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Opinion | Viral Sensations to First-Timers: Meet Nepal's Gen Z Poll Stars - Beyond Balen Shah
Balen Shah is not the only unusual face in this election. Meet some of the other interesting ones...
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Opinion | A $10 Billion Threat: How Exposed India Really May Be To Middle East's Oil Crisis
Every $10 increase in the price of Brent crude could widen India's current account deficit by roughly 0.3 to 0.4% of GDP, translating into over USD 10 billion in additional import expenditure.
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Opinion | Iran-Israel War And The Limits Of India's 'Strategic Autonomy'
India needs to figure out how to manage the fallout of the Middle East crisis without letting strategic autonomy start to look like a slogan.
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Isarel-Iran War: These Saudi And UAE Oil Pipelines Could Decide Who Wins
Iran's strategy in its war with the US and Israel is by now clear: Impose an intolerable economic cost on President Donald Trump, forcing him to abandon his "war of choice" as American gasoline prices surge.
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Opinion | Who Will Trump Attack Next? Hint: Follow The Chinese Money Trail
What's common to Iran, Venezuela, Cuba? Hint: Three Chinese 'channels'.
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Opinion | This Parliament Session, Watch What Is 'Expunged'
Is mentioning Donald Trump or Epstein unparliamentary? Are the surnames of India's two richest families unparliamentary proper nouns?
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CBSE Board Exams 2026 Live Updates: Class 12 Applied Maths Paper Rated Moderate With Strong Scoring Opportunities
CBSE Board 2026 Class 12 Mathematics Exam LIVE Updates: The Class 12 Mathematics paper began today at 10:30 am and will conclude at 1:30 pm.
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Opinion | Can A Gen Z-Influencer-Rapper PM Really 'Change' Nepal?
Observers say it's high time the former mayor evolved and grew, as well as became more mature, diplomatic and friendly with journalists, opponents and, most importantly, friendly neighbours like India and China.
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China's Quiet Military Aid To Iran - And Why Beijing Won't Admit It
China officially refrains from highlighting any military partnership with Iran, referring to itself as a "responsible major power". Even so, joint drills, its alleged support to Houthis, and a growing defence footprint tell a more complex story.
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Opinion | Iran And The Actual Questions India Should Be Asking About IRIS Dena Storm
The Iranian ship was our invitee, took part in our Fleet Review, and its personnel paraded before our President. As hosts, this put some moral burden on us to express our regrets at the tragedy that befell those who were earlier our guests.
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Opinion | How Pakistan Became World's Only Muslim Nuclear-Powered Nation - Secretly
Trump is bombing Iran now for allegedly building nuclear weapons. But America had once let Pakistan illegally develop an N-bomb right under its nose. This is the scandalous story of 'Project 706'...
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Blog | I Have Lived Through A War In Iran. This Is What It Looks Like
If 174 cities have been bombed across the country, where do you go? When a cruise missile slams into concrete within hearing distance, what is your first thought?
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Opinion | Why Is Nitish Headed To The Rajya Sabha?
Shifting to Rajya Sabha gives Nitish a national legislative role, potentially boosting his influence on broader policymaking and alliance politics.
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Opinion | Will The Iran War Force Pakistan To Pick 'Sides'?
Given its economic dependence on Gulf countries and strategic leanings toward the US, Pakistan will aim to contain any overt anti-American positioning in public protest or state rhetoric.
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Hormuz Is The Hidden Risk To The AI Economy
A world where we can cook up AI videos in seconds from the apps on our phones might seem remote from the physical realities of warfare in the seaways of the Persian Gulf. In fact, they're closely intertwined.
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Opinion | A Dark Truth: Why Iran, Ukraine Get Bombed, But Pak, Israel, N Korea Don't
With the Iran blitz, the message to smaller and military states is shaping up to be this: 'build the damn bomb - if not legally, then the way Pakistan did in the 1970s'.
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Opinion | How 12 'Insurers' Sitting In London Paralysed Hormuz - All With A Phone Call
By March 3, there were zero active tanker transits inside the Hormuz Strait. Not because of Iran, or Trump. But simply because an 'underwriter' in London picked up the telephone.
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Opinion | Iranian Ship Sinks: How A 2016 Deal With US Could Spell Trouble For India
Touted as the first major naval casualty in the Indian Ocean since the Second World War, the attack by the US on IRIS Dena brings the Iran crisis eerily close to home. And a 2016 deal with the US isn't helping.
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Opinion | Nepal Elections: New Beginnings Or Same Old, Same Old?
The results of this election will have a major bearing on Nepal's politics in the coming years despite who assumes power after tomorrow.
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Opinion | The Middle East Inferno, And Why India Can Play Mediator
In the shadow of perennially shifting alliances, the recent eruption of hostilities between Iran and a coalition led by Israel and the United States marks a pivotal moment in the geopolitics of the Middle East
