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A yatra from ritual piety to base violence

India, Aug. 3 -- While the etymology stays contested - like most other associated things - there has been some consensus among scholars that religion comes from the Latin verb religare, which means 't... Read More


The quarrel over Cauvery

India, Aug. 3 -- The leaders on either side of the divide have changed and so have the eras, but the century-old dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over sharing the water of the Cauvery simmers.... Read More


Looking for offshore oil to beef up supply

India, Aug. 3 -- The Indian economy has done better than what most people expected in the wake of the oil shock from the ongoing Iran war. However, the roots of this resilience lie in the country's fi... Read More


Looking for offshore oil to beef up supply

India, Aug. 2 -- The Indian economy has done better than what most people expected in the wake of the oil shock from the ongoing Iran war. However, the roots of this resilience lie in the country's fi... Read More


Collegium for consistency

India, Aug. 2 -- Justice Ujjal Bhuyan's remarks questioning the Supreme Court collegium's recent retreat from recording reasons for judicial appointments have revived an uncomfortable but necessary de... Read More


Indian inertia around the cholesterol crisis

India, July 30 -- The finding of the 2023 Global Burden of Diseases study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), that India and China alone accounted for just over a thi... Read More


Constitutionally united India

India, July 30 -- With the passage of a bill that makes any insult or obstruction to the singing of Vande Mataram a punishable offence, the national song has officially ascended to the same status as ... Read More


Balance between food and fuel security

India, July 29 -- The debate around India's biofuel blending push has mostly focused on the alleged harmful effects of the fuel being sold on cars. This is perhaps the easiest of the controversies to ... Read More


Don't close the doors on open-weight AI

India, July 29 -- Nearly 150 companies want no new restrictions on open-weight AI models, the kind anyone can download and modify. Their letter calls distillation - training a cheap model on a costlie... Read More


The end of the easy Canada era for Indians

India, July 29 -- Indians seem to be putting their Canada dreams to sleep, at least for now. Indian nationals make up the bulk of a decline in the admission of permanent residents by Canada between Ja... Read More