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Why Sandpapergate is Becoming the Worst Scandal in Australian Cricket History
Why Sandpapergate is Becoming the Worst Scandal in Australian Cricket History
10 min read
Ball tampering was never cricket’s gravest offence. Eight years of conflicting accounts, selective punishment and Cricket Australia’s refusal to test fresh allegations have turned Newlands into a deep ...
The Double Danger
7 min read
Lupus scare spreads in India as misdiagnosis, scarce specialists and high treatment costs put young women’s lives at risk
A Burning Winter
6 min read
Seasonal air pollution in Delhi cannot be reduced until stubble burning in Punjab is stopped
The Kathmandu Reset
7 min read
Months of diplomatic hesitation between Nepal and India make way for a political renewal
Courting Bharat: Is Sonia Gandhi’s story more than a memoir?
3 min read
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 ...
Why Does Elon Musk Want Jensen Huang Back at Nvidia?
7 min read
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, ...
India Beat Pakistan in U19 Asia Cup Final: How Mohit Ulva Sealed a Last-Ball, One-Wicket Thriller
5 min read
Chasing 338 in Muscat, India crashed to 252/8 before No. 10 Mohit Ulva smashed an unbeaten 49 from 26 balls and struck the final delivery for four to complete a remarkable one-wicket victory over Paki ...
US Floats Donbas-for-NATO Deal: What It Means for Ukraine, Russia and Zelensky
7 min read
Washington has asked whether Ukraine would withdraw from Donbas in return for NATO membership. The formula gives Kyiv its strongest security guarantee and Moscow the territory it covets, but it also c ...
Why India Voted Against a UN Pause on the Death Penalty
5 min read
At the UN in New York on November 13, India defended the death penalty for the “rarest of rare” cases. Indian trial courts sentenced 128 people to death in 2025. No executions were recorded that year. ...