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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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Stray Dog Menace In Kerala Leads To Increase In Rabies Cases

Ever since Louis Pasteur developed the first rabies vaccine in 1885, the world has had a reliable defence against one of the most terrifying diseases...

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Russian Stands With Old Friend India In Fight Against Terrorism

In a rare gesture of solidarity, President Vladimir Putin personally called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, describing the incident as...

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Jagannath Temple Inauguration In Digha Is Just A Poll Ploy

In the wake of the violent protests over the Waqf law and the alleged persecution of Hindus in Murshidabad district, a narrative peddled by the BJP,...

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Project Cheetah: A Deadly Clash Between Man And The Protected Species

In the first incident in Virpur tehsil, captured on video by villagers, the cheetahs apparently strayed out of the protected area and tried to hunt...

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Double Standards Of Western Nations On Pahalgam Terror Attack

The frustration in public has grown further from Western media’s coverage of the ruthless killing of the 26 innocent tourists and their careful...

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Another Poll Repudiation To Trump As Labour Party Wins In Australia

Australian voters could not have pronounced a more emphatic judgement on Saturday, barely days after another strong Canadian poll repudiation of...

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Caste Census: BJP Yields To The Congress Demand Of Caste Census Finally

Caste Census: BJP Yields To The Congress Demand Of Caste Census Finally

The demand for a caste census has existed for decades, with support cutting across regional and ideological lines. Ironically, both the BJP and the...

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FPJ Analysis: Pakistan’s War Scare Tactics

FPJ Analysis: Pakistan’s War Scare Tactics

Despite the ceasefire agreement, unprovoked firing from across the border has continued unabated ever since the gruesome terrorist attack on tourists...

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Pahalgam Terror Attack Aftermath: Restore Statehood In Jammu & Kashmir

Pahalgam Terror Attack Aftermath: Restore Statehood In Jammu & Kashmir

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s address in the Assembly was firm, balanced, and statesmanlike. So was the tone of Deputy Chief Minister Surinder...

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President Murmu’s Presence In Vatican Is Meaningless If It Does Not Result In Checking Communal Forces Back Home

President Murmu’s Presence In Vatican Is Meaningless If It Does Not Result In Checking Communal Forces Back Home

The president’s presence signalled a respect for other religions, some of which constitute substantial minorities in India. In that sense, the...

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Trump’s U-turn On Student Visa Offers Glimmer Of Hope To Immigrant Students And Teachers Alike

Trump’s U-turn On Student Visa Offers Glimmer Of Hope To Immigrant Students And Teachers Alike

The volte-face gives a welcome relief to thousands of foreign students in the US, who not only faced an uncertain future at their universities but...

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Behind The Glam Is The Harsh Reality That Indian Start-Ups Are Shutting Down

Behind The Glam Is The Harsh Reality That Indian Start-Ups Are Shutting Down

The launch of a startup channel catering specifically to the entertainment needs in Bhojpuri, among a clutch of central Indian languages, created...

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Supreme Court Issues Orders To Demolish Illegal Buildings In Maharashtra

Supreme Court Issues Orders To Demolish Illegal Buildings In Maharashtra

The SC adjudicated on petitions concerning illegal buildings in Malvan Municipal Council even as the Bombay High Court is seized of similar matters in...

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Pahalgam Terror Attack: Grim Reality Check On Jammu And Kashmir

Pahalgam Terror Attack: Grim Reality Check On Jammu And Kashmir

The Resistance Front, thought to be a proxy for Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility.

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Judiciary Attack By BJP MP Nishikant Dubey Was Uncalled For

The intemperate statements against the judiciary by the BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma deserve to be roundly condemned. Dubey is a serial...

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J&K Grapples With Deadly Weather Chaos As Climate Threat Grows

A large area of Jammu and Kashmir has been laid low by sudden and fierce rain and hail, blocking access to Srinagar from Jammu, upending everyday...

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FPJ Analysis: Waste Management

This is worth taking note of because temple towns are legendary not only for the presiding deity and devotees who flock to them but also for the lack...

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FPJ Analysis: Conserve On One Hand, Destroy On The Other

Navi Mumbai was conceptualised and built as a satellite city to Mumbai in the 1960s-70s but there was little said or done to preserve its natural...

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FPJ Analysis: Bigotry Beneath The Surface

At a time when elections loom in Bihar and the Mumbai municipal corporation and pressing economic issues demand attention, such comments serve as...

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FPJ Analysis: Give Urdu Its Due

This pronouncement, rooted in constitutional and historical truth, should serve as a moment of reckoning for both policymakers and citizens alike.

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FPJ Analysis: Mehul Choksi Must Be Tried In India

The ultimate goal is to have him extradited to India, where he must stand trial for the massive financial fraud he committed along with his nephew...

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Telangana First Indian State To Implement SC Sub-Categorisation: A Welcome Step Towards Equity

This decision follows the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict in August 2024, which permitted such classification, recognising the stark disparities...

