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GOI needs nerves of steel
June 5, 2025, 7:30 AM IST
As of yesterday, US has doubled its tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to 50%. It’s done this citing national security. This is quite ironic. After all, it’s shielding two of the world’s dirtiest industries,…
June 5, 2025, 7:30 AM IST
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When T-20 cricket isn’t just cricket
June 5, 2025, 7:27 AM IST
To the neutral fan, the final was underwhelming. Neither Royal Challengers Bengaluru nor Punjab Kings, both seeking a first IPL title, tried to seize the game by its throat. Both, instead, waited for the other…
June 5, 2025, 7:27 AM IST
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Heal yourself and save the environment
June 5, 2025, 7:18 AM IST
Brahma Kumari Shivani What if every river reflected peace, every forest hummed harmoniously, and the air we breathed felt like a gentle embrace? Such a world begins within. This World Environment Day, let’s remember two…
June 5, 2025, 7:18 AM IST
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X is not most of us
June 4, 2025, 7:43 AM IST
Subdue without fighting – this Sun Tzu proverb has found terrifying new meaning in our times. As ‘We the people’ risks becoming ‘We the trending’ across democracies, weaponised algorithms are turning citizens into combatants, keyboards…
June 4, 2025, 7:43 AM IST
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Being present in an experience shapes context
June 4, 2025, 6:59 AM IST
Swami Sukhabodhananda To experience an experience, you must be present to an experience. If we are present to ‘what is’, we will realise how our past starts interfering with the present experience. A passenger tapped…
June 4, 2025, 6:59 AM IST
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Wittgenstein, Kipling and Gita’s Stithprajna
June 2, 2025, 7:09 AM IST
Authored by Ashok Vohra The Sanskrit term ‘ stithprajna’ combines ‘stitha’ – steady, firm, and ‘prajna’ – wise, learned. So, stithprajna means a person of steady wisdom. He is the ‘one whose mind remains undisturbed…
June 2, 2025, 7:09 AM IST
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Tamilian dollar answer
May 30, 2025, 8:02 AM IST
When the Make in India initiative was launched in 2014, it set a target of achieving 25% of GDP from manufacturing by 2025. In reality, the share of manufacturing has remained almost constant at about…
May 30, 2025, 8:02 AM IST
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Woof! What some people are getting wrong about strays
May 30, 2025, 7:50 AM IST
To those who want street dogs shifted out of cities or worse, the first thing that needs pointing out is history’s lessons on wh at works, and what doesn’t. For over a century, municipalities across…
May 30, 2025, 7:50 AM IST
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Transport from slavery to salvation
May 30, 2025, 7:39 AM IST
Soma Chakravertty “The bitterest thing in today’s sorrow is the memory of yesterday’s joy,” wrote Kahlil Gibran, but to let go is easier said than done. It is one of the most challenging things to…
May 30, 2025, 7:39 AM IST
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$4tn to $30tn, fast
May 27, 2025, 8:07 AM IST
A fortnight after Op Sindoor, economic data is buttressing the point that India and Pakistan can no longer be hyphenated. India’s set to become 4th largest economy by year-end, on course to becoming the 3rd…
May 27, 2025, 8:07 AM IST
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Exit Naxalism, enter progress
May 27, 2025, 8:00 AM IST
Amit Shah’s assertion that Naxalism would be eliminated before March 31, 2026, has seen consistent antiNaxal operations that have breached red corridors. The all-out offensive over the last few months has smashed Maoist leadership, the…
May 27, 2025, 8:00 AM IST
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Now, free the ‘Aam’ Maoist
May 27, 2025, 7:55 AM IST
Nambala Keshava Rao (Basavaraj) was defeatedat his own game and drowned the party with him. To go back a little, on April 26, 2010, then key leader Ramanna had called me after the attack that…
May 27, 2025, 7:55 AM IST
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Tales that undo othering
May 27, 2025, 7:18 AM IST
By: Marguerite Theophil Take the much-loved Charlotte’s Web by EB White, in which unlikely yet touching relationship between Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider teaches valuable life lessons about empathy, kindness, and bonds that…
May 27, 2025, 7:18 AM IST
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Cruelty on two legs
May 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
Why Horses Are Dying in India and What That Says About Us Horses are amazing animals. They are strong, fast, and have helped humans for thousands of years — in travel, farming, and even in…
May 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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Coast guarding
May 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
A ship sinks near Cochin port, reminds India that preventing oils spills is easier than cleanups Debris has begun to wash ashore Kerala’s coast, after a Liberian-flagged cargo ship capsized just 27km away on Sunday….
May 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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Meeting Magus
May 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
He had such presence and then it went so downhill He was some sort of a father figure. Shoulder length hair, dressed in an ethnic short kurta, faded jeans and leather sandals. He had aged…
May 27, 2025, 5:00 AM IST
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Trump spots red star over Harvard
May 24, 2025, 8:30 AM IST
Harvard sued and got a temporary stay on the Trump administration’s latest ruling – disallowing the university from enrolling foreign students. Calling enrolment of foreign students a “privilege not a right…to help pad multibillion-dollar endowments”,…
May 24, 2025, 8:30 AM IST
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Silver can be the new swag
May 24, 2025, 8:16 AM IST
Recently, a parliamentary committee proposed that the age criteria for Ayushman Bharat Vay Vandana Card, the health insurance scheme for elders, be reduced from 70 to 60 years of age, and coverage doubled from Rs…
May 24, 2025, 8:16 AM IST
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The art of forgetting: A gift for life
May 24, 2025, 7:51 AM IST
By- Stuti Malhotra In a world that glorifies memory – remembering every detail, event, hurt – it might seem unusual to suggest that forgetting can be a gift. But the truth is, the ability to…
May 24, 2025, 7:51 AM IST
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Putin trolling Trump?
May 21, 2025, 8:04 AM IST
US president’s attempted reset of peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv either failed or was just a show. From Russian leader’s comments after Monday’s chat, it’s clear only a military defeat can stop him In…
May 21, 2025, 8:04 AM IST
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