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Harsh V PantIn many ways, the ongoing US-Iran war, triggered by the joint American-Israeli strikes that killed Ali Khamenei on February 28 and targeted Iranian nuclear and military facilities, illustrates how crises in one theatre can dramatically reshape strategic calculations...
ANIL TRIGUNAYATEven as Washington may call and claim victory, notional or real, the global pain of the brash and so-called bold and illegal strikes will be real for years to come, nor will it benefit any party in the...
SRIKANTH KONDAPALLIBeijing is trying to rejig its domestic sector towards technological self-reliance and enhancing domestic demand.On March 12, China firmed up its roadmap for a changing world order by introducing its 15th Five-Year Plan (FYP), which is set to...
TK ArunThe liquor retail policy, for which charges of corruption were brought against Arvind Kejriwal, is the best the nation’s capital has seen.The Delhi government should revive the liquor policy, even if the election loss on false corruption charges...
A. Amarender ReddyLand rights shape access to credit, subsidies, insurance, and power within the household, and it is the foundation of economic security for women farmers.Women in farming and land rights: Every year on International Women’s Day, governments and institutions...
ARUN KUMARIndia will be particularly hit hard.War in West Asia is into its fourth week. In its latest phase, US President Donald Trump has given Iran five days to open the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to otherwise bomb its...
Tikender Singh PanwarCan cities plan their future when most funds are tied to Central conditions?The story so far:Cities continue to be the excruciating centres of capital accumulation at an unprecedented pace. Around 90% of total government revenue and nearly...
TK ARUNThe ongoing war in the Persian Gulf shows why India must leverage its most abundant fuel to substitute for imports of hydrocarbonsCoal is so 19th-century, oil and gas ooze 20th-century ‘modernity’, while renewables spell contemporary, climate-conscious cool — so...
ARUN KUMARIf all countries act in concert, Trump would not be able to bully nations as he has done in the last one year.President Lula of Brazil sent an important message at his press conference in New Delhi by...
Chandrachur SinghThe transition from an agrarian, low-HDI State to a dynamic, technology-driven economy is achievable within a short-term horizonThe question of who will succeed Nitish Kumar in Bihar’s political landscape has been dominating the State’s political discourse for some time now, much...