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Crossing the Line

The deaths of three Indian sailors in an American strike on a commercial tanker off the coast of Oman mark a grim turning point in a conflict that has steadily expanded beyond its original protagonists.

Borders First

Only days ago, football invited us to believe that the World Cup’s greatest gift lies beyond victory itself. The tournament’s magic has never resided solely in identifying the strongest team.

The Fifth Stream ~ I

The greatest characteristic of Indian politics has been that ideological struggles here have always been multi-layered. Since the freedom movement, different conceptions of nationalism, secularism, socialism, cultural identity, and democracy have competed with one another.

Labour Code reforms for inclusive workforce

The implementation of four Labour Codes marks the shedding of colonial-era labour laws and the adoption of a modern legislative framework aligned with the aspirations of Atmanirbhar Bharat and the long-term trajectory of Viksit Bharat 2047.

Bihar’s dilemma

Nine years after Bihar adopted one of India’s most ambitious social interventions, its prohibition law stands at a crossroads between symbolism and lived reality.

The other 98%

Of all the water that blankets our planet, nearly every drop ~ 97.43 percent ~ is saline. Freshwater, the lifeblood of civilization, makes up a fragile 2.57 per cent, and of that, rivers ~ the veins that nourish cities, crops, and ecosystems ~ account for a vanishingly small 0.002 per cent.

Window that changed the world

When the United Nations General Assembly declared November 21 as World Television Day in 1996, it was acknowledging a simple truth: no invention in the 20th century altered human perception, politics, culture, and consciousness as profoundly as television.