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Opinion | Haryana: How Congress Lost A Sure-Shot Election Yet Again

Ashutosh | Tuesday October 08, 2024

Haryana is the fifth assembly election after Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh that the Congress should have won, but didn't. Will the party introspect and make changes? Only time will tell.

Opinion | A Leader Like No Other...

Pradeep Bhandari | Tuesday October 08, 2024

For the past 23 years, no other global leader has used adversity as an opportunity for growth.

Opinion | <i>Devara</i> Debacle And Why Pan-Indian Films Aren't About Stars Alone

Opinion | Devara Debacle And Why Pan-Indian Films Aren't About Stars Alone

Latha Srinivasan | Monday October 07, 2024

The Hindi dubbed version has garnered a meagre ₹5 crore at the box office. Fortunately, Jr NTR's loyal fanbase has rallied around the original version, propelling its impressive opening and robust collections.

Opinion | Iran And Israel: Restraint Is Not Even On The Table Anymore

Amb Anil Trigunayat | Monday October 07, 2024

As things stand, unless sanity prevails on all sides, we are heading irreversibly into an abyss of disaster being facilitated, primarily, by the absence of any effective multilateral deterrence.

Book Excerpt | When A 10-Year-Old Sachin Tendulkar Sneaked Into Wankhede

Aditya Iyer | Monday October 07, 2024

Exactly ten Novembers ago, Tendulkar played his final match for India, in a farewell Test series culminating on this very ground in Wankhede Stadium. Today, he is fifty years of age, yet the aura about him hasn't diminished.

Opinion | When Will Centre Understand That India's Malnutrition Problem Is Real?

Derek O'Brien | Monday October 07, 2024

Uttar Pradesh tops the list in zero-food children. Madhya Pradesh allocates a meagre Rs 12 daily to tackle malnutrition. An elderly disabled woman crawls in Odisha to collect her pension and rations.

Opinion | What If Exit Poll Trends Mirror Actual Results In Haryana And J&K?

Dr. Sandeep Shastri | Sunday October 06, 2024

Both elections have significant long-term implications. As the first polls following the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, their outcomes could influence the political landscape not only in the regions where the elections were held but across the country.

Opinion | You Got An iPhone, Now Think Of 'Envy Imperialism'

Nishtha Gautam | Sunday October 06, 2024

Apple's iPhone's rapid global penetration of the global mobile sector is incumbent mainly not so much on the end users marvelling at its technological leaps but on their ability to flaunt it as a possession.

Opinion | Haryana Polls: BJP Aims For Record, Congress Seeks Comeback

Amitabh Tiwari | Friday October 04, 2024

A thrilling election is unfolding in Haryana, with significant implications for national politics. The results will indicate whether the BJP's trajectory is declining or if the Congress's Lok Sabha performance was an aberration.

Opinion | Who - And What - Will Fill The Vacuum In Iran's Resistance Axis?

Kabir Taneja | Friday October 04, 2024

History is littered with examples of how non-state militant actors, driven by ideology, are easily able to bulldoze their way to power before regional or international consensus-led political alternatives even start materialising.

Opinion | Israel Should Stop Fantasising About A 'Regime Change' In Iran

Harsh V. Pant | Friday October 04, 2024

The Iranian regime is not going anywhere in a hurry, nor is its worldview going to change. The only change that might come would be in the shape of its capabilities.

Opinion | On Coordinated Efforts By Certain NGOs Against Indian Businesses

Sanjay Singh | Thursday October 03, 2024

There is a concerted effort among various NGOs to support protests and halt different projects. These NGOs collaborate to achieve desired outcomes, often causing agitation and creating law and order issues.

Opinion | Israel And Iran Are Now Stuck In Their Own Zero-Sum Game

Sanjal Shastri | Thursday October 03, 2024

The heart of the matter is that Iran - along with its proxies and Israel - has taken a maximalist position on the negotiating table. This makes it far more difficult to arrive at a negotiated settlement.

Opinion | Why Is UK PM Starmer So Upset With Elon Musk?

Syed Zubair Ahmed | Thursday October 03, 2024

The relationship between Musk and Starmer has been frosty at best since the Labour Party came to power in July. Starmer, many believe, is upset with the American billionaire for his unsavoury remarks on how the Labour government handled the riots.

Opinion | Draft Guidelines On Passive Euthanasia: A Way Forward

Bharti Mishra Nath | Wednesday October 02, 2024

In recent years, courts and the government have recognised the right of terminally ill patients to die with dignity. However, the actual processes for facilitating this right have been so cumbersome that it has largely remained out of reach.

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