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BRICS Summit in Delhi: Leaders Arrive, Ministers May Travel by Bus as Capital Tightens Security & Traffic Plans
BRICS Summit in Delhi: Leaders Arrive, Ministers May Travel by Bus as Capital Tightens Security & Traffic Plans
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A proposed shared bus for Union ministers and chief ministers, arriving foreign delegations and a security deployment of over 15,000 police personnel: New Delhi prepares to host the September 12–13 su ...
25 Years After 9/11, PM Modi Recalls Vivekananda’s Chicago Message of Tolerance
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As the United States marks 25 years since the September 11 terror attacks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revisits Swami Vivekananda’s address delivered on the same date in 1893, celebrating religious a ...
BRICS Begins in Delhi: Modi-Putin Talks Put Trade and Energy in Focus
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Putin’s bilateral meeting with Modi is expected to cover trade resilience, cross-border payment mechanisms and energy security, alongside diplomatic efforts concerning ongoing conflicts in Eastern Eur ...
Seven Crowns, Two Warnings: India Chase Asia Cup Glory Again
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India won the first six Women’s Asia Cups, then lost two of the next three finals. As Harmanpreet Kaur’s team prepares for Sunday’s title clash in Dubai, its extraordinary history offers both confiden ...
Brent Crude Tops $108: Four-Month High Raises Inflation and Growth Risks for India’s Economy
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Brent has climbed more than 12% in a week as escalating West Asia tensions raise concerns over energy supplies. A sustained increase could swell India’s import bill, fuel inflation and weigh on econom ...
Who is ‘Mr Singh’? Why DHS’s Deleted Deportation Post Sparked a Racism Row in America
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A Transformers-themed US government post turned a fatal truck crash into a confrontation with “Mr Singh”. DHS says it meant one accused driver. Sikh groups say the imagery put an entire community unde ...
Salim Khan: The Man Who Gave Bollywood Its Voice—and Its Anger
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Salim Khan’s Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates an unsuccessful actor from Indore who became Hindi cinema’s master storyteller, imagined the Angry Young Man, helped turn Amitabh Bachchan ...
Fortress Delhi: 15,000 Police Personnel, 200 Paramilitary Companies Mobilised for BRICS Summit
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From airport arrivals to hotels and Bharat Mandapam, Delhi’s BRICS security plan covers VIP routes, CCTV surveillance and emergency evacuation. Police have urged residents to follow advance traffic ad ...
One Shoe, Two Histories: How Adidas Forgot the Indian Footprint
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Ten years before Adidas introduced its European Single Shoe Service, Adidas India and Taproot Dentsu were offering para-athletes two left shoes or two right shoes through “Odds.” The new solution is b ...