Delhi PG building collapse: Why Delhi University has few hostels, what safer living can look like 🔍
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📆September 10, 2026 at 06:52PM
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Delhi PG building collapse: Why Delhi University has few hostels, what safer living can look like
What factors have limited hostel expansion in DU and what can be done? Here is what stakeholders suggest.
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Bihar is flooded despite poor rains and Nepal is not the reason: Here’s what is 🔍
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📆September 10, 2026 at 07:15PM
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📆September 10, 2026 at 07:15PM
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Bihar is flooded despite poor rains and Nepal is not the reason: Here’s what is
The swollen rivers in Nepal did not cause Bihar’s flood. Its geography and rainfall in neighbouring Indian states did. Here is how.
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BRICS and the dragon in the room: How China’s economy dwarfs the rest, in 4 charts 🔍
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📆September 11, 2026 at 06:00AM
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📆September 11, 2026 at 06:00AM
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BRICS and the dragon in the room: How China’s economy dwarfs the rest, in 4 charts
From the size of the overall GDP to an individual citizen’s prosperity, here is how BRICS nations stand.
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Elephant in the room in meetings with Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin: India’s manufacturing challenges 🔍
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📆September 11, 2026 at 08:00AM
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📆September 11, 2026 at 08:00AM
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Elephant in the room in meetings with Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin: India’s manufacturing challenges
That frames the key issue: Gap between India’s international economic rhetoric and its national industrial capabilities
Why India needs BRICS in the age of US tariffs, West-led systems 🔍
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📆September 11, 2026 at 11:05AM
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Why India needs BRICS in the age of US tariffs, West-led systems
In the past, New Delhi has been on the receiving end of Western dominance in strict patent monopolies, the US-led Western order’s ever-expanding sanctions regime, and restrictive trade measures.
9/11 attacks: An Expert Explains how it changed warfare, terrorism 🔍
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📆September 11, 2026 at 12:39PM
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9/11 attacks: An Expert Explains how it changed warfare, terrorism
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, transformed the very face of terrorism. The “forever wars” that followed exposed the limits of military power.
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Australia may let users switch off algorithmic feeds. How will that change social media? 🔍
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📆September 11, 2026 at 12:48PM
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📆September 11, 2026 at 12:48PM
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Australia may let users switch off algorithmic feeds. How will that change social media?
Australia wants social media users to choose whether they see an algorithmically personalised feed. Could changing the default actually change the social media experience?
Is ‘Andar Bahar’ a game of chance or skill? Why Karnataka HC will re-examine 🔍
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📆September 11, 2026 at 02:31PM
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📆September 11, 2026 at 02:31PM
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Is ‘Andar Bahar’ a game of chance or skill? Why Karnataka HC will re-examine
The Supreme Court has previously laid down legal principles to distinguish games of skill from games of chance.
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PM Modi gifts ‘Thirukkural’ to Putin: Why revered Tamil text matters 🔍
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📆September 11, 2026 at 05:59PM
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PM Modi gifts ‘Thirukkural’ to Putin: Why revered Tamil text matters
Through centuries, the masterwork of ancient Tamil poet-philosopher Tiruvalluvar has transcended caste and creed, and communicated enduring ethical, social and political knowledge to humanity.
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Explained: Why you can’t put BRICS in the anti-West box 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 04:29AM
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📆September 12, 2026 at 04:29AM
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Explained: Why you can’t put BRICS in the anti-West box
There are a range of national aims within the grouping: Accommodation with the West, autonomy from it, parity within it or direct confrontation.
BRICS summit: What trajectory of China-India ties means for the grouping 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 06:00AM
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📆September 12, 2026 at 06:00AM
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BRICS summit: What trajectory of China-India ties means for the grouping
The ostensible reason for his visit is participation in the BRICS leaders’ summit over the weekend, but the conditions arising from the 2020 border standoff that marked a low point in relations make the trip significant from a bilateral perspective.
ISRO’s ‘privatisation’ move: What India’s space policy says 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 06:36AM
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📆September 12, 2026 at 06:36AM
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ISRO’s ‘privatisation’ move: What India’s space policy says
ISRO has already begun transferring key technologies to private entities. Chairperson V Narayanan, however, maintained that this was geared towards expansion of India’s space sector and not privatising ISRO itself.
Who are the key leaders at the BRICS Summit in India, and why do they matter? 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 08:35AM
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Who are the key leaders at the BRICS Summit in India, and why do they matter?
From Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to Masoud Pezeshkian and Cyril Ramaphosa, the BRICS Summit in New Delhi brings together leaders whose countries sit at the centre of major geopolitical, economic and security questions.
What is Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, and why does the attack on it matter? 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 12:34PM
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Saudi East-West oil pipeline shut: Why it matters for global oil markets, and India
The East-West Pipeline, which runs roughly 1,200 km across Saudi Arabia, allows the kingdom to move crude oil from its main producing region to the Red Sea by land — avoiding the Strait of Hormuz.
Modi-Xi meet at BRICS: As India seeks trade cooperation, how China’s dominance poses a challenge 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 02:06PM
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Modi-Xi meet at BRICS: As India seeks trade cooperation, how China’s dominance poses a challenge
Unpredictable American trade policies and the two wars that have rattled markets seem to have nudged India and China to ease tensions. But for India, the biggest challenge is competing with Chinese goods abroad.
Chinese carrier to resume Delhi-Guangzhou flights: Why Guangzhou is a key hub for Indian businessmen 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 03:09PM
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Chinese carrier to resume Delhi-Guangzhou flights: Why Guangzhou is a key hub for Indian businessmen
Flights on the New Delhi-Guangzhou route are set to resume after a six-year hiatus, China Southern Airlines has announced. The city, known as the ‘Southern Gateway’ to China, is the primary hub for Indian business owners importing goods.
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Expert Explains: What the fresh Houthi offensive in Yemen means for Saudi Arabia 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 04:53PM
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Expert Explains: What the fresh Houthi offensive in Yemen means for Saudi Arabia
The Houthi threat’s evolution has created a Black Swan that no Saudi state has ever faced historically — a loss of unimpeded access to both the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el-Mandeb.
Main takeaways from the BRICS declaration: Tariffs, terrorism, West Asia war, and more 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 06:21PM
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Main takeaways from the BRICS declaration: Tariffs, terrorism, West Asia war, and more
From tariffs and terrorism to West Asia and local currencies, the New Delhi Declaration shows where an expanded BRICS found consensus — and where it stopped short.
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The story of the iconic 1,212-pillar temple corridor that framed the Modi-Xi handshake 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 06:30PM
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The story of the iconic 1,212-pillar temple corridor that framed the Modi-Xi handshake
On Day 1 of the BRICS Summit, PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands in front of the projection of an iconic stone corridor from Tamil Nadu’s Ramnathswamy temple. Here’s what to know about it.
Amid West Asia war, BRICS’s call on energy flows, infra protection reflects its dilemma 🔍
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📆September 12, 2026 at 08:04PM
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Amid West Asia war, BRICS’s call on energy flows, infra protection reflects its dilemma
The New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 18th BRICS Summit on Saturday underscored energy security and the protection of critical energy infrastructure as a key focus area. This is significant because a large part of the energy crisis is unfolding within…