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Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: BJP Elated Over Southern Outreach

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which the BJP fought on its own, its performance was disappointing, to say the least.

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FPJ Analysis: Glitches In UPI Unacceptable, Raise Concerns Over Reliability

The system, which was launched in 2016, has become critical to millions of Indians, who effortlessly migrated from traditional methods of payment to...

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FPJ Analysis: India Backs Carbon Tax On Shipping

The European Union (EU) also voted in favour of the tax, which will become effective from 2028 after the details are finalised in October this year.

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FPJ Analysis: Supreme Court Ruling Curbs Presidential Delays On State Bills, Reinforces Federalism

Following up on its April 8 order setting limits on gubernatorial discretion in withholding assent to bills passed by state legislatures, the Supreme...

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Tahawwur Rana: One Step Forward, Long Road Ahead To Justice In 26/11

The NIA was, incidentally, formed as India’s premier anti-terror body a month after the 26/11 attacks, which claimed 166 lives and left hundreds...

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FPJ Analysis: Maharashtra Govt Adopts Corporate Style

A Government Resolution (GR) issued this week legitimises this and, if pursued well, can make the administration more focused on tasks and far more...

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FPJ Analysis: Supreme Court Bats For Federation, Constitution

A Supreme Court (SC) order on the limits of gubernatorial power passed on April 8 has struck a powerful and much-needed blow in favour of both federal...

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FPJ Analysis: Rejig In CPM, Revival The Goal

An 84-member Central Committee was also named, inducting 30 new faces. Baby is only the second leader from Kerala after EMS Namboodiripad to head the...

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FPJ Analysis: Pushback Against Trump Policies

Americans are now pushing back against the policies of Donald Trump, who has, in a little over two months since his inauguration as US president,...

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FPJ Analysis: India And Sri Lanka Deepen Ties

Modi’s visit was also the first by a foreign leader to Sri Lanka since Dissanayake unexpectedly led his leftist National People’s Power to victory.

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FPJ Analysis: IIT Delhi Reforms Critical

The most important trigger for the institution of the 12-member committee, headed by Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi, a senior psychiatrist from the National...

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FPJ Analysis: Technocratic, Not Democratic, America

The global economic transformation will unfold as time passes, more rapidly now than back then, but there is no doubt that the economic changes will...

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Mumbai: A Malnourished Mayanagri With Over 16,000 Children Affected

For years, the spectre of malnutrition among children up to six years of age, which is a determinant of their physical and mental growth, was seen to...

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France: Marine Le Pen Faces Five-Year Electoral Ban, Threatening Her Political Career Amid EU Fund Scandal

Ms Le Pen, who previously made three unsuccessful bids for the Elysee Palace, has vowed to appeal against the verdict, although according to one legal...

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Cardinal Baselios Cleemis' Support For Waqf Bill: Church Must Avoid Politics

This signals institutional support for a government move without even knowing its full implications. The church’s endorsement of the Bill, without...

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Mohanlal Starrer L2: Empuraan Controversy: Manufactured Outrage

The outrage with which the BJP has reacted to alleged references to the 2002 Gujarat riots in Mohanlal starrer L2 Empuraan follows a familiar template...

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PM Modi's RSS HQ Visit: Overtures To The Sangh A Tactical Move

In the nearly 11 years since Modi took over as PM with a sweeping majority and the BJP gained immense ground, becoming the world’s largest political...

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Liberation Day: World vs Donald Trump

Exposure to these levies would be immense for capitals from Ottawa to Tokyo and Brussels to Beijing, since nearly half the number of finished cars in...

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Rational Analysis: Trump’s Citizenship Drive May Become A Misdirected Missile

The Trump administration should take both a humane and pragmatic view of their silent, passive but harmless and comforting presence instead of taking...

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FPJ Analysis: Funds For Clean Air Go Waste As Pollution Rises

This week, the standing committee on science and technology, environment, forests and climate change said it was shocked, in a report tabled in the...

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FPJ Analysis: Meat Shops Shut In Navratri Spark Debate On Classism And Constitutionality

While meat-eating Hindus adopt a restrictive or vegetarian diet during Navratri, it does not mean that meat cannot be sold at all or that everyone...

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FPJ Analysis: User And Elon Musk's AI Abuser

New Delhi is too focused on the pursuit of closer engagement with the highly erratic US president Donald Trump, who has threatened reciprocal tariffs...

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Maqbool Fida Husain: Loving The Art, Disowning The Artist

The successful bid for 'Gram Yatra' also broke the record for an Indian work of art, which was Amrita Sher-Gil’s painting ‘The Story Teller’,...

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Digital Payments: Bill Gates Agenda Of Philanthro-Capitalism

Mr. Gates pledged support for women-centric initiatives like Ladki Bahin Yojana and Lakhpati Didi Yojana, and committed to training 10,000 women in AI...

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Nagpur Violence: Senseless Controversy Over Aurangzeb’s Tomb Sparks Unrest

In the heat of the moment, one crucial fact was ignored: Aurangzeb’s tomb is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)....

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