Why Gandhi spent August 15, 1947, in Calcutta instead of Delhi 🔍
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📆August 15, 2026 at 06:00AM
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Why Gandhi spent August 15, 1947, in Calcutta instead of Delhi
Gandhi marked India’s first Independence Day with a 24-hour fast and chose not to celebrate. Yet, on the morning of freedom, some signs offered him hope.
Beyond Kashmir, Hyderabad: 4 princely states that initially refused to join India 🔍
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📆August 15, 2026 at 08:00AM
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Expert Explains | How a naval mutiny hastened India’s independence 🔍
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📆August 15, 2026 at 09:36AM
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Expert Explains | How a naval mutiny hastened India’s independence
As India celebrates its 80th Independence Day, it’s worth recalling the Royal Indian Navy mutiny of 1946, which rattled the British and hastened India’s independence from colonial rule.
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An expert explains: On Independence Day, recalling Ambedkar’s warnings — and remedies — for India 🔍
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📆August 15, 2026 at 11:00AM
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India named in US ‘shadow transhipment network’: What Trump report means for trade ties 🔍
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What is Sapta Dhara? Decoding the key announcements in PM Modi’s Red Fort speech 🔍
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📆August 15, 2026 at 02:07PM
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What is Sapta Dhara? Decoding the key announcements in PM Modi’s Red Fort speech
Young people were a recurring focus of the speech, with announcements spanning AI skilling and competitive-exam coaching, among others. We look at the key announcements, and what we know about them so far.
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August 15, 1947: How Delhi, Lahore, Calcutta and Karachi saw freedom 🔍
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📆August 15, 2026 at 02:44PM
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PM Modi’s 100 GW nuclear target: Why India needs more power for AI, chips and data centres 🔍
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📆August 15, 2026 at 04:39PM
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Russia’s SMR edge: Why India’s new nuclear rules could favour Moscow 🔍
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📆August 16, 2026 at 06:44AM
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Russia’s SMR edge: Why India’s new nuclear rules could favour Moscow
Russia could gain an edge in India’s nuclear sector under draft SHANTI rules. The impact could be especially significant for small modular reactors (SMRs).
Notices to SRK, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff: Is Vimal Elaichi ad surrogate advertising? 🔍
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📆August 16, 2026 at 04:21PM
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Notices to SRK, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff: Is Vimal Elaichi ad surrogate advertising?
The latest action reportedly marks the first instance of the Maharashtra regulator examining surrogate advertising even as it ramps up its crackdown on banned products containing tobacco or nicotine.
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Undisclosed foreign income? Here’s how new tax window can help 🔍
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📆August 16, 2026 at 05:47PM
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Undisclosed foreign income? Here’s how new tax window can help
Under the scheme, taxpayers can disclose their foreign bank accounts, immovable property, jewellery, artistic work, shares, securities or any other asset or income. Here's what to know.
Odisha’s coastal erosion: What’s being done to save lives, livelihoods 🔍
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📆August 16, 2026 at 06:40PM
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Odisha’s coastal erosion: What’s being done to save lives, livelihoods
About 28% of the state’s 564-km coastline is undergoing erosion. Government officials said that rising sea level owing to climate change has already submerged many villages and displaced several hundreds of people.
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Why Omar Abdullah warned of ‘Gen-Z trend spilling over’ to Jammu and Kashmir 🔍
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📆August 16, 2026 at 07:03PM
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Why Omar Abdullah warned of ‘Gen-Z trend spilling over’ to Jammu and Kashmir
The issue of ‘rationalising’ the reservation system has become a hot button issue in Jammu and Kashmir. Here is what has changed, and why
Hamas has agreed to disarm. So why is Israel still refusing to leave Gaza? 🔍
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📆August 16, 2026 at 07:08PM
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Hamas has agreed to disarm. So why is Israel still refusing to leave Gaza?
What is behind the conditions laid out by Hamas and Israel? The answer has to do with Israel’s domestic political concerns, rebukes from its longstanding international ally, the US, and the limitations posed by the current state of the conflict.
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Expert Explains: India’s campaign for a UN Security Council seat in 2028-29 🔍
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📆August 16, 2026 at 07:59PM
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Expert Explains: India’s campaign for a UN Security Council seat in 2028-29
From an outsider’s perspective, India’s contest against Tajikistan should be a no-brainer given our global standing and G-20 membership, among other things. However, elections at the UN can unfold in strange ways.
AI agents can do your tasks: How, and how much should you let them? 🔍
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📆August 17, 2026 at 06:22AM
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AI agents can do your tasks: How, and how much should you let them?
AI agents can independently pursue goals on users' behalf, turning AI from a source of answers into a delegate. Early evidence offers clues to what consumers are willing to hand over, and how much control they may want to retain.
USS Lincoln’s 260 days at sea: Why aircraft carriers still matter 🔍
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📆August 17, 2026 at 10:35AM
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USS Lincoln’s 260 days at sea: Why aircraft carriers still matter
The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for months without leave amid reports of strained conditions. Here’s what is happening aboard the carrier and why aircraft carriers remain vital to a country's defence strategy.
What India stands to gain by joining NASA’s Moon Base programme 🔍
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📆August 17, 2026 at 02:39PM
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What India stands to gain by joining NASA’s Moon Base programme
Although India’s relationship with the US of late has been extremely volatile, this initiative to forge a closer partnership is a refreshing move. But ISRO needs to ensure that it does not lose sight of its own targets.
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India produces too many engineers. An Expert Explains why it needs better ones 🔍
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📆August 17, 2026 at 06:52PM
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India produces too many engineers. An Expert Explains why it needs better ones
The question now is whether the engineering education system is prepared for an era in which GenAI is changing what students need to learn, how they learn, and how their learning should be assessed.
What was the Communal Award that pitted Gandhi against Ambedkar 🔍
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📆August 17, 2026 at 07:05PM
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What was the Communal Award that pitted Gandhi against Ambedkar
In August 1936, the British announced the Communal Award. What was the provision for depressed classes that Ambedkar wanted and Gandhi stridently opposed? What eventually happened?
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