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RBI keeps interest rates unchanged. Now, to wait and watch

October 2, 2025 09:15 IST

Next steps will depend on trajectories of growth and inflation

Express View: Param is ‘That Girl’

October 2, 2025 08:18 IST

She’s got swag. And she is not alone. She is the fearless, rebellious woman who refuses to be subdued by a male-dominated culture

Express View on SIR: Bihar shows the way

October 2, 2025 08:17 IST

SC nudge, Opposition vigilance helped make the SIR inclusive. EC should take the right lessons as it plans ahead

A driverless car, a traffic stop, and an accountability question

October 1, 2025 07:35 IST

A recent incident in California offers a peek into a future where robots could be sentient and companies that make them could be cleverer.

Express View on latest NCRB data: Prevent the atrocity

October 1, 2025 07:35 IST

Latest NCRB data frames an urgent challenge for governments: Violence against STs cannot be allowed to continue.

India’s cancer crisis: Prevention must lead the way to tackle surge

October 1, 2025 11:42 IST

Without a commensurate scale-up in infrastructure and clinical trials, India risks letting innovation benefit only a privileged few.

Trump’s tariffs on pharma sharpen challenge for India’s policymakers

September 30, 2025 07:13 IST

With the US accounting for almost 40 per cent of its exports, India’s pharma sector took a severe hit after new tariffs were announced

Uttarakhand CM Dhami’s response to paper leak protests is communal, tone-deaf

September 30, 2025 07:12 IST

The state’s youth deserve a future that isn’t sabotaged by the incompetence — and cynicism — of the powerful

For VS Gaitonde, each canvas was a silent prayer and quiet offering

September 30, 2025 07:11 IST

His 1970 canvas has become the second most expensive Indian artwork to be sold at an auction, going for a staggering Rs 67.08 crore

Trump meets Asim Munir and Shehbaz Sharif: How should India react?

September 29, 2025 07:05 IST

No matter how hard General Munir seeks to cast Pakistan as India’s equal, the reality is different: India’s GDP is nearly 10 times larger, and the gap is widening, not only economically but also in terms of global stature India must not lose sight of the bigger picture.

After Karur stampede: Actor-politician Vijay cannot evade questions

September 29, 2025 07:05 IST

Why did he do nothing more than throw bottles of water at the crowd? Why did the organisers fail to act, even as people cried out for help in the stifling conditions?

An inclusive patriotism

September 27, 2025 07:27 IST

At a concert in Malaysia, Diljit Dosanjh reminds audience of the power of culture to bring people together

Delhi’s Institute For The Blind faces closure: Progressive laws, poor implementation

September 27, 2025 14:32 IST

India’s disability rights framework promises inclusion — but predicament of one of the country’s oldest blind schools shows how it falters in the face of institutional neglect

Cut it out

September 27, 2025 07:25 IST

One-man show at CBFC, demand for arbitrary cuts threaten Indian cinema just as it is growing in global reach and resonance

Centre must speak to Ladakh protesters — and listen to them

September 26, 2025 07:06 IST

Ladakh is one of India’s most important frontiers, and its people have stood steadfastly by the country in war and peace. The promise to them in 2019 was that their cultural, ecological and linguistic heritage would be protected.

Not to be braggadocious, but here’s another Trumpism

September 26, 2025 07:06 IST

The word isn’t actually a Trump coinage — it first swaggered into existence in the late 16th century.

Irregularities at National Skill Development Corporation must be addressed urgently

September 26, 2025 07:05 IST

Agency is critical for harnessing India’s demographic dividend

Dickie Bird, an umpire of the players and the people

September 25, 2025 07:09 IST

He was perhaps the rare umpire who was as popular as the players – his stoop, the nervous tug at his jacket, or the way he would raise his finger to give a player out are all part of cricketing folklore.

Unity in diversity: This is what Banu Mushtaq’s presence at Mysuru Dasara upholds

September 25, 2025 12:56 IST

The inauguration of the historic Mysuru Dasara festival by Banu Mushtaq, this year’s International Booker Prize-winning Kannada writer and activist, carried more than ceremonial heft. Her participation in the ceremony, including in the prayers at the Chamundeshwari temple, was both a substantive gesture and an assertion of constitutional values.

When Donald Trump held up a mirror to the UN – and the world watched

September 25, 2025 07:08 IST

Donald Trump’s General Assembly speech was a recap of his domestic political rhetoric. It also underlined the challenges he represents to the global order.

A 13-year-old Afghan stowaway, and the dream of a borderless world

September 24, 2025 10:19 IST

In a different time, perhaps, the boy who snuck into the wheel well of a plane flying from Kabul to Delhi could have been another Ibn Batuta or Marco Polo.

Express View: A 13-year-old Afghan stowaway, and the dream of a borderless worldSign In to read

September 24, 2025 07:40 IST

In a different world, the 13-year-old Afghan boy who snuck onto a flight could have reached his destination

Just not cricket: ICC officials must act to curb hostility between Indian, Pakistani cricketers

September 24, 2025 09:43 IST

Friendships can’t be enforced, but a certain civility is mandatory on the field. Umpires must be empowered to act immediately at the first sign of offence

Trump’s clampdown on paracetamol is not just anti science — it’s anti people

September 24, 2025 07:27 IST

It’s the latest in a series of measures that could make the world more vulnerable and dent the credibility of American science

UP government order on ‘caste-based signs’: Don’t silence the marginalised

September 23, 2025 07:37 IST

Assertion of caste by upper caste individuals or groups might, intentionally or otherwise, intimidate marginalised castes. For the latter, in contrast, public displays of identity – especially in political contexts — are a way to counter historical injustices.