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A new government will soon be taking up the challenge of making India viksit by 2047 . With women lagging behind on several parameters of...

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In India, the idea of democracy differs from its practice

According to Italian political philosopher Giorgio Agamben, democracy is both a means of constituting the body politic and a technique of...

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M H Ilias

From ‘sarvabhouma’ to GDP, measures of influence rely on economic, military strength

In 2022, Ashley J Tellis, C Raja Mohan and I edited a collection of essays titled Grasping Greatness, Making India a Leading Power. The book was...

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Bibek Debroy

Wilful defaulter designation is akin to blacklisting borrower, promoters, directors from credit, equity markets

The Bombay High Court recently quashed a provision of a central government office memorandum that enabled public sector banks to request issuance...

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Pratik Datta

The only real data in labour markets are prices and votes. Both suggest that a massive transformation of India’s labour market is underway

Recent rhetoric that Pakistan’s unemployment is lower than India’s, 300 million people have withdrawn from India’s labour force, and youth...

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What is needed is complete overhaul of food safety and standards regulatory system in India, with emphasis on the citizen’s right to safe food

A series of food safety issues in recent weeks involving ground spices, infants and children’s foods have not only caused considerable concern...

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India can position itself at the forefront of global research and innovation, enabling a new generation of young scholars trained to address complex challenges

In India, as in many other countries, a significant majority of students pursue undergraduate degrees (78 per cent), with a smaller proportion...

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As Russia moves from a defensive posture in eastern Ukraine towards more offensive one, there are growing fears that Putin might destabilise Central Europe

Xi Jinping’s swing through Europe this week highlights China’s bold play to exploit the divisions within Europe and across the Atlantic with...

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India has been steadily increasing its sports expenditure and the results are showing in chess but also in many other Olympic sports

Now that India’s remarkable success at the Candidates tournament has sunk in, it is time to think back to all the factors that have led up to it....

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To confuse a foundation attained through immersed, rigorous engagement with concepts with “eliteness” is grave undermining of academic process

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The bottom line is that these ‘new’ disclosures by AstraZeneca are neither new nor worth worrying over

People on social media and even some mainstream channels are having their “we told you so” moment this week after the pharmaceutical company...

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To auction or not to auction is a task given to TRAI and DoT and they should be responsible for it and be made accountable

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Trinamool has capitalised on welfare schemes, Mamata Banerjee’s charisma and a crafty campaign narrative of celebrating Bengali identity against BJP

The campaign of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal has generated more heat than the scorching summer the state is experiencing. However,...

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It is ultimately the patriarchal underbelly of the political class that has come fully unveiled in the course of the last two weeks

I have before me an edition of the famous periodical Lankesh Patrike, from September 1994, with a scathing cover headline that reads as follows:...

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Over 90 per cent employment is informal, and 83 per cent are in the informal sector — it was close to 90 per cent in 2000

The India Employment Report 2024, brought out by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), has...

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From its inception to recent recognition and collaborations, Indian cinema has a deep relationship with the Cannes Film Festival

For Indians, the Cannes Film Festival, once a far-removed event, has become familiar terrain. In 1946, Neecha Nagar by Chetan Anand won the Grand...

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The BJP leadership’s belief that the state could turn out to be its Achilles’ heel and that it is too important to be left for the local hotchpotch alliance to manage

If numbers tell a story, Maharashtra’s political landscape has thrown up an exciting one. Since the elections were announced, Prime Minister...

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The war in the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine, and sanctions by the US have created a fragmented market in the petroleum industry

I have been involved with the petroleum industry for over four decades. I do not recollect a more combustible, contrarian and confusing complex of...

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Vikram S Mehta

In the film, handbook feminism defeats patriarchy with a cinematic ease that would be hard to imagine in rural India

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Sumana Roy

Modi has acknowledged that the Congress’ manifesto is the true hero of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

The Congress’s manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was a product that was in the making since 2019. Mr Rahul Gandhi undertook a historic...

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The Election Commission prescribed the shape and specifications for the ballot box — but all did not go smoothly

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We travel for sights and scenes, a break from routine but also to know ourselves better

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The real question is why Modi has suddenly rediscovered the nastiest and most divisive aspect of Hindutva?

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If the BJP appears more vulnerable than its earlier predictions suggested,it is not merely because of voter apathy and lower turnout

If the BJP appears more vulnerable than its earlier predictions suggested,it is not merely because of voter apathy and lower turnout. The party...

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Improving value of investments in women’s human capital is our best bet for engendering gender parity

Farzana Afridi

In India, the idea of democracy differs from its practice

M H Ilias

From ‘sarvabhouma’ to GDP, measures of influence rely on economic, military strength

Bibek Debroy

Wilful defaulter designation is akin to blacklisting borrower, promoters, directors from credit, equity markets

Pratik Datta

The only real data in labour markets are prices and votes. Both suggest that a massive transformation of India’s labour market is underway

Manish Sabharwal

What is needed is complete overhaul of food safety and standards regulatory system in India, with emphasis on the citizen’s right to safe food

Pushpa Girimaji

India can position itself at the forefront of global research and innovation, enabling a new generation of young scholars trained to address complex challenges

M Jagadesh Kumar

As Russia moves from a defensive posture in eastern Ukraine towards more offensive one, there are growing fears that Putin might destabilise Central Europe

C. Raja Mohan

India has been steadily increasing its sports expenditure and the results are showing in chess but also in many other Olympic sports

Viswanathan Anand

To confuse a foundation attained through immersed, rigorous engagement with concepts with “eliteness” is grave undermining of academic process

Shivani Nag

The bottom line is that these ‘new’ disclosures by AstraZeneca are neither new nor worth worrying over

Shahid Jameel

To auction or not to auction is a task given to TRAI and DoT and they should be responsible for it and be made accountable

Rajat Kathuria

Trinamool has capitalised on welfare schemes, Mamata Banerjee’s charisma and a crafty campaign narrative of celebrating Bengali identity against BJP

Maidul Islam

It is ultimately the patriarchal underbelly of the political class that has come fully unveiled in the course of the last two weeks

Rajat Kathuria

Over 90 per cent employment is informal, and 83 per cent are in the informal sector — it was close to 90 per cent in 2000

Ravi Srivastava

From its inception to recent recognition and collaborations, Indian cinema has a deep relationship with the Cannes Film Festival

Vikram S Mehta

The BJP leadership’s belief that the state could turn out to be its Achilles’ heel and that it is too important to be left for the local hotchpotch alliance to manage

Girish Kuber

The war in the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine, and sanctions by the US have created a fragmented market in the petroleum industry

Vikram S Mehta

In the film, handbook feminism defeats patriarchy with a cinematic ease that would be hard to imagine in rural India

Sumana Roy

Modi has acknowledged that the Congress’ manifesto is the true hero of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

P Chidambaram

The Election Commission prescribed the shape and specifications for the ballot box — but all did not go smoothly

Chakshu Roy

We travel for sights and scenes, a break from routine but also to know ourselves better

Leher Kala

The real question is why Modi has suddenly rediscovered the nastiest and most divisive aspect of Hindutva?

Tavleen Singh

If the BJP appears more vulnerable than its earlier predictions suggested,it is not merely because of voter apathy and lower turnout

Coomi Kapoor