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India’s resilience amid global and domestic pressures

18-04-2026

Global oil markets have already delivered their verdict. The Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy arteries, has been in strategic confrontation. The escalation involving President Trump and Iran has pushed crude prices past the 100-dollar threshold, reintroducing a level of volatility that the global economy has not confronted in recent years. For India, which depends heavily on this corridor for energy imports, the implications are immediate and material.

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The SIR that hurts everyone: Myths vs facts in West Bengal

18-04-2026

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s electoral rolls has become the defining controversy ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. Nearly 91 lakh names were removed from a pre-SIR electorate of about 7.66 crore, shrinking the voter base by roughly 12% to around 6.75 crore. Of these deletions, approximately 58 lakh occurred in the initial phase under categories such as Absent, Shifted, Dead, or Duplicate (ASDD), with an additional 5 lakh or so in supplementary lists.
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The singeing squeeze: Two oils and a battered rupee

17-04-2026

The Reserve Bank of India’s bi-monthly Inflation Expectations Survey of households in March 2026 shows perceived inflation to be 7.2 per cent. This is more than double the official Consumer Price Index-based reading of 3.2 per cent for February.

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Women’s quota not a valid basis to redraw India’s electoral map

17-04-2026

The trope of ‘It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind’ could well be applied to the Union government in the context of the Women’s Reservation Act (2023). At the time it was passed, the centre seemed to be in no hurry to implement the law.

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Can Sunetra Pawar handle the challenges facing her?

16-04-2026

A little over two and a half months after the Nationalist Congress Party president and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s sudden death, the party is now clearly at a crossroads, and there is a lot of speculation about which way it is headed.

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Future of artificial intelligence may not be built on Earth alone

16-04-2026

The biggest risk in artificial intelligence today is not a lack of investment; it is where that investment is going. Technology companies are pouring vast sums into AI infrastructure. Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet are racing to build more data centres,
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Fraud godmen: Exploitation behind the veil of faith

15-04-2026

The recent arrest of a self-styled godman from Maharashtra on charges of sexually exploiting multiple women once again exposes a deeply troubling reality: the growing menace of fraudulent spiritual leaders, strutting with impunity and bawdy bravado,

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Allegations become election weapons in Indian politics

15-04-2026

The Congress party made a big hue and cry when Assam Police knocked on the doors of its senior leader, Pawan Khera, in New Delhi the other day. This incident occurred following an FIR filed by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, the wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in Guwahati.
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India’s global clout questioned amid Pak’s rising diplomatic influence

14-04-2026

The palpable irrelevance of New Delhi as a player in the ups and downs of the current conflict in the Middle East has forced the BJP to downplay the global catastrophe in its campaign for the ongoing state assembly polls in the country.
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Space travel tales reveal messy realities of toilets beyond Earth

14-04-2026

What makes or breaks a trip is not the memories but the toilet. A good toilet is a necessity, not a luxury. I’m no Dave Barry, but as an astrophysicist, it’s my duty to educate the general public on the questions they’re too afraid to ask but are dying to know—space toilets.

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Women war correspondents who redefined reporting from the front

13-04-2026

There has hardly been a time when the world has been conflict-free, and reports from the frontline have been brought to readers and viewers sitting safely away from home.

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Mahatma Phule’s enduring legacy guides India’s social progress

13-04-2026

Today, 11th April, is a deeply special day for all of us. It is the birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, one of India’s greatest social reformers and a guiding light for generations.