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India-Pak Legends Call Tt Off: What WCL Fiasco Says About Cricket & Conflict

Not many would have heard of, or even bothered to follow, the WCL (World Championship of Legends) tournament in England if not for the cancellation of...

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Curbs On Kanwariyas: Uttar Pradesh Govt Bans Bats, Sticks On Kanwar Yatra Route Amid Rising Violence

The Uttar Pradesh authorities’ decision to ban the carrying of baseball bats and hockey sticks along the route of the Kanwar Yatra has been prompted...

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FPJ Analysis: AAP Exits INDIA, Blow To Opposition Unity

AAP justified its move, saying the alliance had been only for the 2024 election.

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FPJ Analysis: A Test For Judicial Probity

Only Parliament has the authority to recommend the removal of a sitting judge of the High Courts or the Supreme Court, and when rare but serious...

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A Grim Milestone In Air Crash Probe

For the first time, it has utilised its own laboratory in Delhi to decode the black box—more accurately, the orange flight data recorder—of a...

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Give Environment Greater Priority

The projects involve the construction of strategic roads, helipads, border outposts, ammunition depots, and accommodation for, among others, artillery...

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Farmers’ Plight In Maharashtra

One such figure appeared in the media on Tuesday: from January to June 2025, 520 people died by suicide in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

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Welfare Populism Is Okay, But Not Regionalism

Alongside, the government, helmed by Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United), also announced the formation of a commission to help generate jobs for...

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FPJ Analysis: It Is Not Revision, But Exclusion

A two-judge vacation bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi has listed the matter for hearing on July 10. The urgency cannot...

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100 Years Of Guru Dutt: A Star Lost In His Own Brilliance

The legendary actor/director not only enriched the Hindi film industry repertoire through his soul-stirring stories during his life but also brought...

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A Game Of Unity, Not Reunion

Sensing a trap to diminish Marathi, the Thackerays buried their differences and energised their cadres—of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)...

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IOA: The Pakistan Conundrum

The most significant from the government’s point of view is the IOC’s firm statement that no country or individual can be barred from competing in...

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FPJ Analysis: A Bitter Pill For The Kerala Government

His allegations were latched on to by the opposition Congress that described Kerala’s public healthcare system as being on ‘ventilator support’....

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Mr Constable, The Ph.D., Rises

The Haryana Police Training Centre at Bhondsi in Gurugram district recently witnessed a remarkable moment as 783 new constables passed out.

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Bezos Extravaganza, Unwelcome Venice

The protests continued in some form through the three-day extravaganza, which had A-listers, including Hollywood stars, in attendance.

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A Custodial Death Bedevils DMK

The strong observations of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court in the matter left little choice to the M.K. Stalin government, and the arrest...

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FPJ Analysis: Poor Face Exit From Ballot Box

The new revision exercise, which will conclude within a month, introduces an arbitrary cut-off. According to the Election Commission, only those whose...

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Aadhaar’s Shrinking Identity

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) took on the mammoth task of collecting fingerprints and iris scans from over a billion people,...

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Needless Debate On Preamble

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s support for RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s call to remove the words “socialist”, “secular”,...

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Gender Crimes: TMC Must Discipline Malcontents

A guard, who, it appears, abetted by negligence; two male students of the college, who seem to have actively conspired; and the man alleged to be the...

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Is Tharoor Set To Fly Out Of Congress Camp?

The victory of the Congress candidate may, however, have put paid to the Thiruvananthapuram MP’s chief ministerial ambitions.

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Needs Transparency

Since the SCO functions on the principle of consensus, the inability to arrive at one indicates that multiple member states were either unwilling or...

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Just Ceasefire, Not Peace

The situation remains volatile, with Israel accusing Iran of violating the ceasefire an allegation that Tehran firmly denies.

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By-Elections 2025: Voter Backlash For BJP, Congress

The recent by-elections across Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala, and West Bengal offer insights that major political players would do well not to ignore

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Getting Safety Back On Rails

The four people who fatally fell from a local train like rag dolls became the faces of a chronic malaise. Even with a fresh emphasis on safety, there...

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The Green India Mission

The mission aimed to protect, restore, and enhance India’s forest cover and improve biodiversity, water resources, and ecosystems like mangroves and...

