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This Independence Day was a celebration of freedom and sacrifice, but also a reminder of how patriotism and politics now jostle for space on a national stage meant for unity

The top court has done something deceptively simple: it has tied the fate of India’s most invisible children to the most universal public institution we have: the neighbourhood school. If properly enforced, this order might one day be seen as the moment orphanhood moved from charitable afterthought to rights-based entitlement

Allegations of large-scale voter fraud snowball into a political storm, with the Congress seizing the moment to corner the Modi government

From tea with the “dead” to T-shirts mocking voter roll blunders, Rahul Gandhi’s campaign has jolted the Election Commission, re-energised a divided Opposition, and planted a ticking political time bomb ahead of Bihar’s state polls

By Kenneth Tiven Donald Trump is America’s first “Hip Hop” president not in a musical sense, but in his ability to hop from one thought to another, seamlessly mixing fact and fiction to answer a r...

Rajshri Rai (RR): What is the potential impact of the Indian government’s proposed amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, particularly the redefinition of “court” and the provisions for ...

From sweeping hikes to public barbs over Russian oil, the US  president’s latest policy barrage is reshaping India-US relations and redrawing the contours of global trade and strategic power

By Annunthra Rangan While mainstream media reports estimate the death toll in Gaza at around 60,000, several credible sources and on-ground reports suggest that the actual number of casualties may...

As media attention zeroes in on Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, a more dangerous undercurrent is being overlooked: the strategic dismantling of America’s constitutional democracy through a far-right blueprint masquerading as policy reform

The new pact marks a defining moment in India’s economic  diplomacy—its most ambitious Western trade deal since the 1991 liberalisation. But will the strategic promise match the policy pitch?