In the football World Cup, an Indian corner on a foreign field

Indian football, which FIFA bosses like to call a sleeping giant, can still wake up. It shouldn’t be impossible, from 1.6 billion people, to unearth at least 11 good footballers

Impunity for exam leaks undermines trust

In a young country, competitive tests are among the most visible interfaces between citizens and the state. It's high time the government learned its lessons

RBI does well to hold rates, shift focus to foreign capital

All these are steps in the right direction. Measures are needed to attract foreign capital. The economic situation calls for agile management

Suryakumar, Sooryavanshi and a difficult balance

The decision to remove Suryakumar Yadav as T20 captain follows a template that Agarkar and Gambhir have applied almost without exception

Trump’s tariff wall still stands, India must find its way

As India moves forward with its trade deal with the US, it must be mindful of the unpredictable nature of the White House administration

Marjane Satrapi refused to be drawn in black and whiteSign In to read

Today, Iran is in the grip of a transformation whose contours are still being defined. As it develops, the clarity of Satrapi’s perception will be missed

India, Myanmar, and a shifting balance

Until stability returns to Myanmar, a flexible approach is critical to India’s neighbourhood policy

Obsession, Backrooms, Weapons: A Gen Z revolution on the big screen, powered by YouTube

Is cinema dying? Not if recent box-office numbers are anything to go by — the talent is just finding new ways to break through

Delhi fire: A capital tragedy, national shame

Tragedies like the Malviya Nagar fire may be a wake-up call, but they must be followed by sustained attention, apart from demands for accountability

In and as Suman Kalyanpur

Her rightful place is among the more accomplished voices of the golden era of Hindi film songs.

Delhi’s death traps sap the spirit of young aspirants

The latest building collapse is particularly heartbreaking because most of the victims were students, including medical and engineering college aspirants.

At JEE, women break barriers. Campuses must step up

Engineering campuses must be prepared to welcome a larger cohort of women through safe hostels, robust mentoring systems, leadership opportunities, gender-sensitive grievance mechanisms, and academic cultures that challenge stereotypes.

Health survey calls for a nutrition rethink

The National Family Health Survey VI, released late last week, flags the alarming proportions taken by diabetes in the country — one in six Indians reported high sugar levels

RCB is Kohli, and much more

This season, they played with extra confidence, secure in the belief that they had a strong and balanced unit, and were not just reliant on their talisman, Virat Kohli

Bengal post-poll violence is a disservice to mandate

The new state government must stanch all acts of violence against Opposition leaders — and be seen to do so. It should not go down the route of its predecessors.

NFHS-VI calls for a nutrition rethinkSubscriber Only

Government nutrition programmes have tried to provide a corrective. However, these have focused excessively on supply-side interventions without adequately appreciating how the family, especially mothers, influences children's food intake

Amid rising inflation, RBI cannot neglect growth

Given that the RBI targets a retail inflation rate of 4 per cent, many do not rule out a repo rate hike. However, the RBI’s choice may not be as straightforward as it seems

NASA and beyond, science collaboration should be the compass for space, not conflict

Unlike the largely symbolic space competition of the last century between America and the Soviet Union, the race to the Moon and beyond is about gaining early access to strategically significant regions outside the Earth.

With a little help from Paul McCartney

Long before AI-generated music started sneaking onto Spotify playlists, McCartney was combining this immense talent and energy with hard work and discipline to create an important chunk of the music on which the technology was trained

Meanwhile, Israel goes ahead with its wrecking ball in Gaza

Peace in Gaza requires Israeli restraint and an institutional credibility capable of assuaging Palestinian fears. Netanyahu’s latest order does precisely the opposite

On fertiliser, Centre and states must align policy

India has enough land, water and sunshine for growing crops. But that’s not the case with fertilisers, where it is overwhelmingly import-dependent

Raja Randhir Singh was bridge between sport’s past and future

Competing in five Olympics between 1968 and 1984, he was among India’s earliest international regulars in trap shooting and won the country’s first Asian Games gold in the discipline in 1978. But his success can’t be measured merely in medals.

A new Karnataka CM, a tired Congress script

Almost from the very beginning of outgoing CM Siddaramaiah's term, the Karnataka story has been dominated by the factional fight within the ruling party

EC has a lot to answer but SC gives it a free pass — and more

Most disturbingly, even on the citizenship issue, the Court, in effect, gives the EC free play, without any guardrails

Sonny Rollins, saxophone colossus, and a seeker

Born in Harlem into a musical family, Rollins’s mother gave him a second-hand alto saxophone at 11, and he never let go.