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Iran- Israel War: Donald Trump’s Gamble Risks Backfiring

Candidate Trump railed against “pointless” Middle East adventures. Six months into his presidency, he has lit the fuse on the very conflagration...

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Do Not Make English The Villain

The rant, or threat as some have defined it, can be dismissed as yet another attack by a person not conversant or comfortable in English with the...

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Bypoll Verdict Holds The Key In Kerala

Both the ruling Left Democratic Front and the Opposition United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, are hoping to score a victory in order to make...

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From Jefferson To Asim Munir: Supping With The Devil

It’s hard not to recall this anecdote when juxtaposing it with the recent spectacle of President Donald Trump hosting Pakistan’s Chief of Army...

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Israel-Iran Conflict: Need To Revamp Medical Education

That war brought home the reality that thousands of Indian students were studying medicine in Ukraine. The Indian government responded commendably...

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Ahmedabad Plane Crash: The High Cost Of A Crash

In response, Air India has announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore for each victim. While this may appear as a major financial blow to the airline,...

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Israel-Iran Conflict: Humanity Pays The Price Of War

Iran, though battered, has managed to inflict considerable damage on Israeli cities, making life miserable for civilians and proving that it still has...

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FPJ Analysis: Cleaning Up The Government

Years ago, in undivided Andhra Pradesh, Naidu adopted a techno-centric administrative paradigm, which used a data and dashboard approach to monitor...

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Congrats! South Africa For Winning The WTC

It was South Africa’s first ICC title since the late Hansie Cronje led them to victory in the inaugural Champions Trophy (then called the Wills...

17.06.2025 10

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Hinjewadi: City Plan Needed For 'The Unseen’

It is not difficult to see why core infrastructure shortages and basic civic services fall woefully short in Hinjewadi and other relatively new cities...

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A Tragic End Of Dreams In The Dreamliner

Many lives, hopes and aspirations were snuffed out in minutes as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner unbelievably became powerless soon after take-off and...

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HP Governor’s Devanagari Proposal: Let India’s Linguistic Diversity Thrive

Governor Shukla is right that translation fosters wider understanding, but his push for Devanagari as a unifying script is misguided. India is home to...

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FPJ Analysis: Manipur Needs Peace & Answers

The leader of the Meitei organisation Arambai Tenggol, Asem Kanan Singh, was picked up by security personnel on June 7 from Imphal West district,...

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Trump & Musk: A Love Affair Gone Sour

However, after a whirlwind romance that landed the lovebirds at the Oval Office, the most coveted seat of power in the world, things have gone only...

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The Latest Twist In The K-Drama

The naked power grab on that dark night, which Yoon justified on grounds of threats to national security and deployed troops to bar legislators’...

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Mithi, Now A River Of Scams

The centrality of this river, which runs for about 18 kilometres from the hills in the city’s north and drains out into the Arabian Sea carrying the...

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Bold Steps By An Emboldened RBI

The one visible fallout was the repositioning of the monetary policy stance as neutral as against the hitherto tagged label of accommodative. In other...

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Poland Might Lose Its Tusk

On Sunday, his centre-right nominee, the heavyweight mayor of Warsaw, was narrowly defeated by Karel Nawrocki, a little-known candidate of the...

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Bengaluru Stampede Tragedy: A Pall Of Gloom Over RCB Victory

The shocking incident shows a woeful lack of planning on the part of the Karnataka state government in managing the massive crowd.

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Russia-Ukraine War: Peace Talks Preceded By Deadly Attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky affirmed that ‘Operation Spider Web’, as it has been termed, was a ‘brilliant’ strategic move that will...

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IPL 2025 Finals: Kolkata’s Loss Is Gujarat’s Gain

Tuesday’s final between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS), if it comes off at all, will also be staged at Gujarat’s...

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Reckless Donald Trump At It Again

The judges struck down the sweeping April 2 reciprocal tariffs slapped on Washington’s major trading partners, as well as the “trafficking...

03.06.2025 10

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GDP’s Fine, But About Net Income?

According to IMF projections, India’s GDP, the common denominator for the valuation of a country’s economy, at $3.9 trillion, is playing catch-up...

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Russia-Ukraine War: Conflict Without A Clear End

What has emboldened the Kremlin is not just its own militaristic obsession but the equivocal stance of US President Donald Trump, whose unpredictable...

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