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EU envoy trips up in Pakistan

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and former Estonian premier, stated during Operation Sindoor, “Rising tensions between India and Pakistan are alarming.

Civilisational resurgence

As India marks 12 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, one of the most pro fond transformations has been the quiet yet decisive resurgence of Bharat’s civilisational identity.

Fast-Tracked

The selection of a 15-year-old for India’s senior cricket team is not merely a story about precocious talent.

Plugging In

For years, India’s electric vehicle debate was driven largely by environmental concerns.

Odisha’s Health paradox

A state with a per capita income well below the national average has, over the years, surprised demographers and public health researchers with faster-than-expected gains on child mortality, institutional births, and school enrolment.

Silent Emergency

India’s roads kill with a predictability that should shame a modern state. Day after day, lives are lost not in dramatic, singular catastrophes but in an unbroken sequence of collisions, rollovers and run-overs that barely register beyond a brief news alert.

Secret to Longevity

For the past three years in a row ~ 2023, 2024, and now 2025 ~ my travels across Italy, from the sun-washed lanes of Puglia to the Renaissance splendor of Florence and even the hurried streets of Rome, have taught me a lesson far deeper than art, architecture, or cuisine.

Switching off without paying a price

Switching off can be surprisingly expensive. Much like the smoking cessation boom of the 1990s, the digital detox business – spanning hardware, apps, telecoms, workplace wellness providers, digital “wellbeing suites” and tourism – is now a global industry in its own right.

Called to account

The story of two entrepreneur brothers, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, who built a celebrated nightlife brand in India is now overshadowed by tragedy and public outrage.