The Truth can never be hidden
As Narendra Modi completes 25 years as the head of a government — first as Chief Minister of Gujarat and for over a decade as Prime Minister of India — one conviction…
By Sohail Khan · 17 Sep
A day before India began its Chess Olympiad campaign in Samarkand, captain Srinath Narayanan played his biggest gambit: Gukesh D would play on board 4, the final board. It’s unprecedented for a…
By Sohail Khan · 17 Sep
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that UPI transactions over Rs 2,000 will attract a fee of 0.4 per cent from October 15. Called the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR),…
By Sohail Khan · 17 Sep
Pinkie Roshan, 71, recently proved her fitness commitment with deadlifts. “Pure and powerful deadlifts,” she captioned the post on Instagram. Inspired by her, we decided to understand how to safely weightlift in…
By Sohail Khan · 17 Sep
The Satya Niketan tragedy has brought much-needed attention to accommodation for Delhi University (DU) students. The figures underline the scale of the problem: Around 70,000 students are enrolled in DU’s undergraduate programmes…
By Sohail Khan · 17 Sep
India’s mineral wealth is not evenly spread across the country. States such as Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Karnataka possess enormous reserves of coal, iron ore, and other minerals that feed industries across…
By Sohail Khan · 17 Sep
India’s 7.8% real GDP growth in April to June 2026 is an extension of a strong economic journey — real GDP grew 7.2% in 2023-24, 7.1% in 2024-25, and 7.7% in 2025-26.…
By Sohail Khan · 17 Sep
The UPI charge It is strange that at a time when India’s UPI has gained wide acceptance both at home and abroad, a 0.4% charge is being introduced on merchant transactions above…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt (September 1-2, 2026) marked a shift in Beijing’s engagement with West Asia. In talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Mr. Xi set out a…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep
A section of Hindu nationalists in India has long questioned the national loyalty of its religious minorities. Under attack, Muslims and Christians have often sought to affirm their loyalty to the nation.…
By Sohail Khan · 16 Sep