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A new sunrise in the Red corridor

India, April 1 -- It might be difficult to imagine today but just two decades ago, the Maoist movement held large swathes of central and eastern India in its grip. Roughly a fourth of India's district... Read More


A reminder on climate action amid conflict

India, April 1 -- If a week is a long time in politics, a four-week war is an eternity in geopolitics. Making long-term climate policy in the midst of great uncertainty in global energy markets from t... Read More


Take the Agristack route to check fertiliser abuse

India, April 1 -- Amid a supply crisis due to the war in West Asia, the government is considering rationing sales of heavily-subsidised fertilisers to farmers, using the Agristack platform - estimatin... Read More


Trump, Iran, and limits of presidential power

India, April 1 -- Wars have long been the ultimate test of American presidential power, and the most dangerous arena for overreach. They are unpredictable, costly, and resistant to control. What begin... Read More


A silence that keeps raw Bangladesh's 1971 wounds

India, April 1 -- Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman's remarks on the 1971 war on March 26, the country's Independence Day from the erstwhile West Pakistan, have reignited a question that h... Read More


Equity markets signal deep pessimism in Mar

mumbai, April 1 -- The ongoing West Asia war has drained momentum from Indian equities, pushing markets into oversold territory and reflecting extreme pessimism in March. Market breadth, widely measur... Read More


NRAI plans to set up ammunition testing centres

New Delhi, April 1 -- Ammunition testing is a long-drawn process for Indian shooters. They first have to book slots at ammunition manufacturers in Europe that have testing facilities. They then go thr... Read More


Shardul's cricket smarts gets him breakthroughs

Mumbai, April 1 -- It took Shardul Thakur eleven years of playing IPL cricket for six franchises to get into the home dressing room at the Wankhede. In only two balls, he was among the wickets in the ... Read More


C'garh CM hails end of Naxalism in state

Raipur, April 1 -- Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday said that Chhattisgarh is now "free" of Naxalism, describing March 31, the deadline set by the Centre to eliminate Maoist violence, as a his... Read More


Infiltrators, UCC focus of Assam BJP manifesto

GUWAHATI, April 1 -- The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam on Tuesday released a 31-point 'sankalp-patra' (manifesto) for the April 9 assembly polls in the state which included promises to ... Read More