• The Federal

    Opinion

    SC's menstrual leave ruling shifts burden of discrimination back onto women

    Sudeep Sudhakaran
    31 March 2026 4:00 PM IST

    By prioritising "employer reluctance" over social justice, the judiciary risks dismantling decades of progress in labour protections and workplace equality

    Why the SC ruling on menstrual leave is regressive
    Opinion
    India
    Opinion

    From neoliberalism to neofascism: Price of inequality in India and the way out

    31 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    How Piyush Goyal bowed to Trump while playing cowboy with China
    Opinion

    How Piyush Goyal bowed to Trump while playing cowboy with China

    30 March 2026 11:01 AM IST
    The geese that keep laying: How IPL has become Indias most lucrative business
    Opinion

    The geese that keep laying: How IPL has become India's most lucrative business

    26 March 2026 4:12 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    Benefit of the doubt should go to the voter, not the EC

    25 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    one constitution, three states and three different viewpoints on religious conversions

    Three states, one Constitution, two irreconcilable visions of religious freedom

    25 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    PM Narendra Modi

    Iran war tests India’s strategic autonomy as it walks a diplomatic tightrope

    24 March 2026 7:41 PM IST
    Surrender or stand? Modi government faces a WTO acid test

    Surrender or stand? Modi government faces a WTO acid test

    24 March 2026 6:10 PM IST
    When the captain picks the team and the PM skips the vote

    When the captain picks the team and the PM skips the vote

    24 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Iran war, Israel

    Hard to believe, but Trump’s ‘pause’ should mean ‘end of Iran war’

    24 March 2026 8:23 AM IST
    LPG cylinders

    Why cooking gas shortage hits Kerala harder than anywhere else

    19 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Ali Larijani, the slain secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council, waves at journalists in Beirut, Lebanon, in August 2025. Photo: AP/PTI

    A crumbling Iran could turn out more dangerous

    19 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Hormuz crisis ignited by the US - who will share the burden?

    Iran war: Trump lit the fire, now wants the world to help extinguish it

    18 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Europe’s snub to Trump is a moral victory for Iran

    Europe’s snub to Trump is a moral victory for Iran

    18 March 2026 8:35 AM IST
    EC announces 2026 Assembly election schedule

    Assembly polls 2026: EC's U-turn, shorter-phase polls and bigger controversies

    Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
    17 March 2026 6:20 AM IST

    The Chief Election Commissioner’s promise to include all eligible voters and exclude the ineligible will remain mere words unless the Commission,...

    The new blueprint: Shivam Dube represents India’s evolving T20 identity

    The new blueprint: Shivam Dube represents India’s evolving T20 identity

    16 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Why Delhi must answer for attempt on Farooq Abdullah’s life

    Near-miss in Jammu: Who failed to protect Farooq Abdullah and why?

    14 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Iran war

    Trump may claim victory, but will Iran stop fighting?

    13 March 2026 8:50 AM IST
    PM Narendra Modi and Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu

    Are India’s ties with Israel based on hype rather than reality?

    13 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Maoists set to meet LTTE’s fate; they failed to keep up with the times

    Maoists set to meet LTTE’s fate; they failed to keep up with the times

    10 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Indias cooking gas crisis has a homegrown solution — induction stoves

    India's cooking gas crisis has a homegrown solution — induction stoves

    9 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Iran Israel US Middle East explodes

    Gulf nations, Palestinians real losers in ongoing missile war

    5 March 2026 8:04 AM IST
    When your best friends start a war, silence is not diplomacy

    When your 'best friends' start a war, silence is not diplomacy

    3 March 2026 6:54 PM IST
    Oil tanker

    How Iran war will stoke inflation, even if oil supplies do not dry up

    3 March 2026 3:01 PM IST
    People chant slogans as they protest against US and Israeli strikes

    Iran-Israel conflict marks return of Western power politics

    3 March 2026 7:24 AM IST
    Iran strikes: Trump and Netanyahu make a mockery of global order

    By striking Iran, Trump and Netanyahu make a mockery of global order

    1 March 2026 9:40 AM IST
    Pakistans Afghan gamble: Why air power cant tame Taliban

    Pakistan's Afghan gamble: Why air power can't tame Taliban

    28 Feb 2026 8:51 AM IST
    Arvind Kejriwal, AAP, Election Commission

    Kejriwal's acquittal in liquor scam: A verdict that indicts more than CBI

    28 Feb 2026 7:27 AM IST
    military modernisation, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian Army, missile

    From 36 to 114, the Rafale U-Turn: Why India is paying more a decade later

    28 Feb 2026 6:37 AM IST
    What Modi said on AI and jobs in interview with ANI

    Modi's interview on AI and jobs was a masterclass in saying nothing

    26 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    X