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THE QUEST FOR TWO-THIRDS • After the setback over the Constitution Amendment Bill, the BJP has taken it upon itself to raise the NDA’s numbers in both Houses by any means necessary

CHIVALRY WITH A CAVEAT

TIGER ALERTS AI TO THE RESCUE

After a Dangerous Stalemate a Window of Hope • The MoU between the US and Iran marks a return to diplomacy. The really thorny issues will have to be resolved in a final agreement

A CRISIS OF AUTHORITY • For the first time, Sikh clergy has ostracised a serving CM, opening a volatile new chapter in Punjab politics

A Fresh Fault Line • Three years after violence erupted, a new Naga-Kuki divide threatens to redraw Manipur’s conflict map

SP SEEKS FIRM HANDSHAKE • With the UP assembly election less than a year away, the SP and Congress leadership root for an alliance

BENGAL PLUGS BORDERS • The new BJP regime turns up the heat on Bangladeshi illegals, opening another front for Dhaka to tackle

NOMINATION SHOCK • How Meenakshi Natarajan lost a Rajya Sabha seat the Congress thought secure

THE FARM CRISIS • THE IRAN WAR EXPOSES INDIA’S DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED FERTILISERS, PULSES AND EDIBLE OILS, WITH THE EXPENSE SET TO SOAR TO $56 BILLION OR 6 PER CENT OF TOTAL IMPORTS. WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ACHIEVE FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

THE NEXT MEAN MACHINES • Curriculum vitae of the four major sixth generation fighter programmes

SEEKING SIXTH-GEN COMPANY • The future of aerial combat lies in sixth generation fighter aircraft acting as command nodes in an interconnected battlespace. India could get ahead of the game by partnering such an avant-garde jet programme

HOW THE NEW GENERATION WORKS • Key features of sixth-gen fighter jets

A LEAKY PIPELINE • FORGED TENDERS, INFLATED CONTRACTS AND ENTRENCHED INTERESTS CONVERGE IN A ₹979-CRORE SCAM IN THE STATE’S JAL JEEVAN SCHEME

THE GREAT UNSHACKLING

BEST COLLEGES SURVEY 2026 • India Today’s Best Colleges Special Issue ranks over 1,700 institutions across 14 streams, helping students make informed career choices with trusted insights on courses, placements and campus life.

NEW WAVE FROM THE NORTHEAST • POWERFUL FILMS FROM THE REGION ARE FINALLY GETTING THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVE IN INDIA AND BEYOND, OVERCOMING FUNDING ROADBLOCKS

Family Saga • KARAN MAHAJAN’S LATEST NOVEL—THE COMPLEX—ABOUT AN INFLUENTIAL DELHI FAMILY IN THE 1970s PARALLELS THE STORY OF A YOUNG NATION ON THE CUSP OF CHANGE

COMEDY OF ERRORS • MOHAMMED HANIF employs satire to good effect in his new novel, Rebel English Academy

SOUTH ASIAN CANVAS • KNMA, IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHRISTIE’S, IS EXHIBITING SOME ICONIC ARTWORKS FROM ITS COLLECTION IN LONDON NEXT MONTH

MATERNAL INSTINCTS • The timeless trope of mother and child is the unifying theme of a new exhibition at the Humayun’s Tomb Museum

Where Light Meets Life • LONDON’S VICTORIA MIRO gallery is hosting new works by Mysore-based artist N.S. HARSHA

COMING FULL CIRCLE • Five years after ‘Enjoy Enjaami’, Australian-Tamil singer DHEE has...