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FIR Alleges Use of Aged Equipment In Telangana Factory Where Explosion Killed 38

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N. Rahul

INDIA Leaders ‘Disappointed’ by Meeting With EC Over Bihar Voter Roll Revision

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The Wire Staff

Diljit Dosanjh’s Stardom Now Threatens the Gatekeepers of Indian Nationalism

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Sushant Singh

No 'Pakistan' Mention in Quad's Pahalgam Condemnation; Govt Deletes 'Pak Terror' From Rajnath-Hegseth Call Readout

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Special | As AI Took Over Policing in Delhi, Who Bore the Brunt?

Listen to this article: This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. New Delhi: In the hours of a March morning in 2020, Ali’s*...

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Astha Savyasachi

Gaga Over Golgappa? The Cultural Roots of Women’s Soft Corner for Pani Puri

Listen to this article: Why do women love golgappa so much? I know exactly what many readers must be thinking — What kind of rubbish question is...

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Hugo Ribadeau Dumas

60 Former Civil Servants Write to CJI Citing Conflicts of Interest in Central Empowered Committee

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A group of 60 retired civil servants have written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, raising concerns...

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The Wire Staff

Two Years After Arrest in Prague, New Files Detail Nikhil Gupta’s First 24 Hours in Custody

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Exactly two years ago today, 51-year-old Indian businessman Nikhil Gupta was arrested at Prague airport in a...

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Devirupa Mitra

COVID-19 Is Five Years Old. But for ‘Long Haulers’, the Problems Are as Fresh as Ever.

Listen to this article: This is the first article in a two-part series on Long Covid. New Delhi: Pragya, in her late 20s, has shaved her head. Not...

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Banjot Kaur

Here’s Why Defence Attache’s Claim of Political Constraints Leading to IAF Losses is Significant

The recent admission by the Indian defence attaché to Indonesia, Captain (IN) Shiv Kumar that political constraints led to the loss of IAF jets...

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'Kissing Ass' or Kicking Back: Trump Is the New East India Company. Can India Tackle Him?

 US President Donald Trump is aiming for a trade agreement which can safely be called extortionary. It resembles the East India Company’s success...

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Ravi Kanth Devarakonda

Telangana: 12 Workers Killed in Reactor Blast, 34 Injured And Several More Feared Trapped

Listen to this article: Hyderabad: Twelve workers were killed and 34 others have been shifted to hospitals with severe burn injuries following a...

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N. Rahul

Kolkata Gang-Rape: BJP Supporters Assault 'Reclaim the Night' Protesters as Ministers, MPs Arrive at Law College

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on June 30 (today) beat up and allegedly sexually assaulted...

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Soumashree Sarkar

Dollar's Hegemonic Might is Waning Amidst Rising Volatility in Geo-Economic Churns

Listen to this article: Long before “dollar dependency” became a concern in policy circles, the global financial system had already been shaped...

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Ankur Singh And

How Prisons Become Spaces of Quiet Erasure

Listen to this article: Gulfisha Fatima was arrested on April 9, 2020, in the aftermath of the anti-CAA protests , and charged under the Unlawful...

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Anuradha Banerji

J&K Court Orders FIR Against Zee News, News18 and Others For Defaming an Islamic Teacher as a ‘Terrorist’

Listen to this article: Srinagar: A court has ordered the Jammu and Kashmir police to file an FIR against Zee News, News18 and other unnamed...

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Jehangir Ali

No Hindi: Opposition Unity and Pressure Forces Maharashtra Govt to Scrap Three-Language Resolution

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Maharashtra government has withdrawn its decision resolution on mandating Hindi as the third language in classes...

monday 10

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The Wire Staff

The Visual Lessons from Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign

If you were to recall Zohran Mamdani’s image, you’d possibly see him in a sea of yellow and a distinct persian blue, inching towards violet. After...

monday 10

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Kavita Kabeer

'IAF Lost Fighter Jets to Pak Because of Political Leadership’s Constraints’: Indian Defence Attache

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force lost fighter jets to Pakistan on the night of May 7, 2025 during its targeting of Pakistan’s terror-linked sites...

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The Wire Staff

Why the Bihar Electoral Roll Revision Has Sparked Concerns About Disenfranchisement, Backdoor Entry for NRC

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Election Commission of India’s (EC) move to conduct a “special intensive revision (SIR)” of the electoral...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

'Accelerated Genocide': Israeli Soldiers Accused of Targeting Civilians at Food Distribution Sites

Listen to this article: Geneva: On June 27, Israel’s leading newspaper Haaretz published a disturbing report alleging that Israeli soldiers had...

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Ravi Kanth Devarakonda

A Crucial Rule Change in J&K's Marriage Assistance Scheme for Very Poor Women Has Left Many Ineligible

Listen to this article: Srinagar: Meenu Jan was barely in the first week of her marriage in April this year when she got a phone call from Jammu...

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Jehangir Ali

Strained Symbiosis: AIADMK, BJP, and the Shrinking Space for Dravidian Politics in Tamil Nadu

Listen to this article: There’s always been something awkward, almost ill-fitting, about the political arrangement between the AIADMK and the BJP...

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John J. Kennedy