its own people.
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Opinion | Iran-Israel Escalation, And The Question Of 'Oil'
Oil could easily rocket past $120 per barrel. Shipping lanes may need to be rerouted thousands of miles around the Cape of Good Hope.
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Opinion | Is Airbus Safer Than Boeing? No, And That's Not The Point
Most passengers don't choose a plane, they choose an airline. But in a duopoly, the illusion of safety in one brand over another is often just that - an illusion.
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Compensation Denied, Justice Delayed: The Silent Wails Of POCSO Victims
India's POCSO victims face delayed, inadequate compensation; urgent, uniform national schemes are vital for justice and survivor rehabilitation
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Blog | Open Suitcases, Charred Bodies: What I Saw At The Ahmedabad Plane Crash Site
I was barely 5 km away from the Air India plane AI 171 from Ahmedabad to London crash site, in which 242 passengers and crew were killed.
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Opinion | Is This How India Will 'Dehyphenate' Itself From Pakistan?
Rather than setting the paradigm, India is seen as playing catch-up in its diplomatic oeuvre.
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Opinion | The World Can No Longer Ignore Bioterrorism As A Threat
Currently most countries do not have adequate awareness or processes to detect espionage within universities. Nor do we have adequate legislation to urgently remove a suspected rogue scientist from a lab
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Opinion | No, India Is Not Israel, And Pak Is Not Palestine
India is not Israel. Pakistan is not Palestine. And equating them does justice to neither the complexity of history nor the urgency of peace.
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Opinion | Is America Still Worth It?
In the years to come, the world may see fewer Sundar Pichais, Indra Nooyis, Raghuram Rajans and Arvind Krishnas emerging from Americas famed campuses.
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Opinion | What Recent Mumbai Flooding Should Teach Us About Climate
Extreme weather events have become more frequent across the world and barely anyone is spared. While Mumbai was dealing with a deluge, a glacier collapsed in Switzerland, dumping mud and ice into a valley and burying the village of Blatten.
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Opinion | How Rajiv Gandhi's Visit Turned Vizhinjam From A Fishing Village To Deepwater Port
The idea for a deepwater sea port in Vizhinjam germinated in the days of the Travancore State in the British era. It was revived during a visit by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1985, who had gone there to inaugurate houses for fishermen.
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Opinion | A Case For Decency - By Manoj K. Jha
The algorithms that drive social media platforms are designed to create echo chambers and amplify polarising content. When political leaders align themselves with such content, knowingly or otherwise, they risk deepening social divisions.
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Opinion | How China Has Been Blocking India's UNSC Actions Since The 2000s
China's pattern of using "technical holds" in the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee can be traced to the early 2000s.
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Opinion | BJP Manifesto: Promise Versus Reality
9 June marks exactly one year since Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers were sworn in. Before the elections, the BJP published a 69-page manifesto. Here are 15 promises from the BJP Manifesto 2024.
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Opinion | A Commissioner As A Scapegoat For Colossal, Collective Failure?
The stampede at the Chinnaswamy Stadium is among the most tragic events I have witnessed in my life as a reporter.
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Opinion | Two Narcissists Walk Into a Democracy: On The Trump-Musk Saga
In ancient Rome, emperors clashed with senators over war and law. In 2025 America, the emperor and the rocket man are feuding over subsidies and social media likes.
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Opinion | Ukraine's 'Op Spiderweb' Has Something In Common With India
Our own uneasy neighbourhood reminds us daily that lasting peace must be safeguarded by the willingness and the capacity to strike at the root of violence - not just its branches.
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Opinion | Musk-Trump Saga is Not A Biblical Or Pop Culture Event. It's Dangerous
If the James Bond movies are to be trusted, your most vicious enemy happens to be a jilted lover or a close accomplice.
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Opinion | Breaking: Female Star Foolishly Assumes She's An Equal - On Deepika-Vanga Clash
The incident has assumed such dramatic inflexions that it could be straight out of Vanga's films. Sample the premise: slighted by a woman, man rages in public.
