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Edappadi K Palanisami
In the absence of the towering charisma of its late leaders M G Ramachandran (MGR) and J Jayalalithaa, the key question remains whether Edappadi K Palaniswami can revive and rebuild the party from its ...
Smoke rises from the site of airstrikes in a central area of the Iranian capital Tehran.
A 10% oil price rise is likely to reduce India's GDP by 0.3%. Worse, it will cause inflation to flare up by 0.2%. The higher the price increase, the sharper the impact.
GE Sridharan had his moment of glory in the 1986 Asian Games.
GE Sridharan's dreams have boiled down to a single one at age 72. "India should be in the Olympics," he says.
Image used for representational purposes.
Curated dating profiles, AI-generated empathy, AI scripted conversations and even generation of images using AI are not original but simulations that endlessly reproduce other simulations.
Doctors expressed regret over the hardship caused but insisted years of ignored petitions left them no choice.
Healthcare workers have endured delayed payments, poor career progression, and crushing workloads. The protest was not just about arrears; it was the culmination of years of neglect.
A woman cries as she mourns the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a gathering in the southern Suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 1, 2026.
Khamenei's passing marks not just a personal and political transition but a moment of uncertainty for West Asia, where Iran has acted as both stabilizer and disruptor.
William Dalrymple
After four decades, nine books on India, and a podcast that has reached more people than most historians could dream of across an entire career, Dalrymple's restlessness shows no sign of dimming.
People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran.
The United States and Israel have set the conflict on its most dangerous trajectory by openly backing the fall of Tehran’s rulers.
The observance of Black History Month is not merely ceremonial. It is a recognition, it is epistemic. It is an intervention in memory.
While Black History Month has decades of institutional recognition, Dalit History Month is a grassroots initiative—yet its theoretical and political importance is equally profound...
Nirmala Sitharaman
In dollar terms, India's economy is now estimated at roughly $3.8 trillion, down from $3.9 trillion. It means we fell one step behind from taking over Japan...
Netanayahu and Modi
Realism alone cannot explain the discomfort many citizens feel today, because India's global identity was never built solely on power...
The movie is directed by a 28-year-old Kanpur IIT student Tanmaya Shekhar who wants to make a change in society through his films.
With no star-studded cast and no established industry names attached, the film stands apart in today’s commercial cinema landscape.
The late R Nallakannu, a leader with a heart whose simplicity and honesty won him the affection of leaders from across the political spectrum.
A strike at a cotton mill that he saw at the age of five and the poems of Bharathiyar egged him to embrace politics that worked for the welfare of people. And he stayed a people's man till the end.
A man holds his head as he watches US President Donald Trump deliver the State of the Union address from Rep. Zach Nunn campaign office, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in West Des Moines, Iowa.
At 1 hour 47 minutes, the speech broke Trump’s own record, revealing a second-term approach focused on doubling down, sidestepping constraints, and reframing setbacks as leverage.
Narendra Modi with dignitaries at the AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam on Thursday; Sam Altman of OpenAI stands to Modi’s right, alongside Dario Amodei of Anthropic.
The summit was a sort of microcosm of modern India itself. So, what was the good, the bad, and the downright stinky of the recently concluded India AI Summit...
Jayalalithaa, still the Amma to many and to the ADMK party.
The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which many experts consider to be the frontrunner at the hustings, is also not without its challenges ahead of the polls.
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