N Chandrasekaran’s decision not to seek a third term as Tata Sons chairman was announced with the calm, procedural language of a well-run institution: an orderly transition, six months’ notice, a formal succession process under Article 118 of the company’s Articles of Association. Underneath that language sits a far messier question the Tata Group has
For eight decades, the ceremony at the Red Fort each August 15 has followed a fixed sequence: the Prime Minister arrives, unfurls the flag, and the national anthem plays. This year, for the first time, that sequence will change. Vande Mataram, India’s national song, will be sung from the ramparts before the flag is unfurled,
In April, Russia and North Korea quietly locked in something more permanent than a wartime favour: a defence ministry agreement placing their military cooperation on what both sides called a “stable, long-term footing,” running to 2031. That single date matters more than most of the individual battlefield headlines out of Ukraine this year, because it
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through western Colombia’s coffee-growing heartland on Monday, the country’s strongest tremor in decades. By Tuesday, the death toll had climbed past 250, with nearly 5,000 homes damaged and hundreds more destroyed outright, 61 buildings collapsed, and six airports shut down. In Chocó, near the epicenter, electricity, water and phone service remain
On August 4, Air India flight AI2379 was cruising over Odisha at more than 36,000 feet when it suddenly lost around 300 feet of altitude. Passengers were thrown against seatbelts and overhead bins; by most accounts, somewhere between 17 and 20 passengers and four cabin crew were injured. The co-pilot took control, steadied the aircraft,
Turkey’s parliament passed a law on Monday establishing a legal framework for the disbandment of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a major step toward ending a four-decade conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. The legislation, formally titled the Bill on Strengthening National Solidarity and Social Cohesion, was approved by 468 votes in
On September 12 and 13, New Delhi will host the 18th BRICS Summit, India’s fourth turn in the chair since 2012 and, by most measures, one of the most consequential diplomatic gatherings on Indian soil in years. Xi Jinping is expected to attend — his first visit to India since the 2019 Mamallapuram summit, held
On August 7, the Survey of India formally recorded 27 locations and geographical features across Arunachal Pradesh on official maps under their standard Indian names, acting on an order from the Ministry of Home Affairs in consultation with the state government. Among them: the strategic Thag La Pass and Long Ju along the Line of
On August 7, the US Senate passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 by an overwhelming 86-11 vote, granting President Trump discretionary authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on goods from countries ranked among the top five importers of Russian oil and gas. India and China sit
There is a particular kind of political confusion that sets in when a government believes it has resolved a crisis and the crisis disagrees. Jharkhand’s ruling alliance says it has accepted 98 per cent of the demands raised by JPSC-JSSC protesters. JMM MP Mahua Maji has said the students themselves did not object to that
