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EditorialMay 9, 2025
Paradise might be an island, but hell is other people
EditorialMay 9, 2025
The fits-and-starts nature of his long-form career did not do justice to someone with his dazzling gifts, determination and commitment
Gayatri NairMay 9, 2025
BluSmart drivers’ strike: Call workers by their name Subscriber Only
The strike highlights need for safeguards in the platform-based sector
EditorialMay 9, 2025
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on May 09, 1985.
EditorialMay 9, 2025
Much will now depend on if, how quickly and to what extent trade deals are struck and tariffs are rolled back
Derek O’BrienMay 9, 2025
Sectors that require urgent attention to address the worst forms of child labour include the production of matches and fireworks, glass, and leather products, as well as work in brick kilns, coal mines, and construction,
Sharat SabharwalMay 9, 2025
Operation Sindoor, a just payback Subscriber Only
It may have put paid to brazen existence of terror centres overground, and result in some restraint on Pak terror machine. But a prolonged period of heightened volatility lies ahead.
Sanjaya BaruMay 9, 2025
India-Pakistan tension and the Subcontinent’s challenge Subscriber Only
It is in the interest of both countries — and South Asia — that the current hostilities do not escalate into a full-scale military conflagration
May 8, 2025
Three messages from Operation Sindoor Subscriber Only
Response to Pahalgam killings ramps up consequences of terror acts by terrorists, and underlines warning to Pakistan. To the world, it says that India is resolute in responding to terrorism
May 8, 2025
As we aim to deploy “AI for All” in sectors such as healthcare and education, it is essential that these systems are not only secure but also safe and responsible. A narrow focus on security
Kaushik Das GuptaMay 8, 2025
When timing met grace, Sharma was the easiest on the eye. When the two didn't sync, fans were left tearing their hair in frustration over what could have been. Perhaps they were unfair. But players
Amit RanjanMay 8, 2025
The Indus Waters Treaty: Back to the drawing board Subscriber Only
In a changed political environment, India may modify some of its terms, renegotiate a part or the entirety of it or even consider a new water-sharing treaty
May 8, 2025
The right to equality under Article 15 means little if women’s authority continues to be interrupted, ignored, or tokenised. The problem isn’t the number of women in leadership; it’s the systemic refusal to respect and
Khushboo Srivastava, Pulkit ButtanMay 8, 2025
In Bihar, voters no longer believe solely in caste or patronage Subscriber Only
The assembly elections after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls suggest that voters don’t like confusion within alliances where, despite perceived ideological proximity, there is confusion and uncertainty
Rohan BanerjeeMay 8, 2025
In ‘Jurassic Park’, John Hammond says, ‘Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to ask if they should.’ Thirty years later, this has never been as pertinent
Mrudul NileMay 8, 2025
From the seniority of the two Deputy Chief Ministers to the movement of files, from the allocation of resources to the position of guardian ministers, friction over several issues has become a hurdle for the
Srinivas ChokkakulaMay 8, 2025
Pakistan’s ultimately self-defeating projects of subterfuge and terrorism have squandered the goodwill and friendship upon which treaty was founded. Putting IWT in abeyance gives India time and means to build infrastructure to affect flows substantively
Nanditesh NilayMay 8, 2025
Terrorists tried to break the trust, we must not let them Subscriber Only
Being Indian is about trusting our fellow citizens to lend their shoulder, to help each other out of a crisis, to understand. It is important to remember: Trust will always be stronger than terror
EditorialMay 8, 2025
It boosts prospects for exports, provides template for similar deals with other countries.
EditorialMay 8, 2025
May 8, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Nuclear Inspections Subscriber Only
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on May 08, 1985.
EditorialMay 8, 2025
Operation Sindoor says unequivocally that terrorists and their camps, wherever they may be in Pakistan, are no longer off-limits for India's military. Delhi has its task cut out for the day after, Islamabad must look
Rajat KathuriaMay 8, 2025
Free Trade Agreement with UK opens a path to deals with US, EU Subscriber Only
With multilateralism in an indefinite coma, for India, well-negotiated FTAs can play a role similar to that played by global markets and the WTO in the upscaling of the Chinese economy.
Haseeb A DrabuMay 7, 2025
Haseeb Drabu writes: How missile strike in Pakistan and PoK is India’s diplomatic gain on Kashmir Subscriber Only
The real and larger success of Operation Sindoor lies in it being an act of deterrence against terrorism that carefully avoided internationalising the Kashmir issue
Pankaj SaranMay 7, 2025
After Operation Sindoor, past assumptions in Pakistan of an Indian response no longer hold true Subscriber Only
Message of Operation Sindoor is that India is done with the charade of exchanging dossiers and evidence and being a plaintiff before a UN Security Council whose methods allow Pakistan to take refuge behind one
Yashaswini BasuMay 7, 2025
SC judges declaring assets is welcome. But it is not enough Subscriber Only
These details, otherwise, could have also been obtained through Right to Information since the days of the Veeraswamy judgement (reiterated by a 2019 order of the Supreme Court). It said that judge of any court
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