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Indian students, workers caught in Northern Ireland unrest

Alan Moore

Meera Ganapathi Maps the Terrain of the Heart and Land

Nandini Nair

Walking to belong

Time for India to assert itself as the subcontinent’s water leader

Kush Sharma

India can counter China’s upstream advantage through a layered strategy, especially in the case of the Brahmaputra River

Middle East expert Blaise Metreweli is the first female chief of British intelligence

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The 47-year-old is currently the agency’s Director General of Technology and Innovation

To South Africa, With Love, As They End Big Title Drought with WTC Triumph Over Australia

Aditya Iyer

The agony and ecstasy of rooting for the Proteas through the bitter decades, all the way to their first world title

Iran assures India of help in evacuating stranded students

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Some of them have been relocated to cities away from Tehran even as Iran said all “land borders are open for crossing” although airports remained closed

Modi Bestowed With Cyprus’ Highest Civilian Honour

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Amid much bonhomie between Modi and Cyprus’ President, India sends an unsubtle message to Turkey

The Strait of Hormuz holds global energy hostage

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Tensions surge as Iran renews threat to close strategic waterway amid conflict with Israel

Donald Trump’s Middle Eastern dilemma: end the war or enter It

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Washington-based Iran expert Trita Parsi says Trump can still bring Iran to the negotiating table, but only by abandoning the zero-enrichment demand championed by Israel

Ashoka University founder Bikhchandani takes on India’s intellectual Left

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In his wake-up call to Indian academia, Sanjeev Bikhchandani stresses on the importance of political neutrality, respect for those who fund universities