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From Starlink's security concerns and Maharashtra's drought politics to challenges facing Modi's third term and Shashi Tharoor's political branding, today's opinions examine a variety of issues

The Javelin is a medium-range, man-portable, shoulder-launched, fire-and-forget anti-tank weapon

Seventy years later, the West Asian crisis is more tangled and the permanent members of the Security Council are split

The Indian government did have an idea that China would in the future operate in the Indian Ocean. But our plans were only defensive

The several forums that India participates in provide useful opportunities for meetings among leaders of countries which may have difficult or tense relations for one reason or another

A collective and robust call for democratising the world political economy and for building a just, fair and equitable world order emerged at the New Delhi summit

India's framework continues to pragmatically evolve, though not defined yet

Captain Ashok Nath traces the lineage of Indian Mountain Batteries, their changing identities, weapons and service from colonial rule to Independence.

Approval is the beginning, not the end of the process

The Business Standard Defence Index is designed to track the performance of 25 key defence stocks

As the Arakan Army in Myanmar tightens its grip on Rakhine state,India faces some challenges

The MEA's allocation has grown nearly 50 per cent in a decade, but its slice of the Union Budget has slid even as global turbulence mounts

India's terms on the Indus remain unchanged

Indian companies are betting on small jet propulsion

Cooperation in defence technology can work for India, with caveats

India isn't the target of the new Saudi Arabia-Turkiye-Pakistan pact, experts say

The Agnipath policy is a unique experiment. Its success hinges on clarity and acceptance

Uneven arsenal

Below are pictures of advanced drone interceptors and air defence systems as featured in Blueprint October 2026

New Delhi [India], October 9: The Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) hosted the fourth edition of Dialogues on Development Management (DoDM) 2026 today at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi. Centred on the theme What Makes Social Change Last?, the convening brought together leaders with experience across business and technology, grassroots development, financial inclusion, public policy, governance, philanthropy and social-sector institution-building to examine what ena

Delhi-NCR [India], October 9: India's real estate sector faces a fresh test as higher borrowing costs and inflationary pressures reshape the outlook for residential, commercial, retail and hospitality assets. The Reserve Bank of India's 25-basis-point repo rate increase to 5.5% has renewed questions around housing affordability, financing costs and investment decisions. The shift in the monetary policy stance from Neutral to Calibrated Tightening has also brought the trajectory of interest rates

Cloud over business events; train, Metro services disrupted

The asset manager has appointed former Avendus Capital executive Nandik Mallik to lead its specialised investment fund business

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has sought the Centre's cooperation to further expand maritime-based economic activities in the state. According to a statement, during his meeting with Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday, Naidu discussed the development of ports in the state, setting up a terminal at Mulapeta Port and establishing a shipbuilding centre at Dugarajapatnam. The chief minister explained that the state is accelerating indu

Airtel CEO Shashwat Sharma says tariff hikes are timely as competition stabilises, while the company plans to expand data centre capacity to 1 GW

BSE took over a decade to enter the Nifty 50, climbing from smallcap to midcap and then largecap. NSE's journey could follow a similar path

African digital financial services platform, Airtel Money, made its London Stock Exchange (LSE) debut on Friday, marking the exchange's largest initial public offering (IPO) in several years.. Sunil Mittal, Founder of Airtel and Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, said the listing builds on Bharti's significant record of long-term interests in the UK. I am delighted to welcome the successful listing of Airtel Money on the London Stock Exchange. This listing is a vote of confidence in the

All 10 Rajya Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh -- eight from the Bharatiya Janata Party and two from the Samajwadi Party -- were declared elected unopposed on Friday, an official said. Except Samajwadi Party candidate Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani, the rest of the winning candidates collected their certificates themselves, though SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav and BJP's Radhakant Ojha got them collected through their representatives, Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha polls Ajit Verma, who is also th

The BJP won two West Bengal Assembly seats and led in Assam's Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll, while TVK and AINRC recorded wins in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

The story of the man who makes you open a dictionary before breakfast is a masterclass in accidental differentiation

The procurement covers 52 ATRS lanes, with seven years of maintenance, as the Centre pushes phased automation of airport security checkpoints

The drought is almost providential for the ruling party as it postpones the hour of reckoning

With 60% of mica exports going to China, industry seeks critical mineral status, a 30% export duty and incentives to boost domestic value addition

Real estate consultants are expanding into design, project management, flexible workspaces and technology to diversify revenue and offer clients integrated services

India has good reason to keep satellite communications under the control of operators subject to Indian laws and security oversight

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday met Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and discussed further strengthening bilateral cooperation. Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt @nsitharaman called on H.E. Mr. @Tharman_S, President of Singapore, at The Istana, in Singapore, today. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views on taking forward the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and further strengthening bilateral cooperation,

Musk accused Ambani of seeking to protect his monopoly and urged him to allow Starlink to compete, saying satellite internet could improve access to education and markets

The Union Government is also considering reviewing the fixed cost for two state-run and one cooperative urea manufacturing units along with others to bring the former on par with the latter

China will curb tech investment bubbles, strengthen core technology breakthroughs and ensure AI remains safe and controllable, holding officials accountable for major losses caused by blind investment

Max Healthcare's Abhay Soi discusses the economics of hospital care, regulatory scrutiny of medicine mark-ups and reforms needed to improve affordability and expand healthcare capacity

Rudrangshu Mukherjee's anthology brings together Nobel lectures and writings by Indian laureates, but its extensive focus on Rabindranath Tagore blurs the book's central purpose

The OCC and Federal Reserve fined American Express $350 million over anti-money laundering compliance failures, saying the lender failed to adequately report roughly $13 billion in suspicious activity

A UN-backed push for more accurate world maps highlights how every map involves compromises-and how the way we depict the Earth can shape our view of the world

OpenAI said on Friday that it fired three safety researchers for a reach of trust, defending the dismissals after the trio accused the company of putting its corporate interests before safety as the reason for removing them. The ChatGPT maker said in a post on X that it parted ways with the researchers after an investigation found hey violated clear policies on handling sensitive information. The statement comes after the three researchers, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni, posted

Both options can lower premiums, but they increase out-of-pocket expenses during claims. Understand how they work before choosing a health insurance policy

Amid reports of people filing forms in bulk seeking removal of electors from voters lists, the Election Commission on Friday placed limits on individuals submitting such objections. The EC has prescribed limits on the number of Form 7 applications an individual elector can file to object to the inclusion of names or seek deletion of names from electoral rolls. During the claims and objections period, an individual elector can file a maximum of 10 Form 7 applications throughout the entire period.

Could Kolkata's iconic trams, the original electric vehicle, be trundling back after being pushed to extinction?

Developed with Germany's Aerovide, the Vayona 5.0/193 features a 193-metre rotor and is designed for India's wind and climate conditions, with local manufacturing and service

The Supreme Court will consider prioritising appeals to restore deleted names and examine whether eligible voters with pending appeals can vote in November's municipal polls

We will go to Supreme Court on Monday to meet Chief Justice of India and hand over memorandum to him, says Rahul Gandhi