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THE WEEK India
Rock and a new role
D.K. Shivakumar—the ‘Rock of Kanakapura’—has finally become chief minister. The road ahead, however, could be the real test of his mettle
4 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Old conflict, new front lines
With militancy receding and economic opportunities growing in Kashmir, the security focus has shifted to neutralising narco-terror
6 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
UPSET MASTERS
Japan and Ecuador lead an extraordinary line-up of dark horses
3 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Rain, rain, stay here
Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Minister Yogendra
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June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Not how it’s done
The 1,700-year-old water town of Zhujiajiao is known as the Venice of Shanghai, and today I get to sip chilled peach soju here, in the shade of an orange bud-laden pomegranate tree and type this column, occasionally waving out to tourists as they sail past my stone bench in gondola/shikara style boats along the meandering, limpid, grey-green canal.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Rehabilitation facilities have been expanded across district hospitals
THE ANTI-DRUG campaign in Jammu and Kashmir goes well beyond conventional law enforcement.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
The Pope and the Sadim
In our deeply polarised world, there are still rare moments of unity.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
THE HOLY BLUE GRAIL
Before Zidane’s golden generation there was Platini’s Magic Square. Kylian Mbappe is the product of a brave decision France took after Zidane and the other greats bowed out. In the 2026 World Cup, he leads the strongest squad and the most consistent team of the decade
10+ min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
A prayer for us all
When walking in Bhutan, there are few sights more uplifting than that of Buddhist prayer flags crackling in the high wind against a spotless blue sky.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
The cost of sleepless nights
There is a health concern unfolding across India each night, often without visible symptoms, and it is not receiving the attention it deserves.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
The missing ingredient
Just like the Uttar Pradesh government's One District, One Cuisine list, the state's diverse culinary traditions find little space in its food conversations
6 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Narcotics and terrorism are two sides of the same coin
A 1992-BATCH IPS officer, Nalin Prabhat is as well known for his vast experience in counter-terrorism operations as he is for shunning the limelight.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
THEY SHALL NOT (ONLY) PASS
Football tactics don’t disappear; they mutate. Spain’s famed Tiki-taka has now given way to a faster, more vertical modern game under Luis de la Fuente
7 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
WHEN GIANTS FALL
The World Cup has always punished certainty. Three cases from history
2 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Over and out
With detention centres, deportations and tighter border controls, the BJP government aims to turn back illegal migrants from Bangladesh
4 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Drug supply chain disrupted; rehabilitation remains a challenge
Not all Lok Bhavans match the grandeur of the one in Srinagar.
4 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
CAPTAIN COLD
Former chief minister Amarinder Singh appears to have been caught off guard after the BJP appointed his longtime associate Kewal Singh Dhillon as chief of its Punjab unit without consulting him.
1 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
The RaGa reset
Rahul Gandhi's strategic decisions and internal restructuring are giving the Congress political momentum
3 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Travails of a trial
With a second set of accused, too, being discharged in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case, victims and their kin have only questions, no closure
8 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
FIRST-WORLD CUP
US-Mexico-Canada 2026 could leave behind working-class fans who make football what it is
8 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
Friction over fission
A year after Operation Sindoor, the space for conventional warfare between India and Pakistan has increased, even as the neighbour is expected to continue its mixed signals on nuclear weapons
4 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
The southern test
With the leadership transition in Karnataka, the Congress has to work really hard to retain its AHINDA vote bank
3 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
WE NEED TO FIGHT SMARTER, SHORTER WARS
Having seen through an eventful and turbulent phase of India’s military history, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan will now return to his world of intellectual and academic rigour.
10+ min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
The corpus callosum
The first sign that something was wrong was not weakness, or seizures, or memory loss. It was an argument between her hands.
3 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
WAR AND PEACE
Iranian society has largely returned to normal life, although the trauma of the war has not gone away completely
2 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
When you launch a product today, you cannot think only of India
INTERVIEW A.V. ANOOP, CHAIRMAN, AVA GROUP
4 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
EYE OF THE NEEDLE
In Bikaner, scientists and herders are on a mission to preserve Rajasthan's disappearing camel breeds
4 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
Future of exams will emphasise skills that AI cannot easily replicate
AS INDIA PUSHES to position itself as a global artificial intelligence powerhouse, a parallel crisis is unfolding within one of its most critical public institutions—the education system.
3 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
Cockroaches in their stomachs
India has a national animal, a national bird, a national tree, a national flower, a national fruit, even a national reptile—the tiger, the peacock, the banyan tree, the lotus, the mango and the king cobra, in that order.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
THE WEEK India
There is a structural problem in judicial appointments
At a moment when India’s federal balance is increasingly contested and personal liberty appears to hinge less on principle than on process, senior advocate Indira Jaising offers a stark diagnosis.
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