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Pakistan's theatre of the absurd

India, Feb. 2 -- Stepping into the world of cricket increasingly feels like stepping into the theatre of the absurd: Some characters are often spouting gibberish, situations are downright bizarre, and... Read More


Building blocks to Viksit Bharat

India, Feb. 2 -- The stock market is not a litmus test of a country's annual economic policy statement. The fact that Sensex, the benchmark index of BSE, lost 1.88% on Sunday, the seventh highest fall... Read More


Budget 2026: Unleashing animal spirits

India, Jan. 30 -- Everybody in India has demands of the budget. The range varies from structural reforms to specific reliefs such as taxes or a new scheme targeted at a poll-bound state. The governmen... Read More


Tighten oversight in the aviation sector

India, Jan. 29 -- Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar died on Wednesday when his Learjet aircraft crashed near Baramati. Within hours, aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu offered a preliminary assessment t... Read More


Court draws the redline for UGC

India, Jan. 29 -- Caste is among India's oldest faultlines, one that has resisted multiple attempts to eradicate discrimination and instead mutated into newer forms over time. Caste bias in campuses i... Read More


Leader with strong grassroots connect

India, Jan. 28 -- The death of Ajit Anantrao Pawar, 66, Maharashtra's deputy chief minister, in an aircrash on Wednesday is likely to have an impact on his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the NCP... Read More


Making music, the Arijit Singh way

India, Jan. 28 -- Arijit Singh's rise as a singer has many twists and turns that can make for a Bollywood blockbuster. Growing up in Murshidabad, West Bengal, Singh was trained in classical music - an... Read More


Win-win deal for India, EU

India, Jan. 27 -- India and the EU first launched their free trade negotiations in 2007, when the world was a very different place. Global growth seemed to have overcome cyclical disruptions, globalis... Read More


In China, the party takes on the army

India, Jan. 26 -- China's senior-most general, second in the pecking order only to President Xi Jinping, has become the subject of an investigation as the country's most powerful leader continues his ... Read More


Of the people, for the people

India, Jan. 26 -- Like every prestigious State honour anywhere in the world, the Padma awards have always had a political angle and a national facet - as they did this year. Three of the five laureate... Read More