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Delayed Answers

One year after one of the worst aviation disasters in Indian history, the most unsettling reality is not that the final answer remains elusive. It is that, in the absence of definitive findings, competing certainties have rushed in to fill the void.

Cleanest Shirt

For much of the past year, economists have been waiting for the American economy to stumble. It has been hit by tariffs, labour disruptions, geopolitical tensions and renewed inflationary pressures.

A relationship redefined

Xi Jinping at his meeting with Donald Trump on 14-15 May 2026 in Beijing referred to the Thucydides Trap, a metaphor that refers to the inherent tensions and perils when an established power is challenged by a rising power.

Dog Divide

Delhi’s streets are not just crowded with vehicles and people; they are also home to a vast population of stray dogs that have long been part of the city’s landscape.

Possible, with a will

Rs. 1,000 and less! Some 37 lakh senior citizens and their dependents survive on this monthly pittance called pension from the Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 of the EPF Act 1952.

GST Gamble

I ndia has chosen an unusual weapon to counter an external economic assault: cheaper goods for its own citizens.

Cold Front

The military parade in Beijing was meant to commemorate an old victory, but it became something far more consequential: a carefully staged display of political power, designed to re-order perceptions of who leads the world’s shifting alliances.