Yale to Cambridge, how Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ has revived academic, cultural interest in Homer’s epic 🔍
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📆August 1, 2026 at 05:20PM
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Yale to Cambridge, how Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ has revived academic, cultural interest in Homer’s epic
All that debate about Christopher Nolan's interpretation of the 3,000-year-old epic has reignited interest in Homer. Universities are holding events, scholars are comparing the film with the poem, and book sales are surging.
Jantar Mantar protests: What is the legal recourse for doxxing victims in India? 🔍
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📆August 1, 2026 at 08:33PM
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Jantar Mantar protests: What is the legal recourse for doxxing victims in India?
Social media accounts have shared videos and photos of a number of women at the Jantar Mantar protests, and made public their personal details. Despite its severe real-world consequences, doxxing is not penalised as a criminal offence under Indian law.
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Why Europe’s wildfires are getting bigger, hotter and harder to stop 🔍
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📆August 2, 2026 at 06:11AM
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Why Europe’s wildfires are getting bigger, hotter and harder to stop
What are climate whiplash and fire clouds, and why are they making Europe's wildfires more dangerous?
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Data centres emerge atop in private equity investments’ share: How this could impact India’s realty sector 🔍
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📆August 2, 2026 at 05:28PM
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Data centres emerge atop in private equity investments’ share: How this could impact India’s realty sector
PE investment in India’s real estate sector rose 25% year-on-year to $2 billion in April-June, with data centres receiving 38% of it. This surpassed the traditional frontrunner segment of office-led investments, as per a report.
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As race for next UN Secretary-General begins, an Expert Explains what will determine who prevails 🔍
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📆August 2, 2026 at 06:39PM
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As race for next UN Secretary-General begins, an Expert Explains what will determine who prevails
Success in the end may not be with the strongest candidate in terms of multilateral and diplomatic qualifications, but one who can surmount the biggest hurdle — a certain acceptability with all of the P5.
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As Meloni, Marine Le Pen threaten Schengen pause over migration to Ceuta, what are Europe’s stakes? 🔍
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📆August 2, 2026 at 07:10PM
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PoK has had seats reserved for refugees for years. Why are tensions boiling over now? 🔍
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PoK has had seats reserved for refugees for years. Why are tensions boiling over now?
A three-phase election in PoK is underway amid a bloody crackdown. Here is all that is unusual about these polls.
How India prevented major fertiliser shortages despite West Asia war, and the concerns now 🔍
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📆August 3, 2026 at 06:00AM
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How India prevented major fertiliser shortages despite West Asia war, and the concerns now
Contrary to fears, no significant shortages of fertilisers have been reported in the ongoing kharif season. But while the urea supply situation is comfortable, it’s not so with di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and complex fertilisers.
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Why $49 billion in foreign inflows, led by FCNR(B) deposits, haven’t lifted the rupee 🔍
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📆August 3, 2026 at 08:56AM
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Why $49 billion in foreign inflows, led by FCNR(B) deposits, haven’t lifted the rupee
While NRI interest in FCNR(B) deposits is sky-high, the rupee’s trajectory is likely to be more sedate.
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Why Kerala wants some of its forest spots taken off Google Maps 🔍
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📆August 3, 2026 at 03:50PM
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Why Kerala wants some of its forest spots taken off Google Maps
The Kerala government’s Forest Department has decided to find ‘ecologically sensitive’ locations in the state’s forests that have been illegally geotagged by individuals on online map platforms and remove them.
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After US-Japan intervention, how a stronger yen might affect Indian markets 🔍
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📆August 3, 2026 at 05:33PM
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After US-Japan intervention, how a stronger yen might affect Indian markets
The joint action might affect India’s yen carry trades and FII trajectory, but the magnitude of the impact is difficult to quantify at the moment, experts say.
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Why a Bill to reform a premier Indian institute has triggered criticism 🔍
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📆August 3, 2026 at 05:45PM
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Why a Bill to reform a premier Indian institute has triggered criticism
The Indian Statistical Institute was set up by eminent statistician PC Mahalanobis in 1931. Here is what the Centre has proposed for changing its governance structure.
Why do millions join the Kanwar Yatra? Its origins, myths, and social drivers 🔍
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📆August 3, 2026 at 06:48PM
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Live-in partner now protected against domestic cruelty: What SC said 🔍
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📆August 3, 2026 at 07:57PM
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Live-in partner now protected against domestic cruelty: What SC said
The Supreme Court judgment, delivered on Monday, recognises that women facing cruelty in domestic settings cannot be denied the protection of criminal law merely because they have not undergone a formal marriage.
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50,000 migrants, 48 hours: How the border crisis in Ceuta reveals divides within Europe 🔍
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📆August 4, 2026 at 06:30AM
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50,000 migrants, 48 hours: How the border crisis in Ceuta reveals divides within Europe
In the last week, over 50,000 migrants crossed into Spain through its exclave territory of Ceuta, including via sea. What drove this movement, and what does it say about frictions within Europe?
ExplainSpeaking: How RBI decides to do, or not do, anything in its monetary policy review 🔍
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📆August 4, 2026 at 02:14PM
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Why AI companies are cutting up books to train AI models 🔍
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📆August 4, 2026 at 02:17PM
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Why AI companies are cutting up books to train AI models
For years, frontier AI companies have relied heavily on text scraped from the public internet. With the proliferation of AI-generated content and copyright disputes, companies have begun looking elsewhere for reliable, human-written material.
Britain entered WWI on this day: How its broken promises fueled India’s freedom struggle 🔍
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📆August 4, 2026 at 05:43PM
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Britain entered WWI on this day: How its broken promises fueled India’s freedom struggle
India’s World War I sacrifice raised expectations of self-rule, but Britain’s limited reforms and post-war repression transformed the independence movement.
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