Elections, government and policy in India: reporting and analysis on the parties, leaders and decisions shaping the country.
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Marco Rubio meets S. Jaishankar in Mumbai on Tuesday, four days after a White House order paused a 100 percent tariff threat over Russian oil and gave his office a say in when that pause ends.
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Pune, Surat, Lucknow, Indore were supposed to relieve the metros. Why Tier-2 cities grew but never became economic engines — agglomeration beats cheaper land.
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Modi's third term opened with consolidation, not revolution: 7% growth, PLI expansion, strong FDI — and the same unresolved jobs crisis.
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Chandrayaan-3 landed at the lunar south pole — a first for any nation — on a $75 million budget. How ISRO built world-class space capability on a fraction
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Five years after Galwan killed 20 Indian soldiers, the LAC is stable but unresolved — buffer zones, not peace. Normalisation means management, not settlement.
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Criticism of Indian democracy is legitimate — and selective: Western indices, Xinjiang silence, Bangladesh. Scrutiny follows alignment, not principle.
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300 million practice yoga, turmeric lattes sell in Brooklyn, RRR won an Oscar — and nobody in Delhi planned any of it. India's unplanned soft power wave.
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The IITs admit 17,000 students a year while state universities educate 35 million. India's education story isn't about the top — it's about everyone else,
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Oil at $110, China's demographic collapse, the India-US AI talent corridor, an unplanned soft power moment, and why the rupee at 87 is not the real problem.
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China's population fell for a fourth straight year in 2025, births hit a record low, youth unemployment sits near 17%, and the property sector is unwinding.
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Indian political framework built after independence is losing its relevance to govern a complex and diverse country. Six and a half decade of democratic…
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In the 2015 Delhi elections, a ten-student IIT-Bombay team built a sentiment-analysis tool that helped AAP read voter mood on social media — and win 67 of
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In December 2014, AAP's Yogendra Yadav urged PM Narendra Modi to speak out against 'ghar wapsi' reconversion campaigns as the Rajya Sabha stalled for a
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In November 2014, Jashodaben filed an RTI with Mehsana police asking what security and facilities she was entitled to as the Prime Minister’s wife.
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In 2014, a 22-member team of Vedic Brahmins from Karnataka performed yagnas in Oman for the health of Sultan Qaboos — one of the most unusual interfaith
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On October 3, 2014, Modi launched Mann Ki Baat, the monthly radio address that became a fixture of his premiership. A TI essay, from the archives.
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There are certain times in any nation’s history which define and change its direction and today is definitely one of those for India. What we are seeing…
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In December 2013, India's Supreme Court upheld Section 377, recriminalizing gay sex. Five years later, the court reversed itself — the 2018 Navtej Singh
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In November 2013, Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting a young colleague. The scandal — and the case's long road — unfolded over
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In November 2013, a woman was brutally attacked inside a Bangalore ATM at 7:30 AM — caught on CCTV. The footage sparked a national debate on safety.
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