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Merchandise Exports Hit 10-Year High as Trade Deficit Narrows Sharply Despite US Tariffs
Merchandise Exports Hit 10-Year High as Trade Deficit Narrows Sharply Despite US Tariffs
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India’s trade picture improved sharply in November as merchandise exports hit a 10-year high of $38.13 billion and the trade deficit narrowed significantly. Lower imports of gold, oil and coal, strong ...
Generative AI boom: Why 3.6-Million Indians are Racing to Learn GenAI
Generative AI boom: Why 3.6-Million Indians are Racing to Learn GenAI
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India now ranks first globally in generative AI learning, logging 3.6 million GenAI enrollments in 2025, the highest by any country. Professionals are signing up at three per minute as AI becomes a mu ...
Shafali Verma Named ICC Women’s Player of the Month After Match-Winning World Cup Final Heroics
Shafali Verma Named ICC Women’s Player of the Month After Match-Winning World Cup Final Heroics
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Drafted in as a late replacement, Shafali Verma smashed a record 87 and claimed key wickets to power India to their maiden World Cup title, capping a remarkable personal comeback
Delhi Chokes as Air Quality Stays ‘Severe’; AQI Hits 452, Flights Disrupted by Dense Smog
Delhi Chokes as Air Quality Stays ‘Severe’; AQI Hits 452, Flights Disrupted by Dense Smog
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Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘severe’ zone with dense smog choking visibility across the capital. Several areas touched hazardous levels, prompting health concerns and flight disruptions
‘Churchill is responsible for the Cold War’ – How Sports Diplomacy Was Killed in 1945
‘Churchill is responsible for the Cold War’ – How Sports Diplomacy Was Killed in 1945
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Winston Churchill’s suspicion of a Soviet football tour in 1945 reveals how paranoia, power politics and personal influence helped smother a rare moment when sport might have softened the coming Cold ...
Trump's New Grammar of US Hegemony
Trump's New Grammar of US Hegemony
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NSS 2025 signals a shift away from universal  commitments towards transactional alignments and an assertion of national interest
IndiGo Fiasco: Of Monopoly, Duopoly and Oligopoly
IndiGo Fiasco: Of Monopoly, Duopoly and Oligopoly
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Just look around…duopoly and oligopoly are part and parcel of our everyday life. So was duopoly, IndiGo's creation or market forces at play?
The Second Green Revolution: How Climate-Smart Crops are Quietly Taking Root in Rural India
The Second Green Revolution: How Climate-Smart Crops are Quietly Taking Root in Rural India
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From seed banks to soil wisdom, a farmer-led transformation is redefining climate resilience
2025 In Review: Social Media: A Touch of Doom Scrolling
2025 In Review: Social Media: A Touch of Doom Scrolling
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From demands for curbs on online speech to fears of influencers being groomed into foreign assets, 2025 marked the year social media became a little more wary
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Maharashtra Municipal Corporations' Polls on January 15
Maharashtra Municipal Corporations' Polls on January 15
Mahayuti and MVA will also face off in high-stakes contest for BMC
The Great Wall of India
The Great Wall of India
Chinese incursions have benefitted from the element of surprise and India is looking to counter that by putting in place a strong deterrence capability
Parliament Winter Session Erupts Over E-Cigarette
The Parliament’s Winter Session erupted on December 11 after BJP member of Parliament Anurag Thakur accused a Trinamool Congress legislator of smoking an e-cigarette inside the Lok Sabha for days, an ...
2025 In Review: Politics: For the Sake of the Nation
The Election Commission of India and government employees who implemented the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and other states are the real heroes of 2025
Lost: The Unstoppable Decline of Congress
In refusing to learn from electoral defeats and persisting with lightweight advisers, Rahul Gandhi is crushing the party’s hopes of revival
A Congress of Diminishing Returns
A Congress of Diminishing Returns
I.N.D.I.A. constituents are concerned about Congress being a liability rather than an asset
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