India-Taiwan trade deal: New Delhi should ignore Beijing’s objections
China has asked India to approach Taiwan-related issues prudently amid reports that New Delhi was looking to start trade negotiations
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Navratri: Reddappa Naidu’s deities
Think meditation, think temple traditions, the power of the ritual, the understanding of a goddess being akin to a relic.
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The joke is on you: An item point for Kamal Nath
Part of the oxygen that sustains misogyny in high political ranks is that the criticism of it is highly polarized.
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One reform to make India ‘caste invisible’
Casteism, like a termite, is eating into the Indian society from within. It permeated the entire social fabric of Indian
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New investment needs insentives, not only ease of doing business
The Union Acts on agricultural markets (a state domain until now) are aimed to create one nation one market and
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Is India slipping behind? Bangladesh reveals India’s challenged pre-eminence in the Bay of Bengal
Isn’t it surprising and unusual for a ‘leading’ power’s economic performance to be worse than that of its friendly smaller
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Bengal’s dilemma: Heed the Calcutta high court. Celebrate festivals away from crowds
The Calcutta high court order barring crowds at Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata is the best the judiciary could have
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Sea foam rising: India’s invitation to Australia provides some teeth to Quad
In a big strategic move, India has finally invited Australia for the annual Malabar naval exercises after a gap of
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‘The PM’s Office can only bask in the reflected glory of the PM … its equilibrium with the cabinet office is very dynamic’
NK Singh has spent the last six decades deeply engaged with Indian policymakers, in the varied roles of civil servant,
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Normally speaking: The law of averages ensures that the only norm is that there is no norm
I recently came across a news report which said that between 2010 and 2020, Indian women had grown taller by
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