Ask AI when the cherry trees will bloom

The time-honoured tradition of ‘hanami’, or flower viewing, has got a new tech upgrade

Indians give to save each other from free fall

They know that if they don’t large sections of the population would simply disappear from society

Assam needs new ideas. BJP, Congress aren’t offering any

Assam faces serious new issues, including climate-related events and questions around the rapidly changing nature of work and employment. The answers will not be found in more cash transfers or in throwing around the epithet

Two verdicts on live-in relationships, one grey area

Protecting marriage is important, but it must be understood that the legal recognition of live-in relationships emerged from the need to protect women from exploitation and abuse

Rupee is under pressure, RBI needs to let it be

While the central bank has repeatedly maintained that its interventions in the forex market are designed to smoothen excessive volatility, it should refrain from defending any particular level

We are sleepwalking into a catastrophe in West Asia Subscriber Only

The silence is alarming. When the most consequential supply-chain disruption in half a century produces this little diplomatic urgency, it tells you something about how badly the international system has atrophied

In Bengal, TMC and BJP’s vote-bank politics undermine genuine engagement with minority concerns

Both the BJP and TMC have indulged in religious polarisation politics. The BJP consolidates the Hindu electorate using Islamophobia, and the TMC uses Muslims as a 'captive vote bank' by using the fear of the

We proved that an inclusive movie screening is possible. With CBFC’s new rules, it can be made sustainable

Entertainment — cinema, sport, music, cultural participation — sits at the bottom of an unspoken hierarchy of disability rights, as though joy were a luxury to be pursued after the serious business of inclusion is

From page to screen, from a character to Ryan Gosling: The shifting tones of ‘Project Hail Mary’

The film avoids exploring the ethical ambiguity of the mission. It avoids the psychological cost of isolation that is so central to the novel’s interiority

Draft amendments to IT Rules threaten healthy competition. Here’s how

The digital world stands at a tipping point: it cannot be governed through ever-changing rules that ignore their wider implications. Decision-makers must immediately and meaningfully engage with the full complexity of digital governance.

In western UP, who gets to define what development means?

The Noida International Airport crystallises this question that will shape Western UP in the run-up to the 2027 elections

Trump’s latest tantrum shows US-Europe alliance is teetering on the brink

By and large, European capitals are determined to avoid being drawn into the conflict, reflecting a sentiment earlier articulated by Kaja Kallas, who stated that ‘this is not Europe’s war’

40 years ago April 01, 1986: Violence in Punjab

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 01, 1986.

The first day of school, the start of a shared responsibility

Every academic year is a meaningful step forward in realising the vision of the NEP, which has placed curiosity, understanding and holistic development at the centre of learning

India must reboot neighbourhood policy — trade is the key Subscriber Only

The rapidly changing international context makes early action on neighbourhood trade urgent

I know how IOC’s sex test can ruin an athlete’s life: Dutee Chand

IOC’s aim seems to be to protect the female category. But is there enough scientific evidence to prove that transgender athletes, or even female athletes, with a positive SRY test, have an advantage in track

Bengal’s higher-education story points to unmet challenge

An absence of high quality education systems, employment opportunities, pathways to innovation and social mobility risks alienating the very demographic that the TMC's development narrative seeks to address.

All eyes are on Iran, but Lebanon must not be ignored

While the security concern for Israel is real, treating Hezbollah solely as a military target risks ignoring the structural conditions that produced it.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a robbery

Forget the gentlemen thieves of the past. This is the period of the ‘smash and grab’ as seen in the latest art heist in Italy

A task still lies ahead in former Red Corridor

Areas with a history of lawlessness require continuing vigilance against the emergence of newer forms of unrest. The state should not only be efficient, it must also be, and be seen to be, just.

How a two-pronged approach overcame the Maoist challenge

Meeting the deadline was made possible not only by acceding to the logistical and infrastructural demands of the security forces to counter the Maoists but also by focusing simultaneously on the development of the region

Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Democracy has already lost the war

Even those fully aware of the impending catastrophe feel utterly disarmed and disempowered, as though democracy itself has been evacuated as a site for reflection on war

Lesson in the Rupee’s fall: Fix the economy, not the exchange rate

In a world where external conditions are likely to remain volatile, durable adjustment will have to come from within. The absence of structural change simply ensures that it is the rupee that will have to

Assam and the Gandhi-Bordoloi peace praxis: Revisiting a forgotten history

Peace in Assam, as historically in this region, cannot be achieved through coercion or exclusion, but through steadfast commitment to non-violence, justice, and recognising that injustice to one community does not justify injustice to another

The life of Puja: Vlogging from a village, a global citizen

She challenges the internalised idea that culture is a members-only club, open solely to the privately schooled, foreign-educated individuals of a certain pedigree, who were taught the Queen’s English as soon as they learnt to