• The Federal

    Analysis

    Shram Shakti Niti 2025 : Draft labour policy steps back to Manusmiriti

    Prasanna Mohanty
    10 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST

    Centre shirks responsibility to protect workers’ rights, provide decent working conditions and social security; passes it on to state governments and the market

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    Analysis
    Russia’s jet engine deal with Pakistan: Are India’s defence ties at risk?
    Analysis

    Russia’s jet engine deal with Pakistan: Are India’s defence ties at risk?

    10 Oct 2025 6:20 AM IST
    PM Modi flags off four trains, launches projects worth Rs 13,500 crore for Bihar
    Analysis

    Small parties, big headaches: What’s holding up seat-sharing deals in Bihar

    9 Oct 2025 4:57 PM IST
    Asaduddin Owaisi Tejashwi Yadav
    Analysis

    Arrogance or ground realities? Why Tejashwi spurned Owaisi's alliance overtures

    9 Oct 2025 6:10 AM IST
    How Bangladesh’s provocative military strategy fuelled unrest in its hill tracts

    How Bangladesh’s provocative military strategy fuelled unrest in its hill tracts

    6 Oct 2025 8:15 PM IST
    Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals what’s wrong with India’s growth model

    Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals what’s wrong with India’s growth model

    5 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Bihar polls: Modis Rs 10,000 cash dole rattles Grand Alliances momentum

    Bihar polls: Modi's Rs 10,000 cash dole rattles Grand Alliance's momentum

    30 Sept 2025 6:20 AM IST
    From Leh’s streets to Delhi’s doorstep: Ladakh’s fight for identity rekindled

    From Leh’s streets to Delhi’s doorstep: Ladakh’s fight for identity rekindled

    25 Sept 2025 6:13 PM IST
    Why Trumps tough stance on trade and visas puts Modi govt in a bind

    Why Trump's tough stance on trade and visas puts Modi govt in a bind

    24 Sept 2025 1:22 PM IST
    How China secured its place as global manufacturing and exports hub

    How China secured its place as global manufacturing and exports hub

    23 Sept 2025 4:34 PM IST
    boat carrying migrants

    Will Keir Starmer’s ‘one in one out’ scheme fix UK’s illegal migration crisis?

    23 Sept 2025 11:13 AM IST
    What Make in India should quickly learn from Made in China

    What Make in India should quickly learn from Made in China

    23 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Dr Muhammad Yunus

    Will Bangladesh's pro-Islam foreign policy change after 2026 polls?

    21 Sept 2025 7:54 PM IST
    Rare earth mineral - stock photo

    Myanmar ground reality hits India’s plans to tap rare earth minerals

    21 Sept 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Old and trapped: How security forces took down top Maoist leaders

    Old and trapped: How security forces took down top Maoist leaders

    Rajesh Ahuja
    17 Sept 2025 12:57 PM IST

    In last few months, security forces have managed to neutralise more than a half a dozen senior Naxal leaders; police officers explain how they brought...

    Canada’s new foreign workers policy poses challenges for India, Indians

    Canada’s new foreign workers policy poses challenges for India, Indians

    16 Sept 2025 3:48 PM IST
    Waqf Act: SC pauses contentious powers, but Centre not out of play

    Waqf Act: SC pauses contentious powers, but Centre not out of play

    15 Sept 2025 9:56 PM IST
    How BJP is appropriating Bhupen Hazarikas legacy ahead of 2026 election

    How BJP is appropriating Bhupen Hazarika's legacy ahead of 2026 election

    13 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why Jamaat-e-Islami’s win in Dhaka University rings warning bells for India

    Why Jamaat-e-Islami’s win in Dhaka University rings warning bells for India

    11 Sept 2025 8:16 PM IST
    BSP, Mayawati

    Amid changing political landscape, can Maya's BSP reclaim lost ground?

    11 Sept 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Nepal’s Political Crisis - From Monarchy to Meltdown

    Monarchy to meltdown: A recap of Nepal’s tumultuous political past

    10 Sept 2025 6:38 PM IST
    Road repair - GST is repair in progress

    From 2017 rollout to latest rejig, GST remains repair-in-progress

    10 Sept 2025 6:38 PM IST
    Why Ranil Wickremesinghes arrest may energise Sri Lankan Opposition parties to unite

    Why Ranil Wickremesinghe's arrest may energise Sri Lankan Opposition parties to unite

    8 Sept 2025 1:58 PM IST
    GST 2.0

    Will the GST rejig revive consumption and boost growth?

    6 Sept 2025 6:23 AM IST
    Inflation

    RBI’s inflation targeting: Why flexibility should not undermine focus

    3 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Opposition MPs receive Justice B. Sudershan Reddy in New Delhi on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

    Sudershan Reddy as V-P candidate: What's behind INDIA Bloc's counter choice?

    19 Aug 2025 8:52 PM IST
    Tax stock photo

    Four ways in which recent restructuring has altered tax dynamics

    19 Aug 2025 5:56 PM IST
    Bihar SIR and vote chori

    Why the Opposition has adopted a ‘graded response’ against CEC

    19 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why Marwari community in a Telangana town faces go-back call

    Why Marwari community in a Telangana town faces 'go-back' call

    19 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
    CP Radhakrishnan vice president

    Why CP Radhakrishnan ticked many boxes as NDA's V-P candidate

    18 Aug 2025 10:33 PM IST
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