Before Bondi beach attack, what has been the Islamic State’s footprint in Australia? 🔍
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📆December 17, 2025 at 03:11PM
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Before Bondi beach attack, what has been the Islamic State’s footprint in Australia?
Australia’s security agency had, as recently as September 2024, put the terrorism threat level at “probable” — that is, there was a greater than 50 per cent chance of an onshore attack over the next 12 months. But it had also felt that support for the Islamic…
Crown under threat: How unseasonal rainfall is affecting India’s mangoes, the king of fruits 🔍
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📆December 17, 2025 at 03:43PM
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Crown under threat: How unseasonal rainfall is affecting India’s mangoes, the king of fruits
Mangoes are a crucial part of India’s agricultural economy, as the country is the largest producer of the fruit in the world. However, the country's mango productivity has remained stagnant between 2018-2019 and 2023-2024
Why Trump is now ‘blockading’ Venezuela to get back ‘oil, land, assets stolen’ from the US 🔍
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📆December 17, 2025 at 04:07PM
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📆December 17, 2025 at 04:07PM
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Why Trump is now ‘blockading’ Venezuela to get back ‘oil, land, assets stolen’ from the US
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a “complete blockade” on sanctioned oil tankers going to and from Venezuela, an escalation of his administration’s monthslong pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela. “Venezuela is completely…
‘Isolate Northeast’s Seven Sisters’: What triggered fresh tensions between India and Bangladesh 🔍
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📆December 17, 2025 at 05:19PM
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📆December 17, 2025 at 05:19PM
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‘Isolate Northeast’s Seven Sisters’: What triggered fresh tensions between India and Bangladesh
India Bangladesh relations: Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Hasnat Abdullah, on Monday, warned of isolating the Northeast’s Seven Sisters and offering shelter to separatist groups if India tried to destabilise Bangladesh
Navy inducts Seahawks squadron: What they are, how they will boost India’s defence capabilities 🔍
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📆December 17, 2025 at 07:03PM
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Navy inducts second Seahawks squadron: What they are, how they will boost India’s defence capabilities
The Navy said the MH 60R offers enhanced capabilities to counter both conventional as well as asymmetric threats. Here's what it can do
National Herald case: Why special court ruled against ED 🔍
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📆December 18, 2025 at 07:00AM
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📆December 18, 2025 at 07:00AM
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National Herald case: Why special court ruled against ED
The ED’s primary allegation is that the Gandhis, along with a few other office-bearers of the Congress, entered into a criminal conspiracy to usurp Rs 2,000-crore-worth assets of Associated Journals Limited (AJL), a public unlisted company and the publisher…
Understanding Bitcoin’s downward slide, after achieving record high in October 🔍
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📆December 18, 2025 at 08:01AM
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📆December 18, 2025 at 08:01AM
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Understanding Bitcoin’s downward slide, after achieving record high in October
The cyrptocurrency's continued slide has raised fears of an impending ‘crypto winter’, which is marked by a decline in trading volume and reduced investor sentiment. Here is what to know
Bondi beach attack: Why Australia has long struggled with Islamic State influence, and the Indian link history 🔍
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📆December 18, 2025 at 11:24AM
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📆December 18, 2025 at 11:24AM
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Bondi beach attack: Why Islamic State took root in Australia; the Indian link history
Australia Bondi beach terror attack: The Bondi Beach case has once again revived a difficult question for Australia: how did Islamic State ideology take root in the country?
How Oman deal adds heft to India’s West Asia trade strategy amid rising trade curbs in the West 🔍
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📆December 18, 2025 at 11:46AM
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How Oman deal adds heft to India’s West Asia trade strategy amid rising trade curbs in the West
India Oman trade deal: New Delhi’s trade deal with Oman will be its second trade pact in the West Asian region after the UAE, which was signed in 2022. Here's why it matters.
Japanese mega banks are increasingly eying India’s banking and financial sector: What’s behind this interest? 🔍
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📆December 18, 2025 at 02:14PM
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📆December 18, 2025 at 02:14PM
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Japanese mega banks are increasingly eying India’s banking and financial sector: What’s behind this interest?
Mizuho’s acquisition of Avendus is the latest in a series of deals that point to a strategic shift by Japanese mega banks to the Indian market
Intersex rights in India: Why Supreme Court has called for review 🔍
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📆December 18, 2025 at 04:16PM
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Intersex rights in India: Why Supreme Court has called for review
A PIL seeking a nationwide ban on sex selective surgeries and an administrative recognition of intersex persons has been referred to a three-judge Bench of the apex court
Vrindavan’s Bankey Bihari Ji Maharaj temple dispute back in court: Why, what has happened so far 🔍
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📆December 18, 2025 at 06:01PM
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Vrindavan’s Bankey Bihari Ji Maharaj temple dispute back in court: Why, what has happened so far
A writ petition has been filed questioning the functioning of the Vrindavan temple management committee constituted by the court in August. Here's why
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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile bid: Issues at stake, next steps 🔍
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📆December 18, 2025 at 07:13PM
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📆December 18, 2025 at 07:13PM
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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s hostile bid: Issues at stake, next steps
In its letter to its shareholders on Wednesday, WBD claimed that Paramount’s offer was misleading and illusory, and did not address concerns it had raised over several weeks of deliberation leading up to December 5. Here is what to know
Explained: How to separate BS VI-compliant private vehicles from the older ones 🔍
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📆December 19, 2025 at 04:50AM
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Delhi pollution curbs: Will your car be stopped? A guide to Bharat Stage norms
The Delhi govt has barred non-BS VI private vehicles registered outside the city and those without a valid pollution certificate from entering the Capital. Here's how you can check the BS emissions of your vehicle
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Bondi Beach attack: The Islamic State’s long shadow on Australia 🔍
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📆December 19, 2025 at 07:00AM
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Bondi Beach attack: The Islamic State’s long shadow on Australia
English-language propaganda by IS has been effective in Australia’s urbanised, digitally literate but socially alienated Muslim population
India-Russia logistics agreement, with eye on Arctic, Indo-Pacific 🔍
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📆December 19, 2025 at 07:16AM
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Explained: India-Russia logistics agreement, with eye on Arctic, Indo-Pacific
The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support (RELOS) will come into force after the formal exchange of instruments of ratification between Russia and India.
Japan hikes rates: What will be the impact on yen carry trade and Indian borrowers? 🔍
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📆December 19, 2025 at 12:41PM
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Japan hikes rates: What will be the impact on yen carry trade and Indian borrowers?
This is the highest policy rate by Japan since the mid-1990s, ending a long era in which it stood apart as the last major economy clinging to near-zero interest rates. The global relevance of the decision lies in its impact on the yen carry trade.
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As SC re-examines Harish Rana case, recalling India’s law on euthanasia and landmark cases 🔍
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📆December 19, 2025 at 02:27PM
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As SC re-examines Harish Rana case, recalling India’s law on euthanasia and landmark cases
Describing Harish Rana's condition as “pathetic”, the court indicated it would consider if life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn. Assisted suicide remains outside constitutional protection, but the legal picture is complex.
How states regulate private school fees and where the new Delhi law fits in 🔍
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📆December 19, 2025 at 04:25PM
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How states regulate private school fees and where the new Delhi law fits in
Delhi is not the first government to attempt to cap or regulate private school fees. From Tamil Nadu’s fee-fixation model to Gujarat’s hard caps, states across India have experimented with various legal frameworks to curb commercialisation in education