Editorials

The nine-month-long ordeal of Williams and Wilmore has exposed the vulnerabilities of space missions and loopholes in the present system of planning, testing procedures and safety standards

As Kerala, the only State where the Communists are in power, is going to polls next year, the CPI(M) is undergoing a churning marked by a dilemma over whether it should embrace pragmatism or stick to its core ideology

The Railways must treat container train operators as partners rather than competitors to facilitate more private investments in the sector

The latest analysis of data from one of the instruments aboard Chandrayaan-3 that had successfully soft-landed in August 2023 reveals the presence of water ice outside the Moon’s polar regions

The brazen hijacking of a train in the restive Balochistan province highlights the growing unrest in the country

An important foreign policy task before Mark Carney is to repair the damage caused to the bilateral ties during Trudeau’s tenure

Nearly 96% of India’s population lives with air quality seven times higher than the guidelines prescribed by the World Health Organisation

New Delhi’s strengthening defence cooperation with Port Louis is seen as a strategic move to counter China’s growing influence in the region

A strong legislation that makes tougher penalties for not only traffic rule violators but also road designers and engineers is necessary to control the growing indiscipline on India’s roads

The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) seeks to provide funding access to private companies with commercially viable research proposals

If India has to emerge as a high-income nation — the much-touted ‘Viksit Bharat’ status —, per capita income should touch $14,000

Now that Trump has made no exceptions and gone ahead with reciprocal tariff policy, India will have to gear up for the impact

India needs to do a tightrope walking while insulating strategic relations with the US and broadening trade relations with Europe

By declaring that there would be no successor in the party ‘till her last breath’, an irrepressible Mayawati may have crushed hopes of reviving the party

With one in every eight people being overweight, India is staring at an obesity epidemic

Health insurance companies’ proposal to up premiums by 10-15%, ostensibly due to a surge in claims in New Delhi, will set a dangerous precedent

Putting an end to VIP culture should be one of the key lessons for the authorities to learn from Kumbh Mela apart from crowd management

Hyperloop can solve two crucial problems India faces – traffic congestion and carbon emissions

The resonance of far-right politics among younger voters suggests that Germany’s political landscape is undergoing a generational shift

‘Might is right’ appears to be the principle that is dictating the fate of Ukraine

By laying down a condition that the Union government would not release the ‘Samagra Shiksha’ funds to the southern State until it accepts the three-language policy under the NEP, the Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan has triggered an avoidable confrontation

As Rekha Gupta gets down to the nitty-gritty of administrative business, she is up against many challenges — from fulfilling election promises to cleaning the Yamuna

By projecting Ukraine as a villain in the ongoing conflict, US President Trump is playing a dangerous game that could further alienate America’s traditional allies, including Europe

Criminalising offensive jokes and filing FIRs for unleashing the full police force on the accused are not the solution