What is at stake On 3 November, Americans vote for all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats. Donald Trump is not on the ballot, but this vote is a verdict on him. The main question is simple: will he spend his last two years with a friendly Congress or...
When nearly one crore names disappear from a voter list, the most important question is not who wins the political argument. It is whether every eligible citizen still has the right to vote. Karnataka has released its final electoral roll following a Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and the numbers demand...
The central question is whether the opposition’s campaign against alleged “vote chori” can move beyond political demonstrations and force institutional accountability from the Election Commission of India (ECI). The comparison with CJP’s earlier agitation, the Congress-led protest, the mock parliamentary proceedings at Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence, and the BJP’s response all...
From Japan’s economic stagnation to America’s mounting debt, from Britain’s weak growth to political unrest in South Asia, one warning is becoming impossible to ignore. Governments cannot promise prosperity forever without paying for it. The World’s Debt Problem Is Becoming a Public Problem For years, governments borrowed cheaply, expanded spending...
When news broke on 8 October that Nana Patekar had died at 75, many Indians searched for one thing: how much money he left behind. The estimates range from Rs 50 crore to Rs 80 crore. These are media guesses, not audited numbers. But the way he held that money...
Between January and September 2026, about 12,700 technology professionals moved from the United States back to India. This estimate comes from Xpheno, a Bengaluru talent firm. It is an estimate, not an official count. Even so, the direction is clear, and it is worth understanding. A number that keeps growing...
Artificial intelligence was supposed to help humanity solve problems, accelerate scientific discovery and make technology accessible to millions. But what happens when the same technology enters the hands of armed groups seeking to develop missiles? A disturbing disclosure by Anthropic, the American company behind Claude AI, has raised precisely this...
When an officer rises to one of the highest constitutional positions in India, the public has every right to examine the record that preceded that appointment. Not to pronounce guilt through political accusations, but to understand whether past controversies were adequately investigated and whether the lessons were learned. Chief Election...
India proudly calls itself the world’s largest democracy. But democracy is not measured merely by elections, economic growth or the number of billionaires a country produces. It is also measured by whether institutions remain independent, businesses compete fairly, and the law treats everyone equally. A troubling question has repeatedly surfaced...
A voter list is a promise. The question today is who gets to keep it. The Special Intensive Revision, or SIR, is a deep house-to-house check of India’s voter list. Many people think it is new. It is not. The ECI says intensive revisions have been held since the 1950s,...
