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Space Balance

Vikram-1 reaching orbit marks an important transition in India’s space journey.

Reconciliation Gamble

The latest Republican US budget package is about far more than allocating another $95 billion in federal spending.

Rot at the top

Indian administration has always had a fantastic worldwide reputation. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel once referred to our civil services as the “steel frame” of the nation.

Don’t move back to Writers’

The reported plan of the new BJP government in West Bengal to shift the state secretariat back to the Writers’ Building in BBD Bagh from Nabanna, may be presented as a pragmatic step and a return to heritage.

Bengal craves for positivity

When the TMC government go t electorally ambushed on 4 May 2026, the focus could have immediately shifted to the immense potential that the newly installed government had in terms of meeting the aspirations of the populace in areas of income, employment and commercial endeavours.

Endgame Signals

For the first time since the Ukraine war began, Moscow appears to be preparing its public not for escalation, but for transition. President Vladimir Putin’s recent suggestion that the conflict may be “coming to an end” was not a peace declaration.