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On December 6, minister crosses red lines

December 2, 2025 07:35 IST

On Saturday, the minister issued an order to both government and private schools in Rajasthan to celebrate December 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid, as “Shaurya Diwas”.

IFFI must match ambition with a greater sense of purpose

December 1, 2025 07:14 IST

An event of IFFI’s scale and scope should be moulding sensibilities and discovering new talent

GDP growth is robust, GST cuts and US tariffs will shape momentum

December 1, 2025 07:10 IST

With inflation under control, the MPC’s views on growth should determine whether it opts to cut rates or not

Bihar to Karnataka, Congress must ask why

November 29, 2025 07:26 IST

In Bihar, the Congress now has six MLAs, after an election in which it contested 61 seats.

So how old are you in your head?

November 29, 2025 07:27 IST

In a later age of the world, as Tolkien would have it, science has found that in one sense, humans do enjoy an extended adolescence.

Aravallis are precious, need SC’s shield

November 29, 2025 07:25 IST

The environment ministry’s diminution of the Aravallis seems to go against its own plan for reviving the mountain system.

Trump and Rush Hour 4: The buddy movie Hollywood did not need

November 28, 2025 08:27 IST

The cop/buddy comedy films starred Chris Rock and Jackie Chan and grew progressively less funny and less successful with each new release

Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi share a stage and photo: Step into the waiting middle ground

November 28, 2025 08:26 IST

As a new Parliament session opens on Monday, it is the common ground and the compassion that needs to be amplified and given more play

India hosting Commonwealth Games is a test and an opportunity

November 28, 2025 08:25 IST

The Games will offer India a chance to exorcise the ghosts of 2010 and repair its reputation as a credible sporting destination

Nellie massacre reports offer a cautionary tale about brutish identity politics, unchecked institutional failures

November 27, 2025 08:00 IST

As Assam moves towards a pivotal election in 2026, the lessons of the Nellie massacre demand more than a ritual remembrance

Centre’s lesson from Punjab: Trust comes first

November 27, 2025 08:00 IST

The contested capital, along with the unresolved river water dispute, has become a symbol of what many in Punjab see as chronic discrimination by the Centre

In Guwahati, against South Africa, failing the Test

November 27, 2025 08:00 IST

Transitions can be painful and frustrating; coaches and senior players will likely call for patience. But the shoddy performance across both Tests against South Africa offers little solace

Cars are the culprit for Delhi’s pollution. Greening them is the challenge

November 26, 2025 07:17 IST

The Delhi government needs to convince the city’s residents of its sincerity by urgently taking measures that are relatively easier to implement — reducing dust pollution, for instance

Funny thing about AI: LLM can’t LOL

November 26, 2025 07:16 IST

That even dad jokes are beyond AI should be reassuring.

In J&K, don’t count students by faith. It shrinks the campus and is wrong, illegal

November 26, 2025 07:14 IST

The Vaishno Devi Medical Institute has only just got off the ground. Pulling up the drawbridges now would be a grave injustice to its students, to its institutional possibilities

Express View: Dharmendra, the He-Man with soft eyes

November 25, 2025 07:31 IST

In the final act of his six-decade-long career, as he once again played for hearts and laughs in films like Johnny Gaddaar and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, he showed why filmgoers fell so deeply in love with the young man from Punjab

Farmers must reap fruits of genetic engineering

November 25, 2025 07:31 IST

India, unlike countries of the developed West and East Asia, has a huge challenge of feeding a projected 1.7 billion human mouths by 2060 — with less land and water, more nutrient and energy use efficiency, and increased climate uncertainty.

Forgot password? So do cryptographers

November 25, 2025 07:31 IST

Advanced computers, software, and minds given to puzzles can make information “hack-proof”. But as espionage novelists have long known, there is always the Human Factor.

COP 30 moves needle on climate finance

November 24, 2025 07:18 IST

The Belem summit was the first climate COP since US President Donald Trump withdrew his country from the Paris Pact.

New labour codes are long overdue & welcome

November 24, 2025 07:18 IST

The complex web of labour regulations that existed till now has imposed huge costs on businesses and the wider economy.

COP 30 moves needle on climate finance, but not on bringing temperatures downSubscriber Only

November 23, 2025 14:10 IST

The Belem summit has restored some trust in the fraying global climate negotiation process. The challenge now is to take on the tougher challenge of expediting climate action

New labour codes are welcome. They are a crucial first step in untangling the regulatory maze that constricts the Indian economy

November 22, 2025 17:28 IST

The new codes, which replace 29 existing laws, seek to modernise labour market regulations, ease the compliance burden, widen the security net for workers, including for gig and platform workers, and encourage formalisation.

Guwahati’s small step is a giant leap for cricket

November 22, 2025 07:08 IST

Somewhere in the stands, over the next five days, a few Test dreams would blossom under the mild Guwahati Sun

Trump’s Ukraine plan crosses Kyiv’s red lines

November 22, 2025 07:08 IST

For Delhi, the prospect of rival powers warming up to each other is sobering, especially as India now faces an additional 25 per cent US tariff as a penalty on purchases of Russian crude. Delhi must navigate the US-Russia binary with care