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Pooja PillaiDec 19, 2025
Aftermath of Dhurandhar shows — space for good-faith criticism in Indian cinema is shrinking Subscriber Only
The power of the box office, public opinion and government backing all but overrode those who sought to draw attention to these films’ shortcuts, plotholes and disquieting ideologies. So who exactly is being persecuted here?
Anagha JayakumarDec 18, 2025
In its letter to its shareholders on Wednesday, WBD claimed that Paramount’s offer was misleading and illusory, and did not address concerns it had raised over several weeks of deliberation leading up to December 5.
Roshni YadavDec 18, 2025
How is knowing about the India-Ethiopia ties relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like India-Bangladesh relations, quality control orders, and the India-US trade deal have for both the Preliminary and Main examinations? You
Ravi Dutta MishraDec 18, 2025
How Oman deal adds heft to India’s West Asia trade strategy amid rising trade curbs in the West Subscriber Only
India Oman trade deal: New Delhi’s trade deal with Oman will be its second trade pact in the West Asian region after the UAE, which was signed in 2022. Here's why it matters.
EditorialDec 18, 2025
40 years ago December 18, 1985: AGP leads in Assam Subscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 18, 1985.
Neerja ChowdhuryDec 18, 2025
Deciphering BJP signals behind Nitin Nabin’s rise: next-gen shift, consolidation to long game Subscriber Only
BJP has put in motion its “karyakartaisation”, which Nabin’s elevation represents – it signals that power is devolving in the organisation, even as the party high command has become stronger
Apurva VishwanathDec 18, 2025
National Herald case: Why special court ruled against ED Subscriber Only
The ED’s primary allegation is that the Gandhis, along with a few other office-bearers of the Congress, entered into a criminal conspiracy to usurp Rs 2,000-crore-worth assets of Associated Journals Limited (AJL), a public unlisted
Dorab R. SopariwalaDec 18, 2025
In the SC advisory opinion, the Governor, whose role according to Ambedkar was ‘ornamental’, has been elevated to Olympian height.
Dheeraj MishraDec 18, 2025
4 years of delay, short 87-km stretch derails Rs 1-lakh-crore Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Subscriber Only
Project scrapped in March 2023, re-awarded to same Pune firm months later
Ritu SarinDec 18, 2025
Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy: ‘Threat to India very real, Yunus trying to bring Islamists to power via rigged poll’ Subscriber Only
‘I speak to my mother (Sheikh Hasina) regularly on the phone. I have been to Delhi once and plan to go again’
Vikas PathakDec 17, 2025
Vajpayee PMO member and media in-charge Ashok Tandon writes about 1999 episode when NDA govt teetered after 13 months, says allies Mamata, Vaiko shot down any question of replacing PM
Roshni YadavDec 17, 2025
How is knowing about the India-Jordan ties relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like N-energy Bill rules, IRDAI, and climate change's impact on SE Asian cyclones have for both the Preliminary and Main
Adrija RoychowdhuryDec 17, 2025
Why Indian politicians refuse to talk about what they wear Subscriber Only
Fashion journalist Shefalee Vasudev on the politics of the saree, PM Narendra Modi’s “best-dressed” image, and why denial itself has become a powerful sartorial statement.
Jean DrèzeDec 17, 2025
Jean Drèze writes: With MGNREGA, India set an example for the world. VB-G RAM G destroys that legacy Subscriber Only
Far from revamping India’s employment guarantee, the Bill sinks it by demotivating the states and disempowering the workers
Arun SharmaDec 17, 2025
Vaishno Devi medical college: Protests distant noise in campus harmony of classes, bhajans Subscriber Only
Batch of 47, more than half of them women, say the stir over a majority of them being Muslims from Kashmir has no resonance on the campus, or on villages surrounding it
Sukalp SharmaDec 17, 2025
Caught napping: How IndiGo dominates the night skies — and why it was desperate for a DGCA exemption Subscriber Only
Behind the recent disruptions faced by IndiGo is an operational reality: between midnight and 6 am, the airline has more domestic arrivals and departures than all others combined. The Indian Express on how IndiGo dominates
C. Raja MohanDec 17, 2025
C Raja Mohan writes: Indian Communism is 100 years old. And it’s too early to write its obituary Subscriber Only
The conditions that once gave rise to communism — deep inequality, agrarian distress, precarious labour, the persistence of feudal values, and global economic turbulence — are sharper than ever. There is also renewed global interest
West Bengal draft rolls: Seats with sizable Hindi speakers see high voter deletions, Muslim-dominated seats largely unaffected Subscriber Only
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s constituency Bhabanipur and Mayor Firhad Hakim's seat Kolkata Port among 10 seats with most deletions
EditorialDec 17, 2025
40 years ago, December 17, 1985: Record turnout in Assam Subscriber Only
Heavy polling for the 125 assembly and 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam and moderate turnout in the seven Lok Sabha and nine assembly by-elections was reported.
Liz MathewDec 17, 2025
While Centre aims for April 2026 rollout of the revamped rural job scheme, a BJP leader admits to uneasiness in a section of the ruling alliance about pushing it through in the Winter Session.
Roshni YadavDec 16, 2025
How is knowing the key features of VB-G RAM G Bill relevant to the UPSC exam? What significance do topics like the India-Jordan ties, Suncatcher, and inflation have for both the Preliminary and Main examinations?
YasheeDec 16, 2025
Why does Jane Austen remain so popular? Because of craft, commerce, and common sense Subscriber Only
On Jane Austen's 250th birth anniversary, we try to answer in 3 condensed points the subject of countless doctoral theses: just what is so great about her?
Amaal SheikhDec 16, 2025
In Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s conviction, role of China’s National Security Law Subscriber Only
The law is among the various institutional changes that China has introduced to the city in recent years. Lai’s trial became a test of whether editorial direction could constitute criminal conspiracy.
Harikishan SharmaDec 16, 2025
MGNREGA Revamp Explained: Key features of VB-G RAM G Bill, how its different from earlier scheme Subscriber Only
VB-G RAM G Bill Key Changes: In proposed VB-G RAM G Bill, increased burden on states amid shrinking fiscal space, smaller window for workers to avail of 125-day scheme.
Rinku GhoshDec 16, 2025
Delhi’s 400+ AQI is making healthy children sick: Here are five children with five illnesses they never had before Subscriber Only
From wheezing lungs to skin flares and breathlessness, paediatrician reveals how pollution is attacking children’s bodies
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