No Trump-Putin deal in Alaska, India faces tough choices: Here’s why 🔍
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📆August 16, 2025 at 07:22AM
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No Trump-Putin deal in Alaska, India faces a tough choice on Russian oil: Here’s why
The Modi government will hope that an agreement is reached sooner than later, and Trump discards the 25 per cent additional tariff on Indian exports to the US. New Delhi would want Trump to at least postpone the Aug 27 deadline for implementing the ‘penalty’…
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The Alaska Report Card: First assessment of who won what, and how 🔍
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📆August 16, 2025 at 11:32AM
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📆August 16, 2025 at 11:32AM
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The Alaska Report Card: First assessment of who won what, and how
Alaska summit 2025, Trump Putin meeting: Putin won a round just by showing up and conceding nothing. Trump did not get the deal he wanted, but to be fair, he did not seem to have expected it. For India, the best news is that there is no bad news, for now.
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How scientists built a password-protected mind-reading brain implant 🔍
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📆August 16, 2025 at 05:01PM
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📆August 16, 2025 at 05:01PM
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How scientists built a password-protected mind-reading brain implant
These implants have emerged as promising tools for people with severe physical disabilities. They are also being used to restore speech in people who have limited reliable control over their muscles
Putin invites Trump to Moscow: a brief account of previous US Presidents’ visits to Russia 🔍
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📆August 16, 2025 at 05:40PM
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📆August 16, 2025 at 05:40PM
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Putin invites Trump to Moscow: a brief account of previous US Presidents’ visits to Russia
Till date, eight American Presidents have made a total of 21 trips to Russia, including six to the erstwhile Soviet Union
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Empathy for animals, power of observation: Behind Manjit Bawa’s bovines symbolism 🔍
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📆August 17, 2025 at 01:17PM
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📆August 17, 2025 at 01:17PM
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Empathy for animals, power of observation: Behind Manjit Bawa’s bovines symbolism
Man and nature, for Bawa, were meant to be in unison. At times, his depictions of bovines belonged to the mythical realm, while on other occasions, they appeared as enduring symbols of humankind’s resilience.
S&P rating upgrade: how India earned it and what lies ahead 🔍
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📆August 17, 2025 at 03:23PM
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📆August 17, 2025 at 03:23PM
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S&P rating upgrade: how India earned it and what lies ahead
India Rating Upgrade: The Indian government has for several years pursued the three global agencies — S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch Ratings — for higher ratings. What has convinced S&P that now is a good time for India to get an upgrade?
Taylor Swift’s new album has ‘Portofino Orange Glitter’ theme: What is this colour, linked to an Italian village 🔍
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📆August 17, 2025 at 06:34PM
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📆August 17, 2025 at 06:34PM
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Taylor Swift’s new album has ‘Portofino Orange Glitter’ theme: what is this colour
Taylor Swift Album Color Orange Explained: Taylor Swift has been wearing orange outfits in the last leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour. The colour has come a long way, from the Impressionist movement to now the Swiftie bandwagon.
Longer jail sentences, UP as template: All about Uttarakhand’s Bill against forced religious conversion 🔍
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📆August 17, 2025 at 08:01PM
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📆August 17, 2025 at 08:01PM
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Longer jail sentences, UP as template: All about Uttarakhand’s Bill against forced religious conversion
The Bill is the latest state policy in Uttarakhand to focus on alleged forced religious conversions and demographic change, in line with the ruling BJP’s broader political ideology.
How right-wing outcry influenced US pausing visitor visas for Gazans 🔍
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📆August 17, 2025 at 08:53PM
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How right-wing outcry influenced US pausing visitor visas for Gazans
Medical flights for children affected by the conflict in Gaza have been occurring for well over a year, organized by a variety of charities.
Mossad chief visits Qatar: Why this gulf state is the new hub of deals and diplomacy 🔍
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📆August 18, 2025 at 06:50AM
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📆August 18, 2025 at 06:50AM
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Mossad chief visits Qatar: Why this gulf state is the new hub of deals and diplomacy
From backchannel talks with the Taliban to hush-hush negotiations between Washington and Tehran, Qatar is emerging as the world's go-to middleman. How, and why, did this happen?
SC overturns sarpanch election results in Haryana: When can courts order a recount of votes? 🔍
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📆August 18, 2025 at 05:06PM
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SC overturns sarpanch election results in Haryana: When can courts order a recount of votes?
To challenge the validity of results of Parliamentary, Assembly, or local government elections, a candidate or an elector can file election petition before the High Court of the particular state in which the election was conducted
Opposition considers motion to remove Chief Election Commissioner: What is the process? 🔍
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📆August 18, 2025 at 06:09PM
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📆August 18, 2025 at 06:09PM
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Opposition considers motion to remove Chief Election Commissioner: What is the process?
'We have discussed action — both legal and constitutional — against the CEC. We will take the appropriate step at the right time,’ Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi said
Will broligarchs ruin language? What the Cambridge Dictionary’s new words tell us 🔍
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📆August 18, 2025 at 07:09PM
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📆August 18, 2025 at 07:09PM
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Will broligarchs ruin language? What the Cambridge Dictionary’s new words tell us
Many of the new words included in the Cambridge Dictionary compliment or act as foil to each other, denoting the looping nature of Internet discourse. They also raise a question: can the algorithm-driven popularity of certain words enrich a language?
Why Centre is considering ‘equivalence’ in application of ‘creamy layer’ condition in OBC quota 🔍
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📆August 19, 2025 at 07:35AM
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📆August 19, 2025 at 07:35AM
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Why Centre is considering ‘equivalence’ in application of ‘creamy layer’ condition in OBC quota
The criteria laid down to identify ‘creamy-layer’ OBCs are not comprehensive. There are anomalies that prevent the uniform application of quota benefits. The government proposes to correct this situation.
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How Irish nationalists inspired a future Indian President 🔍
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📆August 19, 2025 at 10:15AM
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📆August 19, 2025 at 10:15AM
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How Irish nationalists inspired a future Indian President
While condemning recent hate crimes against Indians last week, Irish President Michael D Higgins noted that India and Ireland shared “the experience of paths towards independence”.
3 new cases of ‘brain-eating amoeba’ in Kerala: What you should know 🔍
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📆August 19, 2025 at 04:57PM
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3 new cases of ‘brain-eating amoeba’ in Kerala: What you should know
Kerala new brain-eating amoeba cases: In the initial stage, the symptoms of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) include headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. How do people generally contract it, and what does prevention entail?
Mumbai heavy rainfall 2025: Why city is witnessing wettest August in 5 years 🔍
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📆August 19, 2025 at 05:11PM
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📆August 19, 2025 at 05:11PM
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Mumbai heavy rainfall 2025: Why city is witnessing wettest August in 5 years
Mumbai IMD weather alert, Mumbai heavy rainfall 2025: In less than a week, Mumbai has surpassed the monthly average quota of rainfall for August. In fact, the rainfall this week is nearly at par with that in the whole of July, generally the city's wettest…