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Opinion | Inside Iran's 'Leader-Proof' War Machine, Designed To Absorb Every Blow
How Iran prepares successors to successors, with the system being built to withstand the shock of individual losses.
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Opinion | A Northern Discomfort for Mamata Banerjee
In the last assembly elections in 2021, the TMC's wounds in North Bengal were visible not just in the arithmetic of seats but in the geometry of votes
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Opinion | In Data: How Minority Seats Could Decide Who Wins Kerala This Time
The outcomes in the 47 seats dominated by Muslims and Christians could ultimately decide the course of the 2026 elections in Kerala. Whoever wins these seats might end up winning the state.
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Opinion | Nainar Or Annamalai? How 2026 Will Shape BJP's Tamil Nadu Game Plan
At the moment, the BJP-AIADMK alliance needs a "Nainar" to make the partnership work. However, the outcome in 2026 will determine how long this calibration remains relevant.
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Opinion | What Iran Might Really Demand From Trump Before It Backs Down
The proposed framework, if it indeed mandates the physical removal of enriched uranium, possibly with external facilitation, marks a significant escalation in demands compared to earlier nuclear agreements.
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Opinion | 'Undeclared Emergency' in Bengal: Four Pieces Of Proof
At the time of writing, there is still no clarity on who is eligible to vote, and who is not. 60 lakh names in Bengal are up in the air. Even some candidates are in this list of 'to be adjudicated'.
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Opinion | The $2 Trillion Wipeout: How The Market Exposed Gold's Biggest Lie
In a world defined by 4% yields, algorithmic liquidity, and leveraged balance sheets, the traditional assumption that war automatically benefits gold no longer holds.
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Opinion | Exit Denied? Why Iran Won't Make It This Easy For Trump To 'Pause' The War
The escalation matrix has risen rapidly, and Iran may be in no mood to give Trump the early exit he seems to be seeking so desperately now.
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Opinion | The Iran War Is Costing China Dearly, Too
With the Iran war entering the fourth week, the much-anticipated visitors from the region have practically disappeared as air traffic disruptions continue.
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Opinion | Inside The '$500 Billion' Iran War Bill No Economist Is Talking About
The Gulf War of 1991 lasted 43 days and cost, in today's money, $102 billion. The current conflict has already passed its third week. There is no credible exit timeline.
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Opinion | 'Humiliation', 'Neglect': Congress's Quiet Unravelling As Leader After Leader Leaves
"The door is open for people to leave" attitude has not helped the party.
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Opinion | Why The Current LPG Crisis Is More Than Just A 'Supply Chain' Hiccup
In 2013-14, India imported roughly 77% of its crude oil requirements. By 2025, rather than insulating ourselves, we saw that figure climb to over 85%.
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Opinion | Pakistan And The Collapse Of Its 'Good Taliban, Bad Taliban' Illusions
Despite the competing narratives from Kabul and Islamabad, the conflict gains attention for its scale and for the shift in Pakistan's rules of engagement.
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Trade War: The Theatre Of The Absurd In Trump's New Fight On Tariffs
Everyone knew that President Donald Trump's response to the Supreme Court striking down his tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act would be to find another law that lets him do exactly what he was just forbidden from doing.
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Opinion | Building India's Human Capital Amid Persistent Child Malnutrition
The path to Viksit Bharat runs through India's anganwadis, schools, and households. The question is not whether India can afford to invest in child nutrition- it is whether it can afford not to.
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Opinion | Israel-Iran War: Rethinking India's Energy Security
Much like the recalibration that followed the oil shocks of the 1970s, this conflict is likely to compel governments and institutions alike to rethink how energy security is defined and managed in the twenty first century.
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Opinion | The Russia-China Axis That Has Made Iran So Difficult For Trump
Russia and China are perhaps pleased to see America's anti-missile systems and other military equipment being depleted. The US has moved its military assets from the Indo-Pacific to the Gulf, which benefits China.
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Opinion | Three 'Fatal' Assumptions That Have Derailed Trump's Iran War
America may now well be trapped in a war of its own making.
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Opinion | How Far Can India Really Avoid Other People's Wars?
New Delhi will have to build capabilities in order to maintain its autonomy. But this capacity-building has reputational risks, too.
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Opinion | Dhurandhar, And The Enduring Ghosts Of Kashmir Valley
Dhurandhar is a story of the relentless war waged by Pakistan against India, not all of Pakistan but the terrorists it harbours, and the agenda it upholds.
