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Modi, Putin and a $100-Billion Ambition: Trade Takes the Wheel Ahead of BRICS
Modi, Putin and a $100-Billion Ambition: Trade Takes the Wheel Ahead of BRICS
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A shared car ride and a gift of the Thirukkural accompanied talks on expanding India-Russia commerce. With bilateral trade at around $60 billion, the push towards the 2030 target puts industrial partn ...
MEA Clears the Air
4 min read
Sena Discipline | Unlikely Prime Minister | J&K Film Fest | Modi Meets MoS | Punjab Tactics | Canada Camaraderie
Lawrence Wong: Keeping it clean
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Singapore’s prime minister, the world’s highest-paid public servant, has just given himself a big raise
The Death of a Guitarist
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Seven men have been arrested and a juvenile apprehended. The police will conduct its investigation, and the courts will finally decide on conviction and punishment. But, as a society, who will tell us ...
Probate Shift: The law eases with transfers and death
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By removing the statutory requirement embedded in Section 213, the law signals that a will can no longer be automatically held hostage to a probate-first rule.
The Identity Project
12 min read
The push against illegal immigration from the High-Level Committee on Demographic Change is in step with the government’s mission led by Amit Shah for tech-driven border security and sacrosanct citize ...
The Inevitable Failure of Radical Islam
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9/11 changed for ever how nations behave when fear was added to the glossary of geopolitics. And America under George W Bush gave it a Biblical flavour by declaring war on evil.
Solomon Pappaiah dies at 90: The Tamil scholar who turned debate into prime-time entertainment
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He could make a village dispute sound like philosophy and a literary discussion feel like family conversation. With the passing of Solomon Pappaiah at 90, Tamil Nadu has lost one of its most beloved p ...
Sabalenka stops Pegula, but the real story is waiting: A blockbuster US Open final against Rybakina
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Aryna Sabalenka is one win away from a rare US Open three-peat. Standing in her way is Elena Rybakina, the new world No. 1 and perhaps the only player capable of stopping her.