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Uttar Pradesh’s recent budget presentation sets a strong example for prioritizing policing in India. In the 2026-27 fiscal year, the state allocated over Rs 44,145 crore to the Home Department, focusing on smart policing, law and order, technology-driven initiatives like cyber security centres, forensic labs, modern cyber stations, UP-112 upgrades, and women safety measures. This…

Today is Valentine’s Day, so every interaction, online and offline, seems to be about romance and love. As much as this is emotion, this is also big business. The Indian dating apps market is expected to reach $1.4bn by 2030, growing at 11% over the next few years, MarkNtel Advisors estimate. This is one of…

If we see, first comes attraction. When it becomes a little difficult to attain what you are attracted to, then love arises. When we try to possess what we love, it loses its beauty and gives us pain. Whatever you try to control turns ugly. That is why love based only on qualities is not…

Bangladesh has voted, a historic election with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) winning two-thirds majority. What does it mean for Dhaka-Delhi relations is what everyone’s really waiting for. And it’s more than evident that a Bollywood-style “grand family reunion”, like in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, is not the script that will play out. Post-July…

Behind the Perumbavoor fish market lies a bustling commercial stretch, a wide corridor flanked by rows of small shops. On one side, more than a dozen haircutting saloons operate in a line, all run by migrant workers catering primarily to fellow workers from their home states. On the other side are mobile phone stores and…

The renewed push for Indian knowledge systems has divided academics into two camps, with critics calling it regressive and rationalists questioning attempts to treat poetic expressions in Vedic literature as truth. In this context, “An Introduction to Indian Jurisprudence” by former Sree Sankara Sanskrit University vice chancellor K S Radhakrishnan assumes significance. Excerpts from an…

The recent electoral outcome in Bangladesh presents a striking contrast between perception and reality. The student movement, which had played a visible role in the chain of events that led to a change in government amid widespread global criticism of the Sheikh Hasina administration, contested 30 seats but managed to win only five. This gap…

Not by only cheering for national team victories   $250 million – that’s one estimate of the revenue the India–Pakistan match will generate tomorrow. It’s an eye-catching figure, but a deeply misleading measure of cricket’s global health. Of the 20 teams in this men’s T20 World Cup, several may not face a “full member” again until…

Will he partner with Delhi in Dhaka’s interest? This is the verdict New Delhi had quietly hoped for. A decisive mandate for BNP offers India the comfort of dealing with a familiar political formation. But familiarity is not reassurance – and that is where the comfort ends. The immediate question is whether Tarique Rahman, the…

Will he choose a good relationship with India? India was quietly hoping for this election result in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won clearly. For India, this feels a bit comfortable because it has dealt with this party before. But being familiar doesn’t mean everything will go smoothly. Now people are asking: If Tarique…