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Reform or Retreat?

New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- The NDA government's proposed Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or the VB-G Ram G Bill, 2025, marks a consequential overhaul of India's rural empl... Read More


DESIGNED CONFLICT?

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- The renewed violence along the Thailand-Cambodia border is a stark reminder that peace agreements are often less decisive than the domestic politics that surround them. Barely we... Read More


Structural Shift

New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- India's household savings landscape is undergoing a fundamental reordering, one that marks a decisive break from the country's long-standing reliance on bank deposits as the anch... Read More


Governance Under Strain

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Indian football once again finds itself at a crossroads, caught between the ambitions of its professional clubs and the administrative authority of the All India Football Federat... Read More


Coalition Cracks

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- The seizure of Yemen's oil-rich southern territories by the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) marks the most consequential rupture in the country's civil-war landsca... Read More


Fiscal Balancing Act

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The government's indication that the date of implementation of the Eighth Central Pay Commission will be decided later, and may not align with January 1, 2026, has generated predi... Read More


Selection Reset

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- Indian cricket has witnessed many transition cycles, but few have been as compressed, dramatic and emotionally charged as the one unfolding over the past two weeks. What began as ... Read More


Right to Disconnect

New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- The introduction of the Right to Disconnect Bill, 2025, by NCP MP Supriya Sule arrives at a moment when India is wrestling with the unintended consequences of its rapidly digitisi... Read More


Moscow-Delhi Axis Endures

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- India's decision to host Russian President Vladimir Putin at a moment of profound global uncertainty represents more than a diplomatic formality; it is a declaration of strategic ... Read More


Punitive Approach

New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- The Supreme Court's intervention yesterday, calling on states to ease the severe pressure faced by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of e... Read More