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…And Trump Failed

Pushing the farfetched notion of replacing income-tax revenues with tariffs (custom duties), Donald Trump, during his 2024 Presidential campaign,...

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Devendra Saksena New Delhi

Filthy minds

The incident in Indore, where two Australian women cricketers were allegedly harassed and molested while walking to a café, is a disturbing...

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New Delhi

Mandate renewed

After more than two decades, the Election Commission has announced plans to embark on a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls,...

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New Delhi

Falling numbers demand measures to save tuskers

The state of Asian elephant estimation 2025 conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India for the country reveals that the population has come down...

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B K Singh New Delhi

Still 980 away from a thousand cuts

Donald Trump has finally decided to hit Russia with sanctions – the first package he has imposed since he came back to the White House in January....

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Sergey V Popov New Delhi

Culture meets Cause

When Bill Gates appears in a Hindi television serial alongside actress and former union minister Smriti Irani, it marks more than an unlikely...

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New Delhi

Many complications in ties with America

It is believed that PM Narendra Modi decided to address the Asean summit in Malaysia in virtual mode because he did not want a meeting with...

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Harsha Kakar New Delhi

Energy Reckoning

The United States’ decision to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil producers represents more than just another economic penalty....

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New Delhi

The forgotten report

Bihar is the epicentre of political news today, sending shock waves day after day, with media groups trying hard to keep pace with speeches of...

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Raju Mansukhani New Delhi

Strained Symbolism

The latest attempt by far-right lawmakers in Israel’s parliament to push a bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank was, by all measures,...

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New Delhi

Power Play

A new theatre of confrontation is unfolding in the Caribbean, where the United States has amassed a formidable array of warships, bombers, fighter...

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New Delhi

Gen Z’s challenge

The recent wave of youth-led protests across South Asia, particularly in Nepal, preceded by similar upheavals in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka,...

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Jayita Mukhopadhyay New Delhi

It is time we focused on solar PV waste disposal

The global shift towards sustainability is accelerating, with the solar energy sector playing a crucial role in this transformation. Solar...

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Vandana Maurya New Delhi

Watchful generation

India’s Generation Z ~ the 370 million under-25s who now define the nation’s social media pulse ~ stands at an unusual crossroad. They are...

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New Delhi

Empowering women

Development is a process of growth in the direction of modernity especially towards nation-building and socio-economic progress. Development is...

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Gargi Sengupta New Delhi

Measured Relief

The latest inflation reading in the United States offers a rare moment of calm in a year of conflicting economic signals. Prices rose 3 per cent in...

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New Delhi

Lines that touched a nation

It was one of those mornings when the news hits harder than your first cup of coffee. Piyush Pandey, the master craftsman of Indian advertising,...

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Chaitanya K Prasad New Delhi

Time for the world to reinforce trust in UN

United Nations Day, celebrated each year on October 24, commemorates the entry into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945 – a document born...

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Rajdeep Pathak New Delhi

Diplomacy in Ruins

The devastation across Ukraine on Tuesday night, where a kindergarten was struck, homes burned, and families torn apart, illustrates a grim paradox...

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Statesman News Service October 25

Beyond the Ceasefire

The initial phase of the U.S.-brokered peace plan for Gaza has been implemented. The deal, mediated by the U.S., Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, has...

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Prabhu Dayal New Delhi

After the Glow

Delhi’s morning after Diwali has become a ritual of irony. The festival that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness now ends in a haze so...

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Statesman News Service October 25