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    Opinion

    Nari Shakti: A convoluted stratagem to preserve male dominance

    Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
    19 April 2026 4:20 PM IST

    Implementing women’s reservation will be baptism by fire, unsettling entrenched male dominance, but shaping Modi’s bid for a lasting legacy

    Womens reservation bill: Modis desperate gamble to maintain status quo
    Opinion
    Iran war
    Opinion

    Strait of Hormuz reopens: Iran’s quiet move, America’s loud claims

    18 April 2026 8:10 AM IST
    Peter Magyars election rally in Debrecen, Hungary
    Opinion

    Lessons from Viktor Orban’s fall

    14 April 2026 9:22 AM IST
    Bengal 2026: A mandate between welfare entitlement and constitutional overhaul
    Opinion

    Bengal poll is peak drama: Mamata's welfarism, BJP's UCC promise, 91 lakh voters missing

    13 April 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Vance talks with Iran offer no hope of quick end to war

    'Final and best offer': Vance's ultimatum, Iran's silence spell trouble

    12 April 2026 12:31 PM IST
    Iran war ceasefire

    Pakistan's Vishwaguru moment? It's a narrow escape, not ceasefire

    9 April 2026 6:20 AM IST
    people in Jammu raise slogans after news of Iran ceasefire

    Doomsday averted, but can Iran war be settled across the table?

    8 April 2026 4:48 PM IST
    Ariyalur tops class 12 exams in TN

    How Kerala is rewriting India's higher education playbook

    7 April 2026 2:59 PM IST
    Trump and Netanyahu

    Shades of violence: India, Western powers, and global conflicts

    7 April 2026 1:43 PM IST
    Iran Israel US Middle East explodes

    Is the US a military state camouflaged as democracy?

    7 April 2026 9:48 AM IST
    A defeat wont break Left in Kerala, but it could shatter Congress

    A defeat won't break Left in Kerala, but it could shatter Congress

    7 April 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Trade deal, AI171 crash probe test India’s regulatory sovereignty

    Trade deal, AI171 crash probe test India’s regulatory sovereignty

    6 April 2026 6:30 AM IST
    IUML, Congress, UCC

    How Muslim groups are reshaping Kerala politics and reform debate

    5 April 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Sephora, cosmeticorexia and the influencer threat to media

    Sephora, cosmeticorexia and the influencer threat to media

    4 April 2026 2:15 PM IST
    Why the SC ruling on menstrual leave is regressive

    SC's menstrual leave ruling shifts burden of discrimination back onto women

    Sudeep Sudhakaran
    31 March 2026 4:00 PM IST

    By prioritising "employer reluctance" over social justice, the judiciary risks dismantling decades of progress in labour protections and workplace...

    India

    From neoliberalism to neofascism: Price of inequality in India and the way out

    31 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    How Piyush Goyal bowed to Trump while playing cowboy with China

    How Piyush Goyal bowed to Trump while playing cowboy with China

    30 March 2026 11:01 AM IST
    The geese that keep laying: How IPL has become Indias most lucrative business

    The geese that keep laying: How IPL has become India's most lucrative business

    26 March 2026 4:12 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    Benefit of the doubt should go to the voter, not the EC

    25 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    one constitution, three states and three different viewpoints on religious conversions

    Three states, one Constitution, two irreconcilable visions of religious freedom

    25 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    PM Narendra Modi

    Iran war tests India’s strategic autonomy as it walks a diplomatic tightrope

    24 March 2026 7:41 PM IST
    Surrender or stand? Modi government faces a WTO acid test

    Surrender or stand? Modi government faces a WTO acid test

    24 March 2026 6:10 PM IST
    When the captain picks the team and the PM skips the vote

    When the captain picks the team and the PM skips the vote

    24 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Iran war, Israel

    Hard to believe, but Trump’s ‘pause’ should mean ‘end of Iran war’

    24 March 2026 8:23 AM IST
    LPG cylinders

    Why cooking gas shortage hits Kerala harder than anywhere else

    19 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Ali Larijani, the slain secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council, waves at journalists in Beirut, Lebanon, in August 2025. Photo: AP/PTI

    A crumbling Iran could turn out more dangerous

    19 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Hormuz crisis ignited by the US - who will share the burden?

    Iran war: Trump lit the fire, now wants the world to help extinguish it

    18 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Europe’s snub to Trump is a moral victory for Iran

    Europe’s snub to Trump is a moral victory for Iran

    18 March 2026 8:35 AM IST
    EC announces 2026 Assembly election schedule

    Assembly polls 2026: EC's U-turn, shorter-phase polls and bigger controversies

    17 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    The new blueprint: Shivam Dube represents India’s evolving T20 identity

    The new blueprint: Shivam Dube represents India’s evolving T20 identity

    16 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
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