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Nana Patekar, 1951–2026: The Voice, the Fury & the Ache Beneath
Nana Patekar, 1951–2026: The Voice, the Fury & the Ache Beneath
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He could make a threat sound terrifying, a gangster look ridiculous and a father’s silence hurt. Nana Patekar, who has died at 75, gave Hindi cinema a presence it could imitate endlessly and never qui ...
Nana Patekar: Ten Men, One Unrepeatable Actor
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A gangster frightened of fire. A father whose hands did the talking. A don who couldn’t control himself. Across ten characters, Nana Patekar gave Indian cinema a presence it could imitate endlessly an ...
Bailed Out Again: Pakistan Secures USD 1.21 Billion IMF Lifeline Amid Economic Distress
3 min read
The lender urges Islamabad to hold to its FY27 budget, widen the tax net and end its fuel support scheme, with Executive Board approval still pending
"Beams Turned Off Over India": Musk Denies Starlink Use By Insurgents
2 min read
The denial comes as SpaceX pushes for an India launch, with the company saying it has built 20 gateway sites and put security controls in place
US Rejects Iran's Claim of Hormuz Closure As Pentagon Preps For Possible New Strikes
4 min read
Trump says the war will end "very quickly" and oil prices will "come tumbling down," while US and Israeli officials say renewed combat is under discussion
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026: Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win for solving a century-old molecular mystery
4 min read
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering how chemical reactions can favour one mirror-image form of a molecule: work with major implications for pharmac ...
The Modi Years: A nation rebuilt by the struggles and sagacity of one man
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‘Struggle’ is the motif that mythicises this milestone in Modi’s life. It is perhaps the only word that shifts the moral balance of power, and it is unlikely that any other politician in India has ach ...
PM Modi’s 6 goals for India: From 25 years in public service to a 2047 vision
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As PM Narendra Modi marked 25 years as head of government, he outlined six ambitions for India: from becoming a top-three economy and a global manufacturing hub to hosting the Olympics and entering hu ...
3 Years After Hamas Attack, Israeli Family Walks India in Son's Footsteps
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Dror Bahat came to India after the army and never stopped loving it. Three years after he was killed at the Nova festival on October 7, his parents and sisters went looking for the places he loved, an ...