The flag of convenience model disproportionately shields shipowners from liability while exposing coastal nations to ecological and legal fallout

Most CSR and UHNI (Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals) grants continue to be single-year grants that are heavily restrictive and linked to very measurable outcomes. Not many fund research, innovation and risk-taking

One can only hope that BRI financing focuses on sustainability and deliverability in the coming future, especially because in the first quarter of 2025, global debt has reached a record high of $324 trillion

A new chapter of cooperation between India, the world’s largest democracy, and the United States, the world’s most powerful democracy, is expected to begin with the visit of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to the US in the second week of June.

A spirited defence of Indian nationalism must also confront how it was undermined from the start. Belonging without othering was always under siege — today's phoney nationalism has only finished the job

For India, it’s more important to focus on inclusive growth that makes its economy competitive

There are questions over the sustainability of the sharp pick-up in investments

But it must represent the interests of both Meiteis and Kukis

Turns out, running a country is not the same as running a company

Without the ability to build them, India will be dependent on foreign suppliers, creating technological chokepoints

If the Western conservatives secure support from a big country like India, their power is bound to multiply manifold

India must refine its education system, inspire innovation, and develop a military-industrial base with coherent manufacturing strategies for developing cutting-edge, future-ready technologies

DOGE has been mired in controversy. Musk’s companies have suffered. But, it is certain that he will bounce back

Their approach, marked by a calibrated blend of security action, development outreach, and political determination, has delivered far better results than decades of vacillation

It is not political points that they end up making but personal attacks that seek mostly to defame someone so badly that they shut up. I have chosen instead to develop a thick skin. But it is not thick enough to withstand a charge of treason.

In her recently released memoir, The Woman Who Ran AIIMS, the Delhi-based Dr Bhargava, now 95, graphically describes the horrific morning when “the ink was not even dry on my appointment letter” but there, on the eighth-floor operation theatre of AIIMS, a…

A viral video suggests French President Emmanuel Macron was smacked by the First Lady, Brigitte Macron. The President scoffed at the latest “disinformation” being put out by “crazy people” that he was pushed in the face by his wife while they were about to…

A viral video suggests French President Emmanuel Macron was smacked by the First Lady, Brigitte Macron. The President scoffed at the latest “disinformation” being put out by “crazy people” that he was pushed in the face by his wife while they were about to…

Despite the dosti, America deported Indian ‘illegal’ immigrants in handcuffs and leg chains. Not a word of protest from the prime minister. Steep tariffs were imposed on imports from India; not a word. The U.S. voted in favour of IMF’s loan to Pakistan; not…

Ironically, during Operation Sindoor dissenting views within India reflected its plurality, while the Pakistani intelligentsia spoke in one voice while backing its military dictatorship against terror sponsorship charges