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Here’s looking at you, Sooryavanshi

September 1, 2026 06:53 IST

His 92 off 81 balls showed why there is so much excitement around him, and equally, why he remains a work in progress.

In US vs Iran, all roads lead back to Hormuz

September 1, 2026 06:52 IST

Until there is a durable agreement on how to manage the waterway, there will be sporadic military attacks and renewed threats of economic escalation.

A strong quarter quickens pace, but risks remain

September 1, 2026 06:52 IST

There are, however, expectations of the growth momentum softening over the coming quarters. On the external front, the risks stem from continuing trade and geopolitical tensions.

Meta’s US deal redraws line of accountability

August 31, 2026 06:05 IST

It marks a significant step towards recognising that children’s safety can no longer be treated as a matter of self-control or parental vigilance

As glaciers melt, prepare for a Himalayan challenge

August 31, 2026 09:07 IST

Glaciers need continuous monitoring with information shared across borders because Himalayan rivers and hazards do not respect political boundaries

In women’s Hockey World Cup, fifth place and plenty to build on for India

August 29, 2026 07:10 IST

The women have now shown twice — first at the Tokyo Olympics and now again at the World Cup — that they can go toe-to-toe with the best. The task now is to ensure that support grows.

Need to break Manipur’s cycle of reprisal

August 29, 2026 07:00 IST

That the government led by a Meitei chief minister, with deputy CMs from the Kuki and Naga communities, has so far found little success in pulling the state back from the brink shows how deeply the divisions have hardened

Policy mistakes, not ethanol, are behind sugar price rise

August 29, 2026 06:50 IST

The sugar industry is a classic story of controls — the government deciding everything from the pricing of cane to how much each mill can sell in the open market during a particular month — that are destined to fail

The mirror mind of Yayoi Kusama

August 28, 2026 07:10 IST

Over the course of her seven-decade career, Kusama turned the obsessions of her singular mind into works so distinctive that by the time of her death earlier this month she had cemented her place in the popular imagination as an icon of contemporary art.

Economy is resilient, but risks remain

August 28, 2026 06:45 IST

The outlook remains clouded with risks to growth emanating from continuing geopolitical and trade-related uncertainties, supply-chain pressures, volatile energy prices, and a strengthening El Niño.

Express View on Nepal floods: Himalaya needs shared early-warning system

August 28, 2026 03:28 IST

Cooperation between upstream and downstream Himalayan nations shouldn’t be limited to rescue and relief efforts

Dolly Parton pushed her way in, and stayed

August 27, 2026 06:15 IST

She always showed up with that trademark over-the-top aesthetic — towering blonde hair, theatrical make-up (“I apply it with a trowel”, she’d say) and rhinestones. Beneath the spectacle, however, was razor-sharp wit, enormous ambition and an instinct for survival

A death at IIT-Delhi and the many invisible struggles on campus

August 27, 2026 06:05 IST

Beneath his promise and ambition was a young man struggling with mental health challenges. His death, allegedly by suicide on August 22 has once again brought into focus the helplessness that can lurk beneath the surface of hyper-competitive institutions

Devendra Fadnavis government’s anti-conversion law, language diktats shrink Mumbai

August 27, 2026 06:00 IST

The fact that members of a minority community that is a part of the fabric of Mumbai feel the need to sign pre-emptive declarations is a stain on the Constitution’s promise of freedom of conscience and the right to practice and propagate religious belief. It is now for the government and ruling party to ensure that these fears are allayed