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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

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

Pitroda’s goof-ups, happening with unfailing regularity, will cause considerable damage to the Congress

Though overcrowding is common in India, the world’s most populous country, crowd management is rarely a top priority for governments

The United States and Britain refused to sign the Paris AI Summit Declaration that called for policies to keep AI “open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy” shows the inherent contradictions in approach

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will finally leave the ISS and head home, bringing the curtains down on an unexpected ‘Lost in Space’-like saga

The Modi-Trump meeting is an opportunity for both countries to pursue a pragmatic approach towards trade

The Defence Ministry must take note of the frustration voiced by Air Chief who has rightly questioned HAL’s commitment to meet the timelines

There is a need for equitable access to AI to avoid perpetuating a digital divide that is already existing across the world

The resignation of N Biren Singh offers a window of opportunity for the Centre to find a political solution to the Manipur unrest

Though there are some positive takeaways in the ASER 2024 report, several areas, including gender gap in digital literacy, continue to cause concern

H-1B visa, the popular path to citizenship, faces heightened scrutiny under Trump’s 'America First' policies

Though Modi had, in 2022, castigated other parties for propagating a ‘freebies culture’, the BJP’s Delhi manifesto has gone one up on the AAP playbook

America’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation comes as no surprise as Trump’s hostility towards the global body is well-known

The Israel-Hamas truce requires sincerity, foresight and an accommodative approach from both sides to make the deal work

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Kuwait has opened up opportunities for expanding the partnership

In rejecting another debate, the former President suggested that a “prizefighter" who loses a bout is always the one to call for a rematch

Hyderabad: Given its hegemonic actions and blatant breach of international protocols in the recent past, China’s move to dock its spy ship in Sri Lanka must be viewed with suspicion. India’s concerns in this regard are quite justified as the ‘Yuan Wang 5’ is a powerful tracking vessel whose significant aerial reach — reportedly around […]

The Supreme Court’s ruling that the States and the Centre can equally legislate on matters of Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a welcome development. This upholds the spirit of cooperative federalism, for which the States like Telangana have been steadfastly fighting. In fact, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has been at the forefront […]

The latest revelations raise disturbing questions over the conduct of government agencies in the entire episode