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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.
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Opinion | Amazon Centres To Banks, What Iran's 'Target List' Of Tech Firms Reveals
Distributed via Telegram by the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency, the list named Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle, and Palantir - together with their regional offices, data centres, and research facilities, as legitimate targets.
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Opinion | The Real Winner Of Iran-Israel War Is Someone Trump Never Accounted For
The current crisis promises tens of billions of dollars to Russia in additional revenue. Here's how.
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Opinion | Three Targets For US Boots On The Ground In Iran
As President Donald Trump's administration wrestles with options in the war with Iran, it continues to consider "boots on the ground."
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Opinion | We're All Trapped In Trump's 1980s Worldview
Take a moment to digest the following, quite extraordinary sequence of events. At the end of last week, US officials leaked to the Washington Post that Russia had been giving Iran target data to strike US military assets in the Persian Gulf.
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Opinion | Iran-Israel War, And The 'War Logic' Behind Bombing Oil Depots
The thinking presumably was that targeting economic interests may, in some sense, galvanise and mobilise the Iranian public against the current administration. But that didn't happen.
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Opinion | Is Trump Starting To Regret Backing Netanyahu's Iran Gameplan?
Netanyahu may not mind the Iran war, as a prolonged conflict suits him politically. But for the US, it is fast shaping up to be a disaster.
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Opinion | Amid Growing LPG Crisis, Why Your Piped Gas May Be The Real Winner
While LPG distribution falters amid the Hormuz crisis, PNG supplies to households in major cities continue largely uninterrupted. Will it last?
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Opinion | The Big 'Oil' Lesson For India As Hormuz Chokes
The fact is, we have neglected the oil and gas sector for the last 20 years. Many of us got carried away with the West-led "demonise oil, prioritise green energy" narrative.
