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Courting Bharat: Is Sonia Gandhi’s story more than a memoir?
Courting Bharat: Is Sonia Gandhi’s story more than a memoir?
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The debate is destined to rage on: whether Sonia Gandhi’s work is an honest reckoning with the past or an attempt to restore the standing of the Nehru-Gandhi family and Congress for what is still to f ...
A Burning Winter
6 min read
Seasonal air pollution in Delhi cannot be reduced until stubble burning in Punjab is stopped
The Music between Us: Poetry, memory and kinship that endure beyond borders
3 min read
Deepavali’s little flame and Iqbal’s burning song ask something alike: make room for one another, and let the light travel. We have shared music, memory and tenderness enough to keep us going as one p ...
Stargazer: Priyanshu Chatterjee, Juhi Chawla and Nandana Dev Sen
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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in New Zealand: One 74, Seven Failures and a World Cup Question
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Sharma scored 30 runs at 7.50 and Kohli made 86 at 21.50 across four innings. Take away Kohli’s match-winning 74 in Auckland, and India’s two most experienced ODI batters contributed just 42 runs acro ...
 ‘Still Feels Like Science Fiction’: Sundar Pichai Hails SpaceX’s First Starship Catch From Orbit
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The spacecraft deployed 26 Starlink satellites and spent more than 20 hours in orbit before returning to its launch tower in Texas. The Super Heavy booster diverted offshore after its return burn ende ...
ASEAN Summit 2026 Opens in Manila With PM Modi and Trump Due for Separate Talks
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The 49th ASEAN Summit runs from November 15 to 17 as the Philippines wraps up its year as chair. Trade and defence are already on the agenda, with Manila and Ottawa aiming for a free trade agreement b ...
Why Does Elon Musk Want Jensen Huang Back at Nvidia?
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Musk says Nvidia could lose critical deals because important supply arrangements were sealed with Huang’s handshake, not written contracts. His warning also carries considerable self-interest: Tesla, ...
Voyager 1 About to Be a Full Day Away at the Speed of Light
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NASA expects the spacecraft to reach one light-day from Earth on November 18, nearly 50 years after launch. It will be the first human-made object to reach that distance