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‘We’ll Bomb the S*** Out of Them’: Trump Turns on Oman as Hormuz Deal Takes Shape
‘We’ll Bomb the S*** Out of Them’: Trump Turns on Oman as Hormuz Deal Takes Shape
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The US president threatened military action against a longtime Gulf partner as Muscat and Tehran moved closer to a navigation agreement for the Strait of Hormuz. Trump also demanded Iran’s surrender, ...
'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja: From Cricket’s Punchline to One of Test History’s Greatest All-Rounders
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He was mocked before he was celebrated, doubted before he became indispensable. Now, with 4,000 Test runs and 350 wickets, Ravindra Jadeja stands alongside Kapil Dev, Ian Botham and Daniel Vettori in ...
Who Pays If a Nuclear Accident Happens? India’s New SHANTI Rules Explain the Stakes
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The Centre’s draft SHANTI Rules, 2026, put operator liability, insurance and financial safeguards at the centre of India’s plan to expand nuclear power and allow greater private participation. Here’s ...
Sunil Mittal to step down as Airtel Payments Bank Chairman; Shabnam Sinha to take charge
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The RBI has approved Sinha’s appointment for a three-year term beginning October 1. Mittal will also leave the bank’s Board after steering it since 2016
Why ‘dimagi’ Naxals are not a mental illusion
4 min read
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference in the backdrop of violent clashes during the Cockroach Janata Party’s July 20 protest underline a theme he has returned to time and again. The bitter oppositi ...
West Bengal Tarapith Hotel Fire: Pilgrims dead, owner arrested; what happened inside what it says about safety
4 min read
A predawn blaze at a hotel in West Bengal’s Tarapith killed at least seven pilgrims in initial reports, with the death toll later reported at eight. The arrest of the hotel owner has put fire-safety c ...
First Ball, Final Wicket & Manav Suthar: The Spinner Who Can Bat
6 min read
His father took him to an academy with one instruction: turn my son into a batter the world will fear. The coach needed 48 hours to tear up that plan. Manav Suthar was born to bowl spin. Now, after 11 ...
Scholar links kanwariya aggression to rising economic inequality, uncertainties
4 min read
Author and Montclair State University academic Dr Vikash Singh deciphers what drives kanwariya violence
Copy, Colour & Colorbar: Can Samir Modi's Beauty Brand Take on the World?
8 min read
Colorbar built a ₹300-crore-plus cosmetics business by borrowing from the global beauty playbook and manufacturing alongside luxury brands. Twenty-one years later, it is cutting clutter, betting on re ...
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14 Aug 2026 - Vol 05 | Issue 33

Freedom Issue 2026

Shashi Tharoor on being radical liberal | Ram Madhav on how Gandhi used his Hinduism | TCA Raghavan on a diplomat's travels in history | Sumana Roy on the novel beyond the Booker | Carlo Pizzati on the dissolution of Borders
Behold Gandhi the Hindu: How Sanatana Dharma Shaped India’s Independence Movement and Nationalism
Testament of a Radical Liberal
Freedom Issue 2026: Editor's Note
The Capital of Mobilisation: Delhi and the unfinished argument of the Republic