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BRICS Summit 2026: Why S Jaishankar says Modi’s India proved it can bring a divided world to one table
BRICS Summit 2026: Why S Jaishankar says Modi’s India proved it can bring a divided world to one table
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With Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, António Guterres and leaders from across the Global South in New Delhi, India's BRICS Summit became more than a diplomatic gathering. According to External Affairs Min ...
Hindi Diwas 2026: Amit Shah says Hindi connects India’s languages, helped him work across the country
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Speaking at the Sixth All India Official Language Conference in Navi Mumbai, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Hindi acts as a bridge across India’s linguistic landscape while stressing that mother t ...
TV on Phones Without Mobile Data: India Could Unlock D2M’s Global Push
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India’s vast market could unlock television on phones without a data plan or SIM card. At IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, broadcast executives from the US and Brazil highlighted the country’s potential to driv ...
BRICS was a sumptuous buffet, food critics missed the menu on the table
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The effort to whip up a controversy over the vegetarian fare at the BRICS summit has little to do with food choice and more with a persistent and compulsive desire to run down the even that delivered ...
The Identity Project
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The push against illegal immigration from the High-Level Committee on Demographic Change is in step with the government’s mission led by Amit Shah for tech-driven border security and sacrosanct citize ...
Trump Backs a United Ireland. Can He Help Erase a 105-Year-Old Border?
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Donald Trump has called Irish reunification one of history’s most “natural” outcomes, unsettling unionists and departing from Washington’s traditional caution. But a united Ireland cannot be created b ...
India, Asia Cup & the Ghost of Pakistan
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India’s women overwhelmed Sri Lanka to claim an eighth Asia Cup title, before another trophy standoff brought Pakistan back into the conversation. The dispute raises a question that cricket’s administ ...
Young, Loud & Forever: Farewell to Cheetah Chrome, the Guitar That Gave Punk Its Bite
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Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome has died at 71. From Cleveland’s restless underground to New York’s CBGB, he helped turn alienation into songs that successive generations could claim as their own. ...
Abhishek, Afghanistan & India’s 38-Ball Statement
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Abhishek Sharma’s 32-ball 82 powered India to a seven-wicket win over Afghanistan with more than six overs unused. After difficult tours of Ireland and England, the Delhi victory offered an encouragin ...