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Is Tharoor Set To Fly Out Of Congress Camp?

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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Hinjewadi: City Plan Needed For 'The Unseen’

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

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...

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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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Women Wrestle With Fallout Of Brij Bhushan 'Clean Chit'

After the ‘clean chit’, Singh went to Ayodhya and held a ‘victory parade’ with thousands of supporters and 100 SUVs, which must be read as a...

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FPJ Analysis: Indian Economy Now 4th Largest

India’s GDP has now crossed the USD 4 trillion mark, earlier than many expected. From the 10th position just a decade ago to fourth today, this is a...

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FPJ Analysis: Perils Of Power In Dhaka

What began as a promise to restore democracy and enact meaningful reforms has now descended into a dangerous drift marked by indecision, misplaced...

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Our Ill-Preparedness For Monsoon

The question is why the daily rhythms of life in Indian cities come apart at lightning speed when it rains, whether in May or later. It is simply...

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Mauritius Gains Full Freedom

Under the deal, London will cede sovereignty of the Indian Ocean Archipelago to Port Louis while retaining the territory on a 99-year lease at an...

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FPJ Analysis: Maharashtra Housing Policy

The policy has set an ambitious target of constructing 3.5 million houses by 2030 for the low-income and middle-income groups, known in government...

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FPJ Analysis: Uber’s Blackmail Called Tip

Uber, a popular ride-hailing platform that connects passengers with drivers via a mobile app, has become a household name in urban India.

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Elevation Of General Syed Asim Munir To Field Marshal: A Gambit, Not Glory

In a carefully choreographed move, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took the initiative, secured cabinet approval, and obtained President Asif...

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SC Strikes Down Ex-Post Facto Environmental Clearances: To The Rescue Of The Environment

The Supreme Court has ruled decisively to stop the Union government from ex post facto legalising projects that did not get prior environmental...

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Pollachi Rape Case: An Empowering Verdict

Eight women who came forward to testify in the case braved many adverse factors in a small-town setting, including shocking intimidatory moves by the...

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All Party Delegation’s Global Tour Draws Scrutiny In India

The symbolic name, Operation Sindoor, underscores the cultural significance of the red vermilion worn by married Hindu women, which they forgo upon...

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Twin ‘Prahars’ On Bangladesh: A Military Warning And An Economic Hit

First came the Teesta Prahar exercise in India’s Siliguri, or “chicken neck”, corridor along the border with Bangladesh, and then, on Saturday...

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Is Narayan Rane Becoming A Liability For The BJP?

Rane and the BJP may well dismiss this as an old case and a relatively unimportant one by pointing fingers at other cases of larger land grabs in the...

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PKK, Turkey’s So-Called Terrorist Organisation, Surrenders

The party was once rooted in Marxist-Leninist insurgency and wedded to an independent homeland for Kurds in south-eastern Turkey and labelled a...

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FPJ Analysis: US-China Trade War De-Escalation

In any case, it is highly improbable that President Trump’s concerns about Washington’s huge trade deficit with Beijing, which stem from excess...

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Vikram Misri Targeted Online: The Troll Army’s Toxic Politics

The trolling shone a light yet again on the politics and the ideological frame of Hindutva peddlers, not to mention their mental sickness.

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India-Pakistan Ceasefire And Thereafter

There has been an announcement, further, by Washington that the stage is set for talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral venue.

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'Fog Of War': Misinformation, Disinformation And Fake News

The night of the operation saw individual information activists calling out a stream of fake news and misinformation from across the border, including...

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Pope Leo XIV: A New Pope And A Familiar Path

For the first time, a North American has become Pope. Until now, there was an unwritten understanding that an American would not be elected to the...

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The Indian Retaliation To Pak-Sponsored Terrorism Was Both Pre-Emptive As Well As Punishing

The military action, however, avoided targeting civilians and Pakistan’s military installations, making it clear that India does not want to...

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