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

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

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

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

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

That even dad jokes are beyond AI should be reassuring.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

The road ahead lies not only in creating systems that recognise distress early, but in reshaping the cultural impulses that ignore vulnerability

The tiny island country became a FIFA member only in 2010, yet the expanded 48-team World Cup in North America has given it a rare chance to aim high

Trump appears willing to deepen ties, consistent with America’s history of turning an unseeing eye on Saudi Arabia’s grim human-rights record

The prescription of strict timelines and directives to the president on the consequences of delay raised questions about the Court overstepping its mandate

A rich environmental jurisprudence could well be the beacon for the new bench that will examine the legality of post-facto clearance

Researchers argue that not only did Neanderthals, like chimps, bonobos and humans, kiss each other — but human beings too

For years, Hidma and others were able to use the terrain, lack of police presence and sparse local intelligence network in forested areas to their advantage. That story has changed

A shadow economy has emerged across the world, and India is no exception. With more than 100 million users, India is a big crypto market

The US and Arab states must work together to implement the resolution for Gaza’s beleaguered people, but if Israel and Hamas refuse to cooperate, then Trump’s peace plan will not move forward.