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    Why India’s opportunity crisis is bigger than the reservation debate

    Kanchi Dileep
    31 Aug 2026 7:58 PM IST

    Scarcity is an institutional problem that needs to be reduced rather than become a permanent reason for one group to see another’s gain as its loss

    Indias reservation debate and opportunity cost
    Opinion
    protest in Manipur
    Manipur

    Centre defers census in Manipur amid demand for NRC by civil society groups

    31 Aug 2026 7:42 PM IST
    Satish Poonia
    Punjab

    'No alliance, we will contest all 117 Punjab seats': BJP's state in-charge Poonia

    31 Aug 2026 7:07 PM IST
    Three homes, no answers: Shock and disbelief in Keralam over California murders
    Keralam

    Three homes, no answers: Shock and disbelief in Keralam over California murders

    31 Aug 2026 6:35 PM IST
    student protest

    Campus uprising: How August saw India's top institutions roiled by protests

    31 Aug 2026 6:34 PM IST
    Dixon interview

    SEBI’s new closing auction system: What it means for retail and institutional investors

    31 Aug 2026 6:04 PM IST
    paddy fields

    Karnataka tells SC it is complying with 9,000-cusec Cauvery water release order

    31 Aug 2026 5:51 PM IST
    H1B visa

    ‘US is dead now’: Indian professional urges students to rethink American dream

    31 Aug 2026 4:52 PM IST
    India GDP rise

    India’s GDP growth hits 7.8 per cent in Q1 FY27, says Govt

    31 Aug 2026 4:41 PM IST
    Why CM Suvendu seems not to have factored in the Bengali disconnect with Sahitya Samrat Bankim

    Why CM Suvendu seems not to have factored in the Bengali disconnect with 'Sahitya Samrat' Bankim

    31 Aug 2026 4:40 PM IST
    Two Malayali women killed, third is accused: What we know so far about California case

    Two Malayali women killed, third is accused: What we know so far about California case

    31 Aug 2026 4:07 PM IST
    Pramila Krishnan Interview

    ‘Godavari-Cauvery link is no alternative to TN’s Cauvery water rights’ | Interview

    31 Aug 2026 3:38 PM IST
    A police officer finds drugs during the search of drug dealers

    Keralam’s anti-drug drive expands overseas as police target fugitives

    31 Aug 2026 3:23 PM IST
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian

    India keen on expanding ‘trade basket’ with Tehran: PM Modi to Iranian President

    31 Aug 2026 2:48 PM IST
    Sonam Wangchuk

    Demoralised CJP leaders wanted to end protest after July 20 crackdown: Sonam Wangchuk

    The Federal
    31 Aug 2026 1:01 PM IST

    In a podcast, Wangchuk claims CJP leaders considered ending the Delhi protest after police action at Jantar Mantar before young protesters returned...

    TN suitcase murder: How cops caught couple in Manipur after 24-day manhunt

    TN suitcase murder: How cops caught couple in Manipur after 24-day manhunt

    31 Aug 2026 12:57 PM IST
    Sexual assault

    2 arrested for gang-rape of 16-year-old inside sleeper bus in Delhi

    31 Aug 2026 11:58 AM IST
    Supreme Court

    SC refuses PIL seeking mandatory ethanol labelling at petrol pumps

    31 Aug 2026 11:53 AM IST
    Congress warns TVK of Cabinet exit

    TN minister warns Cong will exit cabinet if TVK doesn't back Rahul as PM face for 2029 polls

    31 Aug 2026 10:46 AM IST
    Security personnel stand on an excavator at a muddy area in the aftermath of flash floods, at Trishuli market, in Nuwakot district in Nepal

    Nepal sought more glacier data from China months before deadly floods: Report

    31 Aug 2026 10:12 AM IST
    Karnataka Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddi

    Karnataka minister calls Islam ‘greater’ religion; ‘apologise to Hindus,’ says BJP

    31 Aug 2026 8:50 AM IST
    Flash flood at Grand Canyon

    Flash flood at Grand Canyon forces evacuations, sweeps debris into Colorado River

    31 Aug 2026 8:40 AM IST
    Student found dead in hostel of BITS Pilani Goa campus; cops launch probe

    Two suspected sharpshooters in Ankit Balyan murder case killed in encounter

    31 Aug 2026 8:33 AM IST
    Nepal floods
    LIVE

    Nepal floods: Missing persons count spikes to 4,247 as rescue ops enter Day 6

    31 Aug 2026 7:20 AM IST
    West Bengal Assembly elections, Voters

    How migrant EBC and OBC populations helped BJP win ‘caste-less’ Bengal

    31 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, during an interview.

    Exclusive: Dipke on ‘pressure’ for protest 2.0 and ‘overwhelming support’ from public

    31 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Over 400 passengers rescued after hill slip thwarts train run on Kalka-Shimla route

    Over 400 passengers rescued after hill slip thwarts train run on Kalka-Shimla route

    30 Aug 2026 8:29 PM IST
    Ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus, killing 7; 237 rescued

    Ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus, killing 7; 237 rescued

    30 Aug 2026 8:16 PM IST
    PoK protest

    Pakistan’s PoK polls marred by violence, rigging claims, says human rights body

    30 Aug 2026 8:03 PM IST
    Six-year-old Bihar boy stages dharna over police excesses against parents

    Six-year-old Bihar boy stages dharna over 'police excesses' against parents

    30 Aug 2026 7:32 PM IST
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