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Opinion | Is Congress Looking At A Rahul-Priyanka-Sachin Pilot Troika For 2029?
The Congress is undergoing a big churn that may see a meatier and bigger role for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
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Opinion | Ain't No Mountain High Enough ... To Keep Them From Getting To Aravallis
A technical redefinition threatens to turn one of India's oldest mountain ranges into legally exploitable land. But even by the government's own standards, four questions remain unanswered.
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Opinion | 'Rahul Unapproachable', Struggling Congress Bets On Priyanka Gandhi
Irrespective of whether the sharp spotlight on PGV is organic or manufactured, public opinion about giving PGV a larger campaign role is undeniable and only growing
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Opinion | Here's The Bad Climate News You Missed This Year
It might have seemed in 2025 that every piece of bad news for the global climate and energy transition had some sort of connection to President Donald Trump. If only it were so simple.
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Opinion | Why You Can't Put A 'Measuring Tape' On The 2-Billion-Year Old Aravallis
In a region that has already paid dearly for environmental shortcuts, redefining protection before completing the science is a risk India cannot afford.
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Opinion | Why The Anti-India Rage In Bangladesh Makes Little Political Sense
Election time among most of our neighbours inevitably has an anti-India component these days. Such narratives are useful for the politically ambitious.
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Opinion | Is India Becoming 'Collateral Damage' In US' Tariff Wars?
As US-China economic tensions persist and intensify across select geographies, middle powers are increasingly adjusting trade policies to avoid direct confrontation with Washington.
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Opinion | Ten Reasons Why Modi Government Should Not Have Killed MGNREGA
The original objective of MGNREGA was guarantee, livelihood and security. This Bill kills all three of these.
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Opinion | Telangana A Lab For Congress's Minority Policy
One of the that catapulted Revanth Reddy to the Chief Minister's chair in Telangana is his aggression. He does not believe in keeping it subtle when he wants to drive a point home.
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Opinion | In 'Dhurandhar', More Gang Wars Than Spy Wars
It's a massacre at a grand wedding in Karachi, as two gangs, one led by a Baloch, another by a Pathan, turn their guns on each other.
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Opinion | What Are India's Options As Bangladesh Erupts - Again?
Bangladesh must demonstrate - through actions rather than assurances - that it intends to preserve its relationship with India and uphold regional stability.
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Opinion | The 'SHANTI' Bill Is A Radioactive Gamble With India's Future
The Bill shields foreign suppliers from being sued. It blocks citizens from the courts. It looks like a law written by the nuclear lobby, for the nuclear lobby.
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Opinion | Good vs Evil: Will Vijay's Tamil Nadu Election Pitch Succeed?
By framing the upcoming election as a battle between good and evil, Vijay is deliberately reviving memories of the Jayalalithaa-Karunanidhi rivalry - an intense, deeply personal feud that defined Tamil Nadu politics until they died.
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Opinion | After Bondi Beach Attack, Some Hard Questions For The Muslim World
The Muslim ummah needs to confront the anger, denial and victimhood narratives that create the environment in which extremists begin to believe their violence is righteous.
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Opinion | What Vijay's First Rally In Tamil Nadu Post-Karur Stampede Really Means
Mission Erode was bulk-order political messaging, aided suitably by geography.
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Opinion | India's Aviation Model Is Cracking Under Its Own Weight
When airlines strain against duty hour limits, when safety oversight suffers from understaffing, when passenger protection exists only on paper, the aviation system functions dangerously, accumulating risks that eventually manifest as crises.
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Blog | "It Was A Shell From My Tank": When A Father Met The Pak Soldier Who Killed His Son
"He stood like a rock before our Patton tanks," Brigadier Naser (retd) told Madan Lal Khetarpal, almost three decades after his son was killed in battle.
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Opinion | The Dangerous Logic Behind America's $1.25 Billion 'Mining' Deal With Pakistan
Rhetoric seems to have eclipsed the grim realities of Pakistan, once again.
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Opinion | Will Congress 'High Command' Fumble Another State? Possibly
Significantly, Karnataka is the fourth Congress-ruled state seeing such mayhem under Kharge.
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Opinion | Why Big Tech Has Committed Almost $80 Billion To India In Two Months
India has attracted more than $80 billion in fresh tech pledges within weeks. And this is on top of India's already strong post-pandemic annual FDI inflow of more than $80 billion.
