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Opinion | Debt Trap To Youth Exodus, The 10 Big Crises Ailing Kerala - By Shashi Tharoor
Kerala needs change. The current administration has failed the people across the board.
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Blog | The 5 Key Templates That Defined India's Op Sindoor
As conflicts in the Middle East continue to unfold with eerily similar signatures, the echoes of India's Operation Sindoor grow louder. Vishnu Som's new book offers first-person accounts from those at the forefront of the operation.
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Opinion | Behind Trump's Iran War Is A Saudi 'Equation' Few Can See
Everyone knows that Israel has a huge lobby in the US. It is the Saudi influence that is less evident.
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Dhurandhar 2 Review, Release Live Updates: India Gets Ready For Dhurandhar Festival
Dhurandhar 2 Live Updates: Ranveer Singh returns to play Indian spy Jaskirat Singh Rangi, who goes deep undercover in Pakistan as gangster Hamza Ali Mazari
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Blog | West Bengal: BJP's Grand Plan Behind Fielding Suvendu Adhikari From 2 Seats
By turning the contest into a direct confrontation with Mamata Banerjee, the BJP aims to sharpen the narrative, energise its base, and raise the stakes of the election battle.
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In Numbers: The Curious Reason Iran Eased Down Its 'Drone Swarms' After March 9
Based on the data compiled, we can bucket the strike pattern broadly into three distinct phases: an initial 'saturation' attack, a sustained drone attrition campaign, and a sudden decline in attack intensity.
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Opinion | A Humbled Trump Is Now 'Demanding' Help From Friends
The Hormuz 'coalition' was never going to take off. Why, after all, would America's allies want to participate in a crisis not of their making?
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Opinion | The Shadow Of A Truman Moment In The Iran War
What happens when leaders like Trump and Netanyahu are pressured to 'win' this war?
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Opinion | Why A TVK-NDA Alliance Is Just A BJP Fantasy
Politics is no stranger to unlikely alliances. But such "strange bedfellows" typically emerge after elections, when numbers dictate necessity.
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Opinion | The Story Of Bengal's 'Real' Outsiders
Bengal has always had a rich tradition of enabling 'outsiders', or non-Bangla speakers, including those making it to the Lok Sabha.
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Opinion | Amateur 'Advisors', Ignored Generals: How Trump Shunned Protocol To Launch Iran War
Recordings obtained by the Arms Control Association suggested that Witkoff misunderstood key technical aspects of Iran's nuclear programme.
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Opinion | 4 Leaders In Congress Are Vying For One Job - And None Is Ready To Step Aside
'Three Musketeers' in the Kerala Congress - and an unexpected fourth - are quietly redrawing the contest in Kerala.
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Oscars 2026 Highlights: Michael B Jordan Best Actor, Jessie Buckley Best Actress, One Battle After Another Best Picture
Oscars 2026 Live Updates: Conan O'Brien returned to host the awards ceremony for its 98th edition
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Opinion | With A Takaichi Mandate, India-Japan Collaboration Can Enter a New Era
As global crises - from the war in Iran to instability in the Indo-Pacific - test the resilience of nations, a reinvigorated India-Japan partnership offers a model for meaningful international engagement.
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Opinion: When It Counted, India Stood With The UAE
The current crisis has not weakened the UAE, and it will not. Instead, it has demonstrated the depth of the UAE's national structure, the resilience of its institutions, the cohesion of its society, and the strength of its international standing.
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Blog: The Last 30 Days Of My Jiji — And A Goodbye I Never Got
She was traumatised, shocked, and physically unwell after the sudden death of her parents. Both passed away in the last months of 2021.
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Opinion | Trump And His America Are Fast Losing Touch With Reality
What is the guiding logic of the rather brash turn in American foreign policy? It is all too easy to box Trump as an irrational player, but frankly, it is a bit of an analytical copout.
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Opinion | Iran-Israel War, And What India Can Learn From The 'KC-135' Crash
Transparency doesn't just establish honesty; it denies the adversary the space to peddle the exaggerated claims we frequently see from Pakistan or China, where military losses erode state power.
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Opinion | Mojtaba's First Message Makes It Clear: Iran Won't Give An Easy 'Exit' To Trump
In Iran, the assassination of a Supreme Leader demands a response, a do-or-die response. Backing down would risk undermining Mojtaba's legitimacy at home and weakening his authority among the hardline institutions that support his regime.
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Opinion | What Happens If Saudi Arabia Really 'Asks' Pakistan To Go To War?
Since the beginning of the Iran-Israel war, questions have been raised about what role Pakistan would play on the side of the Saudis. The answer is getting murkier.
