THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
If inheritance qualifies one for office, intelligence cannot be a requirement. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Opinion
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Editorials
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Manipur’s ordeal
Year after clashes erupted, it’s time to heal wounds
Alarming flames
Forest fires warrant swift action
ED under fire
Court condemns agency’s high-handedness
Pro-Palestine protests
US must not silence dissent by students
Covid vaccine row
Thorough probe a must to fix accountability
Food safety concerns
FSSAI to scale up quality checks
Canadian laxity
Anti-India elements continue to have a field day
Heroin seizure
Stem the tide of maritime drug trafficking
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Comment
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A-bout Bhushan Jr in fray
When half the population ‘loses’, the other half too loses when men from the clan of, say Brij Bhush...
A sticky game of tennis in Shimla
In the former Viceregal Estate in Shimla, which now houses IIAS, was perhaps the only indoor tennis ...
Catch 22, and the quest for sanity
It’s a term that has taken on a life of its own outside the book; it’s a crazy world after all
Politics of new and old dynasts
Cutting across party lines, the inheritors seem to have lost the family firm’s USP
Middle class facing a massive squeeze
The living standards of the middle class have worsened or remained stagnant for more than a decade.
Blinken’s China visit brings to the fore bilateral tensions
There was little evidence of Beijing trying to create a favourable atmosphere for the talks, despit...
Decriminalisation of more offences the way forward
Many laws impinge upon individuals’ freedom of action and are often either unenforceable or too cost...
Autocratisation poses a threat to democracy
The theory of autocratisation alerts us to the fact that political practices and policies cannot be ...
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Letters to the editor
Delhi bomb scare
Need to crack down on cybercriminals