This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 14, 1985.

The first of the season, the 2025 Australian Open welcomes back the GOAT Novak Djokovic and the emerging present and future of tennis Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to the court. The question remains: Who will get started on the Grand Slam Tally?

The forest fires raging in the US are the latest in a series of destructive events over 12 months. As countries are expected to announce new climate mitigation plans by the end of February, they should change their course drastically to reflect the seriousness of the climate crisis.

In an increasingly uncertain environment, where inflation falls, the rupee weakens further and growth concerns rise, the choices before the central bank are narrowing

Mindless capital expenditure, schemes that fail to address systemic weaknesses, a lack of real reforms – investors may not say it openly out of fear or politeness, but privately, there is a crisis of faith in the state

H-1B visa debate in America: Scuffle within Trump fold on H-1B visas is symptomatic of a larger policy failure, imagination

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 13, 1985.

Ten years after NGT ban, deaths in Assam's coal mines raise urgent questions about role of central, state governments.

Liberalising appointment rules in universities is welcome. But giving Raj Bhavans decisive say in VC appointment goes against NEP’s objectives.

Twelve years earlier, in 1942, a Maha Kumbh was held in Allahabad under the shadow of World War II. Organised by the British, the number of pilgrims at the 1942 mela were restricted due to “security concerns”.

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s popularity has plummeted ever since he adopted an unnecessarily harsh approach towards superstar Allu Arjun.

The sad truth is that it is not just in the past decade of AAP rule that Delhi has deteriorated. It is a process that began a long time ago under chief ministers who came from different parties.

Under the present dispensation, governors are political appointees rewarded for loyalty to the RSS/BJP’s ideology or trusted retired civil servants. In Opposition-ruled states, the governor is instructed to act as the Viceroy of the central government and to shackle the state government. In effect, there is a Dyarchy in the states: the elected government and the unelected governor

With rifts around Delhi polls, a question for INDIA: Should it even exist?

At St John’s College in Cambridge, I speculated that Manmohan would go far, but little did I think that one day he would be our Prime Minister

His light yet expressive voice, his deep understanding of each composition he lent his voice to – P Jayachandran, who died at the age of 80 this week, will be reminisced about for his contributions to music

Although Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed a cabinet committee on Punjab about a week ago, a lot of spadework is yet to be done before starting a dialogue with the Akalis.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 10, 1985.

The 2025 Golden Globes recognised and awarded new shows and films that are making a case for better representation, not as accessories in a male-dominated industry but as “markers of wholeness”, wrinkles and sagging skin firmly in the spotlight

As Silicon Valley scrambles to adjust to life under a new president, the important business of news and information cannot be left to Big Tech

India does not have the power to alter the internal politics of Afghanistan and realism suggests that Delhi must deal with whichever government is in power in Kabul. But it must take a stand on the Taliban’s oppressive governance.

The Taliban is here to stay and with India capitalising on traditional friendship, there is scope for Afghanistan to figure even more prominently in Delhi’s “Act West” policy

PM’S Guidelines PRIME MINISTER RAJIV Gandhi has told senior officers that any interference in the functioning of the administrative machinery would not be tolerated. He wants the administrative machinery to be result-oriented. On the basis of his guidelines, detailed notes are being prepared for improving the functioning of various departments, especially those that are public-facing, […]

Post Covid, the government has focussed on a capex-led recovery. It needs to be supplemented with consumption-boosting measures