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Names deleted from a list

There was a time when a voter list was a dull document. It sat in the Block Development Office, it was consulted once in five years, and nobody imagined that a clerical entry in it could decide whether a man boards a flight, joins the Army, or feeds his family.

Narrative Control

Every nation has the right ~ and indeed the obligation ~ to ensure that educational institutions do not become platforms for glorifying terrorism, violent extremism or secessionist violence.

Rules, rivalries

Football’s enduring appeal lies in its ability to transcend borders, histories and political divides.

AI’s Governance Sutras ~ I

On 5 November 2025, confronted with the most consequential regulatory question of the decade, the Government of India declined to pass a law.

Trade Beyond Tariffs

The India-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement ~ that took effect on Thursday ~ is being hailed as a landmark achievement, but its true significance lies less in the tariff schedules than in what it signals about India’s evolving place in global commerce.

Beyond Hype

The stock market’s romance with technological disruption has once again collided with an inconvenient reality: even the most visionary companies must eventually be judged by their ability to generate sustainable profits.

Perilous Passage

Nearly two-thirds of India's crude oil imports originate in the Gulf region, while thousands of Indian nationals serve aboard merchant vessels operating through these waters, not all of them on Indian-flagged vessels.

Beyond parlours and boutiques

For years, the standard way to check whether India’s vocational training system was getting fairer to women has been to look at one number: what share of trainees in a given scheme are female.