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$38 billion and counting: Trump’s Iran war becomes a US election issue as India watches Hormuz
$38 billion and counting: Trump’s Iran war becomes a US election issue as India watches Hormuz
4 min read
The US war with Iran has already cost Washington more than $38 billion, with billions more expected each month. But as the conflict hits US taxpayers and voters, India is watching another front closel ...
Who is Sanjukta Parashar? Meet the ‘Iron Lady of Assam’ now leading CRPF’s elite CoBRA commandos
3 min read
From leading anti-insurgency operations in Assam’s forests to heading India’s most specialised jungle warfare unit, IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar has broken a major barrier. Who is she, why is she cal ...
El Niño Is Not Just a Monsoon Problem. It Is a Whole-Economy Risk
4 min read
El Niño does not just threaten a harvest. It narrows the country's room to manoeuvre on macroeconomic policy, which is why it belongs on the desk of the finance ministry and the central bank, not only ...
Kumik’s Past Gets a Future: Can Heritage Status Help Save Ladakh’s Water-Stressed Village?
5 min read
Buddhist manuscripts, traditional homes and generations of mountain knowledge have made Kumik Ladakh’s first designated Heritage Village. But water scarcity has already driven families from their ance ...
100% tariffs on India over Russian oil? The US Congress vote that has put New Delhi in focus
3 min read
India has been explicitly named in a proposed US Russia sanctions measure that could pave the way for steep tariffs on countries buying Russian oil. With a key vote approaching, here's what the bill s ...
Love bite to Apple bite: Triptii Dimri’s Animal scene with Ranbir Kapoor fuels iPhone 18 memes
3 min read
A burgundy iPhone, a Bollywood love bite and Triptii Dimri at Apple’s launch: the internet has cooked up an Animal connection that Apple never announced. How a Rolls-Royce reference became a cheeky or ...
Meta Faces NCPCR Hearing Today Over Child Sexual Abuse Material Ads: What’s at Stake?
5 min read
India’s child rights commission has again summoned Meta India’s leadership over advertisements allegedly linked to child sexual exploitation and abuse material. Meta has announced direct reporting to ...
Trump Slams Supreme Court; Blanche Defends Him on Ballots and Wedding Funding
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The US administration will comply with a Supreme Court decision blocking new mail-ballot restrictions before the midterms, Attorney General Todd Blanche says. But he defended Trump’s attack on the jus ...
‘Nostalgia is Not a Strategy’: Carney Says Canada Will Emerge Stronger From US Trade War
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Canada will wait for the right US trade deal while building a more independent economy, Mark Carney says. Pitching international investors in Toronto, the prime minister outlined an airport investment ...