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A file photo of an Indian aircraft carrier (Image: PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Time to restructure Indian Navy's ‘Command, Control’

Indian Navy must prepare to expand and strengthen its teeth by upgrading all its bases

12 Mar 2024 10:51 PM

A file photo of girl students. (Image: PTI)

Chandrajit Banerjee | Women-driven development to be a catalyst for India’s progress

India’s leadership on women’s empowerment is now gaining global recognition

12 Mar 2024 10:49 PM

There was a popular video recently by a young man named Dhruv Rathee, which irked the government’s supporters. (Image:DC)

Aakar Patel | Of Authoritarianism and Freedom: What the world is saying about today’s India

Is India becoming a dictatorship?

11 Mar 2024 9:09 PM

With the PDM 2.0 government now embedded in Pakistan and Imran Khan’s vitriolic outbursts against India behind us, can we now expect any improvements in India-Pakistan relations? (Image:DC)

Syed Ata Hasnain | What India should Expect from Shehbaz Sharif Government

First, an anti-India stance is perceived to create nationalist fervour, although it is hardly ever an electoral issue.

11 Mar 2024 8:50 PM

Despite years of policy discourse, the mounting pressure of large food industries is making it hard for regulators and policymakers to introduce and implement much-needed regulations like warning labels on the front of food packages. (Representational Image: DC)

Warning labels for informed choices over food: How to navigate challenges

Navigate through the maze of product information. Empower yourself for healthier choices

11 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Image: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao | Modi ‘guarantees’: Flurry of projects on eve of polls

Prime Minister's flurry of announcements raises questions about timing, electoral strategy, and governance model

11 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

Manish Tewari | Time to reimagine, build up India as an Asian hub

The Indian subcontinent has been so named for a reason. India’s large, diamond-shaped landmass sits squarely between West Asia and East Asia

09 Mar 2024 10:08 PM

Shashi Warrier | Things consultants do for love, for success

An unexpected meeting with an old friend unveils a startling truth about the nature of advice and trust

09 Mar 2024 12:07 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | How Galloway won UK byelection with his Israel-bashing; put Labour in a fix

Maverick politico George Galloway won the House of Commons byelection in Rochdale, leveraging his reputation as a supporter of Muslim political causes

09 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

Shobhaa De | How many ‘chaiwallas’ can India have? Ask Bill Gates

Meet Dolly, Nagpur's charismatic chai sensation, captivating with innovation and winning hearts worldwide

09 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

Artists during Trinamool Congress' rally on the eve of International Women's Day, in Kolkata, Thursday

Anita Anand | Women have come a long way in India, but a long way to go for full equality

A development professional shares insights on the evolution of gender mainstreaming in India, highlighting achievements, challenges

08 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

A section of the Opposition has huge doubts over the EVM issue and the queries have been stonewalled. The electoral bonds issue has already exposed the game of the rulers. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Sunil Gatade | Despite massive blows, Opp.seems still alive and kicking

The BJP encounters challenges as the Opposition INDIA grouping gains momentum, signaling a tough battle in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections

08 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

The BJP’s invocation of Ram Rajya -- literally Ram’s kingdom, a utopian paradise flowing with milk and honey -- for electoral purposes is seen as just that, and not taken seriously by thinking persons who cannot forget that 2.5 million Indians would not have migrated every year if India had really achieved so much. (iMAGE: AFP)

Sunanda K Datta Ray | Compromise vital as India tries to expand global role

Similar credibility issues in explaining India’s foreign policy face Modi and Jaishankar as Nehru did

07 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s preferred lateral entry, introduced with much fanfare in 2018, received a lukewarm response and soon got passed over and forgotten. But Mr Modi never dropped the ball. Now, lateral entry has made a formidable comeback as Mr Modi’s second term comes to a close. (Image: PTI)

Dilip Cherian | 3rd term in sight, Modi govt pushes ahead with lateral entry appointments

Modi-led government greenlights appointments of private sector specialists in key government roles, marking a departure from tradition

07 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | Modi’s ‘guarantees’ on India’s growth can be a mind-bender

Examining the promises, challenges, and contradictions of India's development journey in the past decade

06 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

The BJP says an RSS rally in Delhi in December 1947 drew a large crowd and also attracted Hindu princes, businessmen and leaders of other Hindu organisations.

Aakar Patel | How RSS, world’s largest NGO, led to Jan Sangh/BJP, world’s top party

Hedgewar died in 1940, by when the RSS had spread beyond Nagpur and had 100,000 members

05 Mar 2024 12:37 AM

This picture taken from Rafah shows flares lighting the skies over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 4, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | Gaza bleeds as Israel lacks endgame, hits US politics

Israel has announced that the next interim ceasefire is acceptable to it, provided of course that Hamas concurs

05 Mar 2024 12:37 AM

Banknotes carrying a portrait of King Charles III (Image: AP)

Kishwar Desai |UK warms to King as he fights cancer; welcome to virtual life with the royals

Royals' virtual presence dominates media, their absence sparks speculation. Can journalism survive without them?

04 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

The decline in share of foreign trade in national income is mirrored in the decline in India’s share of world exports. In short, the record of the Narendra Modi government in the realm of foreign trade -- both policy and performance -- has been disappointing, especially compared to what was achieved in the preceding decade.n(File Image: AFP)

Sanjaya Baru | A widening gulf: India’s trade policy needs a fix

India's foreign trade performance has declined under the Modi government, reflecting policy shifts and missed opportunities