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In Photos: Lakhs Gather at ‘Jaystambh’ to Mark the Anniversary of Battle of Bhima Koregaon

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Atul Howale

Trump and Top Iranian Officials Exchange Threats Over Protests Roiling Iran

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Jon Gambrell

Sovereignty Without Safety at the Thailand-Cambodia Frontier

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Deepanshu Mohan

States Drove Rise in Social Spending Despite Shrinking Transfers From Union Government

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C.p. Chandrasekhar

The Vishwaguru Complex: Supremacist Rhetoric and National Decline

Listen to this article: When Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), declared that India should aspire not merely to...

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Anand Teltumbde

Beyond the Farm: How Bihar’s Women are Reimagining Livelihoods From the Margins

Listen to this article: Every day, thousands of government and non-government employees enter the Bihar secretariat in Patna. A large number of...

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Sanjay Kumar And

A Democracy That is All Skin and Bones

Listen to this article: As we lurch to the close of a singularly dismal year that rounds off a horrid decade, one is filled with a sense of...

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Mathew John

In Memory of Anjel Chakma, a Candlelight Vigil in Delhi

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Rohit Kumar

'The Season of the Witch': Minorities Attacked and Workers Abandoned as 2025 Draws to a Close

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Anand K. Sahay

Adani Group Urges Govt to Increase International Flying Rights: Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Adani Airports Holdings Ltd, which operates eight airports across India, has urged the Union government to...

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Wang Yi’s Mediation Claim: Equating India with Pakistan to Assert South Asian Supremacy

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With Polls Near, Nepal Sees Wave of Party Mergers and Alliances

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Kamal Dev Bhattarai

After Trump, China Claims Credit for Ending India-Pakistan Clashes

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi claimed on December 30 that Beijing “mediated” between India and Pakistan...

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The Wire Staff

'India Out': In South Asia, India Bears the Burden of Nearness

Listen to this article: This season, once again, the street in Bangladesh fills before it decides why it has filled. Bangladesh has once again...

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Shyam Tekwani

2025 Saw the Politics of Hate Triumph Over Voices of Conscience

We are officially entering the second quarter of the 21st century. As every year, this moment has again given us some time to think and reflect. For...

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

An Incipient New-Age Cinema of Resistance, Justice and Kindness

In our land – still swept constantly by the poisonous hot winds of  hate and grievance – 2025 was one more broken year. Hateful speeches...

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Harsh Mander

Tracing the Prehistory of Trumpism

Listen to this article: John Ganz’s When the Clock Broke is a vivid, entertaining chronicle of the early 1990s as the cultural and affective...

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Inderjeet Parmar

Zelenskyy Accuses India of Double Standards After Delhi Voices Concern Over Alleged Attack on Putin Residence

Listen to this article: New Delhi: After India said it was “deeply concerned” by reports that the residence of Russian president Vladimir Putin had...

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Sivaji Row Rekindles Debate on Misogyny, Power and Accountability in Telugu Cinema

Visakhapatnam: On December 22, while promoting the film Dhandoraa, senior Telugu actor Sivaji turned a speech on morals into an attack on the...

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Pavan Korada

India Rejects Pakistan’s Criticism on Minority Rights, Cites Islamabad’s Own 'Horrific' Record

India Rejects Pakistan’s Criticism on Minority Rights, Cites Islamabad’s Own 'Horrific' Record

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India on Monday (December 29) sharply rejected Pakistan’s criticism over incidents targeting minority...

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The Wire Staff

What Did Disgraced BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh Say About Unnao Rape Survivor?

What Did Disgraced BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh Say About Unnao Rape Survivor?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Sexual assault accused former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has come out in support...

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The Wire Staff

‘Does Not Reflect the Facts’: Dhaka Rejects India's Criticism of ‘Hostility Against Minorities’

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India’s criticism of the “unremitting hostility against minorities in Bangladesh” does “not reflect the...

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The Wire Staff

RTI Reveals Government Rewarded Only 217 Good Samaritans in Four Years

RTI Reveals Government Rewarded Only 217 Good Samaritans in Four Years

Listen to this article: A Right to Information (RTI) response received on December 1, 2025 has revealed that 217 good samaritans have been rewarded...

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Sourodipto Sanyal

Three SC Decisions on Environment, Including on Aravallis, Raise Spectre of ‘Rich, Vested Interests’

Three SC Decisions on Environment, Including on Aravallis, Raise Spectre of ‘Rich, Vested Interests’

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Three recent decisions by the Supreme Court pertaining to the environment, including its green light for the...

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