Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

TMC candidate backs out from Falta repoll

Kolkata, May 20 -- Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Falta in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas withdrew from the contest two days ahead of polling in a major embarrassment for the pa... Read More


Clearing the air on right to bail

India, May 20 -- The Supreme Court's unusual criticism of its own judgment denying bail to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi rio... Read More


In defence of the rupee: Lessons from 2013 crisis

India, May 20 -- The rupee is once again under siege. The trigger this time is the Iran conflict which has sharply escalated global crude prices. Brent crude, which was trading at $72 a barrel when th... Read More


A Nordic-Indian push for a low-carbon world

India, May 20 -- The green partnerships with Sweden and Norway are among the highlights of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-nation tour that ends on Wednesday. The partnerships - Green Transition w... Read More


Delhi's new hierarchy of friendship in West Asia

India, May 20 -- Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi's eighth visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was short but salient. In a barely three-hour-long stay in Abu Dhabi, Modi not only embraced and clo... Read More


Build the narrative on Kalpakkam's success

India, May 20 -- India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam recently achieved criticality. Most western newsrooms filed it as a minor energy story. They missed the point entirely. I ha... Read More


SC: Pick, sterilise strays, but don't release in same area

New Delhi, May 20 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to modify its November 2025 directions ordering all states and Union territories to remove stray dogs from institutional areas such as schools... Read More


Cognizant doubles 2026 buyback programme to $2 bn

bengaluru, May 20 -- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp has doubled its share buyback programme to $2 billion in 2026, with the flexibility to buy shares worth as much as $3.45 billion as the Nasdaq-... Read More


New land-transfer norms to aid asset monetisation

NEW DELHI, May 20 -- Standardized valuation, identification of surplus land and norms for the transfer, exchange, lease and commercial sale of land are among the key features of a new framework that t... Read More


US, Iran trade threats; Trump says Tehran wants peace deal

Washington, May 20 -- President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the US may strike Iran again, a day after he said he had held off a major assault in hope of a deal to end war - but Tehran's army thre... Read More