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Sharad Pawar’s NCP faces a dilemma over future alliance

09-07-2026

The monsoon session of the state assembly, which is underway right now, will end in a few days’ time, and Maharashtra, yet again, is in for some surprises in the political sphere! Just weeks after six members of parliament of Uddhav Thackeray’s party switched over to the ruling Mahayuti alliance, this time there is speculation about which way Sharad Pawar’s MPs and MLAs may be headed.

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A stern warning for India: Don’t take water for granted

09-07-2026

By the end of June, in the four-month southwest monsoon cycle that ends in September, the country was facing a severe water crisis. This followed a heatwave in April and May that led to the loss of subsoil moisture, delayed onset and tardy progress of the southwest monsoon and depleted reservoir levels.

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UCC aside, what India needs is uniform town planning

08-07-2026

A narrow dingy staircase, which doubled as the sole entry and exit; absence of emergency exit doors, much simpler to put in place than in aircrafts; and scarcely any ventilation in any of the halls or rooms—the sordid and shocking details that are emerging about the three-storey building that went up in flames in Lucknow
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Why the defections, mergers and political realignments?

08-07-2026

In western democracies, political parties are primarily bound together by shared ideologies, mutual pursuit of political power, and institutional rules. Ideology, values, and cohesive sets of principles,

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A life devoted to prosperity, unity and growth of India

07-07-2026

Today, July 6, is a special day for countless people who cherish the ideals of nationalism and selfless service. We commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, whose life remains a timeless example of courage and unwavering commitment to Maa Bharti. Few leaders in modern India embodied the seamless confluence of intellect, public service, and moral conviction as profoundly as Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee.

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A walk down memory lane when Hurst got UK the Cup

07-07-2026

London was the place to be in the summer of 1966—it was the centre of the sports, fashion, and pop music worlds and at the heart of the Swinging Sixties, as that era was dubbed. Carnaby Street in London’s West End was where youth-inspired vibrant colours were given shape by fashion designers; the miniskirt conceptualised by designer Mary Quant was all the rage.

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None dare clip the wings of these tough, fearless Angels

06-07-2026

Two of this week’s movie releases—Alpha and Baby Do Die Do—have women in action roles, which is now happening more frequently, if not on the big screen, then on OTT (see Priyanka Chopra in Citadel). Still, when a project has women doing stunts, it is hailed as something out of the ordinary, or even revolutionary.

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Sustainable energy needed to prosper and protect nature

06-07-2026

Modern human civilisation, industrialisation, urbanisation, and rapid economic growth and prosperity are inextricably linked to ever-increasing energy consumption. Animals consume energy in the form of food for survival.

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It is time we held the BMC accountable for every tree fall

04-07-2026

‘Monsoon misery’ is the theme Mumbai hums in frustration, with resignation, every year as the season sets in. The phrase is a favourite with news editors. Lately, it has become a hashtag on social media too.

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Football is both a passion and an obsession in Latin America

04-07-2026

French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus, who spent his youth as a goalkeeper, said famously that “all that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football”. In October 1957, when his Nobel Prize for literature was announced, French television interviewed him at a football match.

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Business case for AI is unclear, but the empire case is not

03-07-2026

The most consequential technologies in history were not always adopted because their commercial value was immediately obvious. Many became important because they altered the global balance of power.

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A maximum city that forgot its conscience in pursuit of growth

03-07-2026

Every morning I step onto Mumbai’s streets hoping that nobody pays with their life for another preventable civic failure. That is an extraordinary thought to carry in a city that proudly calls itself the financial capital of India.