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New government in Kathmandu must fully use the opportunity to prove its worth and put country on a different path to prosperity Himalayan Hindu Kingdom, Nepal is in the midst of a big churn with most established political parties and their leaders getting irrelevant. After Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah of fledgling Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) took…

In Sept 2023, the Indian Parliament witnessed a historic moment with the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, promising 33% reservation for women. Yet, the fine print revealed a caveat: the law was tied to the completion of a post-2026 census and a subsequent delimitation exercise, effectively pushing implementation to 2034. On Friday the…

To Lam’s China visit from 14th to 17th April holds far-reaching strategic significance. The trip is not a routine diplomatic visit undertaken to indicate the long-standing fraternal ties between two parties or two governments: it underlines the two countries’ determination to upgrade the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between the two countries, needed in the current…

By Pulkit Sharma Many of us have mixed memories of our childhood: a good portion of joyful moments, a certain number of painful memories, a few lifechanging experiences, and many routine recollections. These memories exist in a cohesive narrative that continues to give us a unique sense of who we are, what we want, and…

Imagine there’s a super-smart computer brain called “Mythos” that is so powerful it can find secret weaknesses in apps and websites—like spotting hidden cracks in a wall that no one else can see. The company Anthropic says it’s so strong that they’re not even letting people use it, because it could be misused. Now, some…

Inbuilt obsolescence makes us buy newer & newer things The other week, my cell phone began to act up, refusing to download an app I needed, and generally being moody and cantankerous. I took it to a phone shop where an assistant, after a brief examination of the device, diagnosed EOL. What’s EOL? I asked….

A minor girl, almost 15, was raped by a neighbourhood ‘bhaiya’ who was 22 years old. When her parents got to know what the child went through, they rushed to the police station in a fit of anger. They filed a complaint and an FIR was lodged against the youth. By the time the case…

By the time India marks 100 years of independence in 2047, taxation will no longer function as a classical instrument of sovereignty—it will operate as a strategic interface. Not between citizen and state, but between capital and jurisdiction. The transition is already underway. What was once a system of extraction is being re-engineered into a…

As South Korean President Lee Jae-myung prepares to visit India, the moment carries significance far beyond ceremonial diplomacy. The international order is passing through one of its most unsettled phases in decades. Great-power rivalry is intensifying, protectionism is returning, technological competition is accelerating, and military conflicts in one region are producing economic shocks in another. The war involving Iran has…

What do markets know that we don’t? Ever since Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on April 8, they’ve been inching up. Sensex has reclaimed half of the ground it lost during 40 days of fighting. US indices, meanwhile, have touched record highs. What explains their euphoria? Is the war well and truly over, despite occasional…