Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-nation tour linked talks in the UAE, Europe and the Nordics to energy, technology and trade deals. The visit underscored how India is tying diplomacy more closely to long-term economic and strategic security.
Satirist Kamlesh Singh breaks down the Cockroach Janta Party phenomenon and points out that the Gen Z in India is not a monolith, like the ones in Nepal or Lanka.
Vijay's cabinet expansion signals not just Congress's return to power after nearly six decades, but a sweeping political realignment in Tamil Nadu.
Beyond the bilateral agreements, Modi and Meloni are in on the joke together. Melodi is adding grist to the meme mill.
With his pre-election promise of liberal give-aways—on top of massive existing ones—Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has shown that the freebie culture is not episodic, it is chronic. Every promise that he made carries a massive recurring price tag that must be paid in hard cash, not cinema tickets. How can he foot the bill?
Statements that would once have ended political careers are now shrugged off as routine election rhetoric. Open religious mobilisation is no longer whispered from the shadows. It is increasingly performed in broad daylight.
A joint media briefing by two heads of state is not a press conference for adversarial journalism. Norwegian Ladki Helle Lyng shouted a question at Prime Minister Modi, who is famous for not taking any. Helle has broken loose since.
Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng openly admitted on social media that she never expected PM Modi to answer her shouted query. She knew the protocol. The narrative ceased to be about India's press freedom landscape. It became entirely about her.
How easy is it to become a paper setter for the NTA? What does the NTA's own framework for question paper development say? How are experts invited, and what are the basic eligibility standards for empanelling them?
Pakistan sought China's support for developing a sea-based nuclear second-strike capability during talks in 2024, signalling that Islamabad continued strategic negotiations with Beijing even as ties with Washington strengthened.
Revanth Reddy has publicly spelt out a 2034 plan that will keep him in charge of Telangana before a move to Delhi. The declaration projects stability and ambition, but also sharpens risks from rivals within the Congress.
An Indian police station is where citizens bring missing persons, assaults, thefts and disputes to the state. The scene shows governance working through discretion, overload, negotiation and emotional strain.
Trump's China visit exposed a sharp divide between Washington's trade agenda and Beijing's preferred framework for ties. The exchanges showed China using the summit to set red lines on Taiwan and wider strategic competition.
Paper leaks will keep happening in India. That's because parents are forced to pay the current market rate for a future their child deserves, and the system is incorrigible.
If the mother delivers you into the lap of creation, the yogic sciences are capable of delivering you into the very lap of the creator. This far more profound experience of motherhood is a tremendous gift and possibility that is open to absolutely everyone.
In Delhi, Rahul Gandhi refuses to be a rubber stamp. In Kerala, he is making a rubber stamp out of MLAs elected by the people.
Welfare and whisky are strange bedfellows in Tamil Nadu. The State doles out freebies with one hand and pours poison with the other. So, Vijay has done something bold by shutting liquor vends close to temples, schools and bus stands.
Trump may offer China concessions at the expense of US allies — and to the detriment of his own country's interests.
The BJP in Assam achieved phenomenal electoral success in Assam in just a decade. The way it was achieved — from Hindutva to development to co-optation — provide a template for achieving political domination.
Vijay's rise in Tamil Nadu politics has unsettled the state's established players. His emergence has raised questions about alliances, succession and whether fan power can become durable governance.
