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Beyond Signatures

India’s recent trade diplomacy has produced an unusual paradox. New Delhi is negotiating or concluding trade agreements with a range of partners even as questions persist about what earlier agreements have actually delivered.

Beyond Hormuz

The geopolitical shock created by the Iran conflict is forcing countries far beyond West Asia to confront an uncomfortable reality: energy security can no longer be built around a single region, a single route or a single set of political assumptions.

Years of Grace

It was in 1982 that Dr Grace McCann Morley was bestowed the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India for her stellar contributions to the establishment of the National Museum in New Delhi.

J&K budget gambles on youth

On 6 February 2026, as Chief Minister and Finance Minister Omar Abdullah rose to present the Rs 1,13,767 crore budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the atmosphere in the Legislative Assembly was one of heavy anticipation.

Speed vs Sense

India's latest overhaul of online content rules signals a decisive shift in how the state wants to govern the digital public square.

Time To Ask Why

Why has societal indifference become the defining trait of our times? Why do rules get broken with impunity, failures shrugged off, and dangers accepted as if they were destiny?