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Donald in Wonderland: Trump Wants ‘Lake America’ as Canada Trade War Gets Curiouser
Donald in Wonderland: Trump Wants ‘Lake America’ as Canada Trade War Gets Curiouser
5 min read
After threatening 50% tariffs on Canadian automobiles and steel, the US president has proposed renaming Lake Ontario, attacked Mark Carney over French-language protections and claimed America does not ...
Joe Root is ‘Really Hacked Off’: Why Brydon Carse Has Reopened England Cricket’s Old Drinking Problem
6 min read
Carse was briefly arrested outside a Derby bar days after Root scrapped England’s midnight curfew and asked his players to behave like adults. For a captain who endured the Stokes, Bairstow and Ducket ...
The BIS Bottleneck: Why India May Exempt High-Tech Manufacturers From its Own Quality Rules
8 min read
India expanded its quality-control regime to block unsafe imports and strengthen domestic manufacturing. But semiconductor tools, precision machinery and specialised components are produced in small v ...
INS Nipun Explained: Inside India’s New Deep-Sea Submarine Rescue Ship and Its Role in Saving Trapped Sailors
9 min read
The Indian Navy’s second indigenous Diving Support Vessel can sustain divers hundreds of metres below the surface, deploy remotely operated machines into the deep and serve as the mother ship for a su ...
The Highs, Lows & Length of Prasidh Krishna: Why India Keeps Returning to its Unfinished Fast Bowler
10 min read
At 6-foot-3, Prasidh Krishna offers India rare fast-bowling geometry: height, pace and steep bounce. Injuries cost him two IPL seasons, wayward spells threatened his international career and England p ...
Pakistan Sliding into Dictatorship, Says Imran Khan’s Son; Lawyer Targets Army Chief Asim Munir
3 min read
As questions mount over the jailed former prime minister’s health and medical treatment, Sulaiman Isa Khan accuses Pakistan’s military-led establishment of tightening its grip while international coun ...
When school lunch becomes a health scare: Why the Kota incident is putting India’s mid-day meal system back in focus
3 min read
Twenty-seven children fell ill after lunch at a government school in Rajasthan's Kota. Coming days after a detergent mix-up sickened students in Bihar, the incident is reviving an uncomfortable questi ...
It came for the gold, found the judges instead: Weightlifting robot crashes at World Humanoid Robot Games
3 min read
A humanoid robot tried to lift a weight. Seconds later, it lost balance, toppled forward and crashed into the judges' table. The internet, naturally, had a field day.
From Crew to a crime file: How a former air hostess landed in a ₹30 lakh narcotics probe
4 min read
Bollywood's Crew turned air hostesses into accidental smugglers on screen. In Gujarat, police now allege a former cabin crew member was carrying nearly a kilogram of mephedrone on a real highway. The ...