Sona Comstar: Inside the power struggle after Sunjay Kapur’s sudden death 🔍
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Sona Comstar: Inside the power struggle after Sunjay Kapur’s sudden death
Sunjay Kapur’s Sona Comstar Rs 30,000-crore feud: Sunjay Kapur's untimely death triggered a bitter power struggle within the Kapur family, over control and inheritance of the sprawling Sona Group empire. Here's what has happened so far.
ExplainSpeaking: How Trump’s tariffs are hurting the US economy 🔍
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ExplainSpeaking: How Trump’s tariffs are hurting the US economy
US tariffs impact 2025, Trump tariffs US economy: Trump and his supporters have claimed that far from the apocalyptic collapse many mainstream economists foresaw under the new tariff regime, the US economy has remained robust. We evaluate this claim over…
How Haryana’s new ‘dictionary meaning of forest’ will affect the Aravallis 🔍
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How Haryana’s new ‘dictionary meaning of forest’ will affect the Aravallis
The Haryana government claims that its definition is aligned with ‘judicial expectations’. Environmentalists, however, criticise it for being too narrow and potentially excluding many ecologically sensitive areas in the state
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Vivek Agnihotri’s Bengal Files: Who was Gopal ‘Paantha’ Mukherjee, and what did he do on Direct Action Day? 🔍
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Vivek Agnihotri’s Bengal Files: Who was Gopal ‘Paantha’ Mukherjee, and what did he do on Direct Action Day?
Vivek Agnihotri’s Bengal Files is about the ‘Great Calcutta Killing’, the riots that raged in Kolkata for four days beginning August 16, 1946, the date designated by the Muslim League as “Direct Action Day” to create Pakistan. One of the characters in the…
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With Nepal’s objection, recalling significance of Lipulekh for India, and the China angle 🔍
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📆August 21, 2025 at 07:24PM
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With Nepal’s objection, recalling significance of Lipulekh for India, and the China angle
Nepal previously raised the claims in 2020, and then Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli passed a map in Parliament, showing the area as part of Nepal.
Planting trees in tropics has most positive climate impacts: Study 🔍
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Planting trees in tropics has most positive climate impacts: Study
Tropical regions provide the most powerful climate benefits of planting trees, while in higher latitudes, trees could have a slight heating effect in some cases, the study says.
A tale of two SC orders: What has changed, what hasn’t in the orders on stray dogs, issued 11 days apart 🔍
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A tale of two SC orders: What has changed, what hasn’t in the orders on stray dogs, issued 11 days apart
The Aug 11 order was stringent and demanded immediate compliance in the public interest. The Aug 22 order is more in line with established animal welfare laws, while also addressing public safety concerns.
Why a court halted operations at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for immigrants 🔍
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Why a court halted operations at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for immigrants
The facility, which US President Donald Trump also visited, has come under fire for its treatment of detainees and alleged environmental violations.
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Fact-check: How the truth of the USAID $21 million election grant was uncovered 🔍
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Fact-check: How the truth of the USAID $21 million election grant was uncovered
An investigation by The Indian Express of claims made by DOGE and US President Donald Trump showed that the money went to Bangladesh, not India. Here’s what the investigation found
The row over ‘film on Yogi’, and why Bombay HC judges want to watch the movie for themselves 🔍
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The row over ‘film on Yogi’, and why Bombay HC judges want to watch the movie for themselves
The producer of Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi has moved the court against the delay and subsequent refusal by CBFC to grant the film certification
China This Week | Wang Yi visits India and Pakistan, Xi reaches Tibet for rare visit 🔍
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China This Week | Wang Yi visits India and Pakistan, Xi reaches Tibet for rare visit
Every Friday, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, while President Xi Jinping took a trip to Tibet.
What is CSDS, the eminent research centre that is now under scrutiny of the central government? 🔍
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What is CSDS, the eminent research centre that is now under scrutiny of the central government?
Founded in 1963, the Delhi-based Centre is among the country’s oldest social sciences research institutions, with which some of India’s best known scholars and researchers have been associated. CSDS is heavily dependent on ICSSR for its funding
Melting of Arctic sea ice has slowed down. This is not ‘good news’ 🔍
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📆August 23, 2025 at 01:33PM
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Melting of Arctic sea ice has slowed down. This is not ‘good news’
Despite the unprecedented increase in global temperatures, the melting of Arctic sea ice has slowed down over the last 20 years, according to a new study. However, scientists say this is only a temporary event, and the melting may resume at a more rapid rate
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Legal framework for detaining & deporting allegedly undocumented Bangladeshis: All you need to know 🔍
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📆August 23, 2025 at 03:31PM
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Legal framework for detaining & deporting allegedly undocumented Bangladeshis: All you need to know
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a PIL against the detention and deportation of allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi workers. Here’s what the law says
ISRO is building its heaviest rocket ever: A look at the space agency’s launch vehicles 🔍
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ISRO is building its heaviest rocket ever: A look at the space agency’s launch vehicles
The history of ISRO’s own launch vehicles goes back to 1980, when the space agency successfully launched its first rocket, SLV-3, into space. Since then, ISRO has made much more powerful and efficient rockets such as PSLV and LVM-3.
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Why smart meters are facing fierce opposition in Rajasthan 🔍
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📆August 24, 2025 at 08:21AM
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Why smart meters are facing fierce opposition in Rajasthan
Smart meters are digital devices that record information — such as consumption of electric energy, voltage levels, current, and power factor — and relay them back in real time. While regular meters require manual readings, smart meters real-time data transmission…
Jan Vishwas 2.0: Why Centre’s Bill to amend 355 provisions across 16 laws matters 🔍
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Jan Vishwas 2.0: Why Centre’s Bill to amend 355 provisions across 16 laws matters
There are some inexplicably severe punishments mandated for seemingly routine offences in India. For instance, one can be arrested for milking a cow on the street or not providing proper exercise to one’s pet dog.
Fund cuts, visa scrutiny: What is happening in US varsities, how Indian students are affected 🔍
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Fund cuts, visa scrutiny: What is happening in US varsities, how Indian students are affected
US International Student Visa Rules Change Impact: For Indian students, who form one of the largest international student groups in the US, turbulence cuts across three critical areas: funding, immigration, and future job stability. Here's how.
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DRDO successfully tests home-grown air defence system: All about IADWS and its 3 components 🔍
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DRDO successfully tests home-grown air defence system: All about IADWS and its 3 components
The IADWS is an indigenous multi-layered air defence system. What exactly can it do, and what strategic advantage does it bring for India? We explain.