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I&B Ministry Orders Takedown of 138 Videos, 83 Instagram Posts About Adani Using Ex-Parte Court Order

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The Wire Staff

Maldivian Parliament Passes Contentious Media Regulation Bill Amid Protests

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The Wire Staff

Trump Calls Modi for First Time Since June, Leaders Mention Only Ukraine as Trade Talks Held in Delhi

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The Wire Staff

Trump’s UK State Visit Will Expose the Hollow Core of the ‘Special Relationship’

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Inderjeet Parmar

What Modi’s Different Speeches in Manipur and Assam Tell Us About This Political Moment

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

‘A Continent of Debris’: Poonch Village Sinking Into Ground After Torrential Rains Overwhelm J&K

‘A Continent of Debris’: Poonch Village Sinking Into Ground After Torrential Rains Overwhelm J&K

Listen to this article: Srinagar: Hundreds of people, including children and the elderly, have been left homeless after the ground beneath the...

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Jehangir Ali

Nepal’s Gen Z Uprising and the Unraveling of South Asia’s Old Order

Nepal’s Gen Z Uprising and the Unraveling of South Asia’s Old Order

Listen to this article: The crisis in Nepal is part of a wider wave of unexpected popular uprisings and regime changes in South Asia. It was...

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S.d. Muni

New Data, Old Questions: Extraordinary, Lopsided Voter Surge in 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Poll Defies Explanation

New Data, Old Questions: Extraordinary, Lopsided Voter Surge in 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Poll Defies Explanation

Controversy continues to rock the conduct of the November 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti...

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Aniket Aga

FIR Against Police in Gujarat’s Botad for ‘Illegally Detaining, Torturing’ Muslim Minor

FIR Against Police in Gujarat’s Botad for ‘Illegally Detaining, Torturing’ Muslim Minor

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Four Gujarat Police officials are facing a probe after the family of a minor Muslim boy alleged that 17-year-old...

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Atul Ashok Howale

Big Media in India Has Made International Coverage Into Propaganda and a Spectacle

A segment of mainstream Indian television media has adopted an increasingly theatrical tone in its coverage of international policy, particularly...

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Vaishali Basu Sharma

Trump Tariffs | Andhra's Shrimp Exporters Suffer as 50% Orders Cancelled: Report

Trump Tariffs | Andhra's Shrimp Exporters Suffer as 50% Orders Cancelled: Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: United States President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs have reportedly cost Andhra Pradesh approximately Rs 25,000...

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The Wire Staff

Land Subsidence Turns Dozens of Families Homeless, Threatens One of Jammu’s Oldest Villages; Residents Blame Ring Road Project

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Jehangir Ali

'GST Was Rightly Called Gabbar Singh Tax': Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram

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The Wire Staff

Breakneck: A Significant, Necessary, and Contradictory Book

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Pavan Korada

World War II at 80 and India’s Forgotten Support for China Against Japan

World War II at 80 and India’s Forgotten Support for China Against Japan

Listen to this article: Should history be falsified, distorted, suppressed or erased to suit the ideological or personal preferences of those in...

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Sudheendra Kulkarni

US Calls on G7 Partners to Impose Tariffs on Countries Buying Russian Oil

US Calls on G7 Partners to Impose Tariffs on Countries Buying Russian Oil

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Washington has urged its fellow G7 capitals to follow its lead and levy tariffs on countries buying Russian...

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The Wire Staff

IAF's Reported Bid to Buy 114 Rafales Is Marked By Practical Benefits As Well As Deja Vu

IAF's Reported Bid to Buy 114 Rafales Is Marked By Practical Benefits As Well As Deja Vu

Listen to this article: Chandigarh: In a twist rich with irony, the Indian Air Force (IAF) – which once set out to acquire 126 Rafale fighters from...

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Rahul Bedi

Backstory: Nine Years of Taking Aim at Umar Khalid, Media Style

Listen to this article: In a recent deposition before a trial court in Delhi over charges made out against him of a “criminal conspiracy” under the...

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Pamela Philipose

Railways Without Trains, Homes Without Safety: Modi’s Manipur Claims Clash With Reality

Railways Without Trains, Homes Without Safety: Modi’s Manipur Claims Clash With Reality

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally visited violence-hit Manipur on Saturday (September 13), more than two...

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Yaqut Ali

For Modi's Visit to Help Heal Manipur, Cases Related to the Ethnic Conflict Must Be Expedited

For Modi's Visit to Help Heal Manipur, Cases Related to the Ethnic Conflict Must Be Expedited

New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long-pending visit to Manipur finally coming through , the north-eastern state is back in the news....

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Decade After 7/11 Acquittal, Wahid Shaikh Seeks Rs 9 Crore In Compensation For Torture, Captivity

Listen to this article: Mumbai: Ten years after he was cleared of all charges in the infamous July 7, 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts case, Wahid...

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The Wire Staff

India's Political Freedom Has Seen ‘Plummeting Trend’ Since 2014: Atlantic Council Index

India's Political Freedom Has Seen ‘Plummeting Trend’ Since 2014: Atlantic Council Index

Listen to this article: New Delhi: What is the real advantage of being a democracy? Can it make a difference to the prosperity and material...

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Alishan Jafri

A Fighter and a Thinker, Sitaram Yechury Leaves Behind a Towering Legacy

A Fighter and a Thinker, Sitaram Yechury Leaves Behind a Towering Legacy

Listen to this article: Note: This article was originally published on September 12, 2024 and has been republished on September 12, 2025, Sitaram...

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

Jagdeep Dhankhar Seen in Public for First Time Since Resignation at Radhakrishnan’s VP Swearing-in

Jagdeep Dhankhar Seen in Public for First Time Since Resignation at Radhakrishnan’s VP Swearing-in

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Almost two months after his abrupt resignation on health grounds, following which he was not seen in the public,...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

Nine Issues in Manipur That Remain Unresolved Despite Modi’s Belated Visit

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fleeting visit to Manipur comes more than two years after violence ripped through...

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The Wire Analysis

Nepal: Ex-Top Judge Sushila Karki Sworn In as Interim PM; Polls Scheduled For March 2026

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Kamal Dev Bhattarai

‘Partners Must Be on Same Page’: US Envoy-Designate Urges Europe to Back Pressure on India’s Russian Oil Imports

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Sergio Gor, US ambassador-designate to India, told senators on Thursday (September 11) that persuading New Delhi...

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Devirupa Mitra