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Mumbai · Wednesday, 26 August 2026

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40 years ago August 24, 1986: Clash at phone exchange

Troops wielding machine guns and dressed in battle fatigues took control of Kidwai Bhavan. Women staff present in the building in the evening were ordered to work or get out of the…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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The making of the Republic of Abuse

There is more than one way to silence an opponent. You can censor or arrest her. Or, you can abuse, caricature and delegitimise her so relentlessly that her arguments seem worthless. When…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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What India can learn from EU’s AI reset

The EU AI Act was presented as a landmark effort to regulate AI through a risk-based framework. But The EU’s AI Omnibus, which entered into force on July 27, changes parts of…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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Measuring manufacturing growth afresh: Three questions

The Chinese manufacturing export juggernaut once again moves menacingly across the world, threatening lower-skill manufacturing in poorer countries (the so-called China Squeeze). The government has set major ambitions for the manufacturing sector,…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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Israel’s West Bank push imperils long-term peace

While global attention has been fixed on Gaza, Israeli settlers have been intensifying violence against Palestinians in West Bank — under Israeli occupation since 1967 — the larger of the two territories…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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To build Delhi’s future, learn from past missteps

About 25 years ago, when Delhi’s third Master Plan came into effect, the city’s population was about 14 million, Gurugram and Noida were fledgling suburbs, the first lines of the capital’s Metro…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug
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Core concerns: On the Indian economy, the road ahead

The slowdown in the growth of India’s core industrial sectors in July was not surprising, with other indicators predicting easing demand conditions as well. Growth in the index of core industries (ICI)…

By Sohail Khan · 24 Aug