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Philosopand Antonio Gramsci and poet Muhammad Iqbal.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Gramsci stays, Iqbal goes

Union Ministers Amit Shah, S Jaishankar, Nirmala Sitharaman, JP Nadda and other Members in the Rajya Sabha, in New Delhi on March 24, 2026. Despite the open ballot system introduced in 2003, multiple Rajya Sabha elections in recent years have witnessed MLAs defying party directives and shifting results.

Cross-voting and the Rajya Sabha: Open ballots, closed ranks, broken promises

Despite two decades of the open ballot system, MLAs continue to defy party lines in the Upper House election, and the law offers little recourse.

Soni Mishra,Anand Mishra

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Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah calls on External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, in New Delhi, on March 20, 2026.

Can ‘golgappa diplomacy’ fix what ails India-Bangladesh ties?

The neighbours are easing back into engagement after the BNP’s return to power, but the warmth is surface-level. Structural tensions—water disputes, trade imbalance, nationalist politics, and mutual distrust—still define the relationship.

DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin campaigns after filing his nomination papers from Kolathur constituency ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, in Chennai, on March 30, 2026.

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2026 | TAMIL NADU

Stalin moves from conciliation to command

The seat-sharing arrangement finalised in Tamil Nadu reveals a new and forceful side to the DMK leader that has taken many by surprise.

The conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran has intensified since coordinated strikes on Iranian targets in February 2026 triggered retaliatory missile attacks. The escalation has widened regional tensions and raised fears of a broader war in West Asia.

Why the Iran conflict is not just about geopolitics

How Hegel’s theory of recognition helps us understand the raging war in West Asia.

Members of families who reconverted from Christianity to Hinduism at the “Ghar Wapsi” programme organised by the Hindu Makkal Katchi at the Kamatchi Amman temple, in West Mambalam, Chennai, on January 30, 2015.

Rewarding reconversion?

How a 1950 order that stripped Christian and Muslim Dalits of Scheduled Caste status has, through decades of Supreme Court rulings, become a roadmap for “Ghar Wapsi”.

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Spotlight

CPI(M) Tamil Nadu secretary P. Shanmugam.

Elections come and go, but our basic principles don’t change: P. Shanmugam

Siddarth Muralidharan

Trinamool Congress MPs Dibyendu Adhikari and Arjun Singh join the BJP in the presence of the party’s National Secretary Dushyant Gautam and party West Bengal co-incharge Amit Malviya, at the party’s headquarters in New Delhi. Trinamool Congress and BJP face internal protests over candidate selection ahead of West Bengal 2026 Assembly elections.

Candidate lists trigger rebellion in Trinamool, BJP

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Plastic waste accumulated in the Eluru canal in Vijayawada being cleared on March 3, 2026.

Plastic to pickles, radiation roulette, and seeing cells clearly

R. Ramachandran

A view of Chandni Chowk in October 2021, soon after the completion of project to redevelop the area. Built in 1650 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, it is one of the oldest marketplaces in Old Delhi.

India’s journey from grandeur to destitution

Subhoranjan Dasgupta

At a protest against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on March 29, 2026.

Satrangi Salaam: A community-led protest against the amended transgender law

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