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Relief now, but without reforms

Last week, the government took another decisive step towards mitigating the impact of rising jet fuel prices on domestic airlines by rolling out a Read more...

TMC foundation built on sand

What Mamata Banerjee’s TMC is facing is the new trend emerging among some smaller political parties pan India. The credit goes to the BJP, wh Read more...

Frustration grows but where’s the Oppn?...

In June, 2024, when the Lok Sabha poll results were declared, political experts noted a significant change; the biggest party after the previous 20 Read more...

Bane of overtourism

Even as summer is peaking, reports emanating from the most popular hill stations such as Shimla, Manali, Nainital, Darjeeling and Uthagaman dalam a Read more...

Listen to the screens & streets

If it bleeds, it leads”, so goes a good old journalistic adage. It is no surprise, therefore, that the protest demonstration in New Delhi on Read more...

Laxity kills 21 in Delhi fire

The fire in the Delhi hotel on Wednesday which claimed 21 lives, 11 of them foreigners, is neither the first of such incidents, nor would be the la Read more...

Cockroaches in our edu system

The Ministry of Education finds itself navigating an exceptionally lively public conversation. Within weeks, the intricacies of administrative refo Read more...

Will Didi succumb to Shinde model?

The rebellion within the TMC in West Bengal has taken a decisive turn as 58 dissident MLAs backed expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the lea Read more...

Why Kohli remains story of IPL 2026

This column had to be about Virat Kohli. Again. Even at the cost of being branded his stooge. The choice, admittedly, was not straightforward. It c Read more...

India overall healthy, but can do better

Though there are more reasons to feel satisfied with the improvement of the state of the health of young Indians and mothers as portrayed by the Na Read more...