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Aid politics and national interest

Updated on Feb 17, 2025 15:35 IST
FILE PHOTO: Relief supplies for families affected by Typhoon Durian arrive at the Manila international airport December 7, 2006. Americans, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provided disaster relief and assistance to the Philippines after it was severely hurt by Typhoon Durian that killed 570 people and destroyed nearly 250,000 houses. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)/File Photo (REUTERS)

Falling off the tracks again

Crowd control measures have to look beyond policemen with lathis shepherding crowds and mere personnel deployment, and involve better organisation, coordination, scientific planning, and data-driven decision-making (ANI)
Published on Feb 16, 2025 14:56 IST

A MEGA push for India-US ties

Washington, DC, Feb 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks along with US President Donald Trump at the White House, in Washington, DC on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (Narendra Modi - X)
Published on Feb 14, 2025 16:08 IST

Common ground in Paris & Delhi

French President Emmanuel Macron (C-L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C-R) pose for a family picture before the closing session of the Franco-Indian Economic Forum at the Quai d'Orsay following the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Abdul Saboor / POOL / AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Feb 13, 2025 14:37 IST

No defence for failing the forces

Bengaluru: Indian Air Force aerobatic team 'Surya Kiran' performs aerobatic maneuvers during the Aero India 2025, at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI02_12_2025_000364B) (PTI)
Published on Feb 12, 2025 14:30 IST

Mob rule has marked new regime in Dhaka

FILE PHOTO: A vandalised photograph of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of the ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, is seen inside his demolished Dhanmondi-32 residence, in Dhaka, Bangladesh February 6, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Feb 11, 2025 14:30 IST

INDIA bloc’s identity crisis

A worker removes and stacks chairs from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office as the party trails in Delhi state election in New Delhi,India, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Photographs of party leader Arvind Kejriwal, are seen on the wall. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) (AP)
Updated on Feb 11, 2025 14:30 IST

Set the house in order in Manipur

**EDS: VIDEO GRAB VIA @NBirenSingh ON TUESDAY, NOV. 19, 2024** Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh speaks in a video message regarding the recent violence in the state. Biren Singh on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor AK Bhalla. (@NBirenSingh via PTI Photo)(PTI02_09_2025_000341B) (@NBirenSingh)
Updated on Feb 10, 2025 15:33 IST

Expanding India’s diplomatic footprint

Barricades outside the Parliament House in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. India’s finance minister cut taxes for low income earners to spur consumption in Asia’s third-largest economy, while also targeting a slightly smaller budget deficit in the coming fiscal year. Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)
Published on Feb 10, 2025 15:33 IST

The opportunity for a seamless NCR

The NCR might be among the world’s largest contiguous urban regions but it suffers from stark problems of income inequality and living conditions (Bloomberg)
Published on Feb 9, 2025 14:44 IST

The third way in AI governance

France and India’s collaboration could establish frameworks that truly and sustainably balance innovation with responsibility, market dynamics with public interest (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Feb 9, 2025 14:41 IST

The limits of welfarism

Laborers dismantle stage of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) outside their office put for watching election results for Delhi state election in New Delhi,India, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) (AP)
Published on Feb 8, 2025 15:31 IST

RBI’s cautious policy stance

Mumbai, Feb 07 (ANI): RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra addresses a post-monetary policy press conference, in Mumbai on Friday. (ANI Photo) (Video Grab)
Published on Feb 7, 2025 14:43 IST

Slipping on climate crisis challenges

FILE - Demonstrators pretend to resuscitate the Earth while advocating for the 1.5 degree warming goal to survive at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 16, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) (AP)
Updated on Feb 6, 2025 14:55 IST

No country for illegal migrants

Migrants wait outside the regional office of the National Migration Institute to await their safe conduct to transit through Mexican territory on their way to the United States, in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico on January 13, 2025. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Feb 6, 2025 14:55 IST

Leave Gaza to Palestinians

President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. AP/PTI(AP02_05_2025_000146A) (AP)
Updated on Feb 5, 2025 17:16 IST

A dialogue of three musical streams

Eru Matsumoto, from left, Wouter Kellerman, and Chandrika Tandon accept the award for best new age, ambient, or chant album for "Triveni" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. AP/PTI(AP02_03_2025_000060A) (AP)
Updated on Feb 4, 2025 14:38 IST

Vote that matters beyond Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 04 (ANI): Polling officials collect election materials before leaving for the polling stations at Atal Adarsh Bengali Balika Vidyalaya on the eve of the Delhi Assembly elections, at Gole Market in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta) (Jitender Gupta)
Published on Feb 4, 2025 14:37 IST

Destabilising the world economy

That Trump does not appreciate that the interdependence of complex economies is only a part of the problem (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (AP)
Updated on Feb 2, 2025 15:41 IST

A budget that ticks all boxes

Ranchi, Feb 01 (ANI): People watch the live telecast of Union Budget 2025 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha of the Parliament, at a television showroom in Ranchi on Saturday. (ANI Photo) (Somnath Sen)
Published on Feb 1, 2025 17:56 IST

Road map to Viksit Bharat

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala with her team of officials while giving final touches to the Union Budget 2025-26, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 31, 2024. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) (PTI)
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 14:37 IST

Stop choking the consuming class

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: India's Ministry of Finance building is silhouetted against the setting sun in New Delhi April 2, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo/File Photo (REUTERS)
Updated on Jan 30, 2025 14:33 IST

The tragedy at Maha Kumbh

Indian Hindu devotees arrive for a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on the eve of the 'Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) (AP)
Published on Jan 29, 2025 15:04 IST